Question | Answer |
MAJOR MEDICATIONS USED TO TREAT ANXIETY DISORDERS INCLUDE THESE CLASSES? | BENZODIAZEPINES (SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC ANXIOLYTICS)
ATYPICAL ANXIOLYTIC NONBARBITURATE ANXIOLYTICS
SELECTIVE SERETONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS (SSRI'S ANTIDEPRESSANTS) |
OTHER MEDICATIONS USED TO TREAT ANXIETY DISORDERS INCLUDE THESE CLASSES? | TRICYCLICS
MAOI'S
SNRI'S
SSRI'S
CNS STIMULANTS
ANTIHISTAMINES
BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS
ANTICONVULSANTS |
DIAZEPAM IS CLASSIFIED AS A? | BENZODIAZEPINE
SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC ANXIOLYTIC |
ALPRAZOLAM/XANAX IS CLASSIFIED AS A? | BENZODIAZEPINE
SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC ANXIOLYTIC |
LORAZEPAM/ATIVAN IS CLASSIFIED AS A? | BENZODIAZEPINE
SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC ANXIOLYTIC |
CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE/LIBRIUM IS CLASSIFIED AS A? | BENZODIAZEPINE
SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC ANXIOLYTIC |
CLORAZEPATE/TRANXENE | BENZODIAZEPINE
SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC ANXIOLYTIC |
OXAZEPAM/SERAX | BENZODIAZEPINE
SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC ANXIOLYTIC |
CLONAZEPAM/KLONOPIN | BENZODIAZEPINE
SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC ANXIOLYTIC |
THERAPEUTIC USES OF BENZODIAZEPINES ARE? | GAD (GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER)
PANIC DISORDER |
OTHER USES FOR BENZODIAZEPINES INCLUDE? | SEIZURE DISORDERS
INSOMNIA
MUSCLE SPASMS
ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL
(PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE SYMPTOMS)
INDUCTION OF ANESTHESIA |
COMPLICATIONS OF BENZODIAZEPINES ARE? | CNS DEPRESSION
SEDATION, LIGHT HEADEDNESS,ATAXIA, DECREASED COGNITIVE FUNCTION) |
COMPLICATIONS OF BENZODIAZEPINES ARE? | ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA
DIFFICULTY RECALLING EVENTS THAT OCCUR AFTER DOSING) |
COMPLICATIONS OF BENZODIAZEPINES ARE? | ACUTE ORAL TOXICITY
DROWSINESS, LETHARGY, CONFUSION |
COMPLICATIONS OF BENZODIAZEPINES ARE? | PARADOXICAL RESPONSE
INSOMNIA, EXCITATION, EUPHORIA, ANXIETY, RAGE |
COMPLICATIONS OF BENZODIAZEPINES ARE? | WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS WHICH OCCUR INFREQUENTLY WITH SHORT TERM USE
ANXIETY, INSOMNIA, DIAPHORESIS, TREMORS, LIGHT HEADEDNESS |
DIAZEPAM IS CONTRAINDICATED IN PATIENTS WITH? | SLEEP APNEA
RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION |
USE DIAZEPAM CAUTIOUSLY IN PATIENTS WITH? | SUBSTANCE ABUSE
LIVER DISEASE |
BENZODIAZEPINES ARE CLASSIFIED UNDER WHAT SCHEDULE OF DRUGS | SCHEDULE IV |
WHAT IS THE PREGNANCY RISK CATEGORY OF DIAZEPAM? | PREGNANCY RISK D |
INTERACTIONS OF BENZODIAZEPINES INCLUDE WHAT? | CNS DEPRESSANTS SUCH AS
(ALCOHOL, BARBITURATES, OPIOIDS)
MAY RESULT IN RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION |
WHAT CLASS OF MEDICATIONS IS BUSPIRONE? | ATYPICAL ANXIOLYTIC/NON-BARBITURATE ANXIOLYTIC |
WHAT IS THE EXPECTED ACTION OF BUSPIRONE? | BINDS TO SEROTONIN AND DOPAMINE RECEPTORS
ABUSE IS MUCH LESS LIKELY THAN WITH OTHER ANXIOLYTICS, USE DOES N OT RESULT IN SEDATION OR POTENTIATE THE EFFECTS OF OTHER CNS DEPRESSANTS |
WHAT ARE THE THERAPEUTIC USES OF BUSPIRONE? | PANIC DISORDER
OCD
SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
PTSD |
ADVERSE REACTIONS OF BUSPIRONE INCLUDE WHAT? | DIZZINESS, NAUSEA, LIGHT-HEADEDNESS, AGITATION |
BUSPIRONE IS CONTRAINDICATED WITH WHAT OTHER MEDICATIONS? | CONCURRENT USE WITH MAOI ANTI-DEPRESSANTS
OR FOR 14 DAYS AFTER MAOI'S ARE DISCONTINUED |
USE BUSPIRONE CAUTIOUSLY IN PATIENTS OF WHAT TYPE? | OLDER CLIENTS
CLIENTS WITH LIVER DYSFUNCTION
CLIENTS WITH RENAL DYSFUNCTION |
MEDICATIONS AND FOOD INTERACTIONS WITH BUSPIRONE THAT MAY INCREASE THE EFFECTS OF BUSPIRONE INCLUDE WHAT? | ERYTHROMYCIN
KETOCONAZOLE
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE |
SSRI'S INCLUDE THESE MEDICATIONS | PAROXETINE
SERTRALINE/ZOLOFT
ESCITALOPRAM/LEXAPRO
FLUOXETINE/PROZAC
FLUVOXAMINE/LUVOX |
THE EXPECTED PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION OF PAROXETINE IS? | SELECTIVELY INHIBITS SEROTONIN REUPTAKE, ALLOWING MORE SEROTONIN TO STAY AT THE JUNCTION OF THE NEURONS
IT DOES NOT BLOCK DOPAMINE OR NOREPINEPHRINE |
PAROXETINE CAUSES WHAT KIND OF STIMULATION | CNS STIMULATION WHICH CAUSES INSOMNIA |
WHAT IS THE HALF LIFE OF PAROXETINE | LONG EFFECTIVE HALF LIFE
THE TIME FRAME OF ABOUT 4 WEEKS IS NEEDED TO PRODUCE THERAPEUTIC MEDICATION LEVELS |
WHAT ARE THE THERAPEUTIC USES OF PAROXETINE | GAD
PANIC DISORDER
TREATS BOTH FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF ATTACKS AND PREVENTS ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY ABOUT ATTACKS
OCD
REDUCES SYMPTOMS BY INCREASING SEROTONIN
SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
PTSD
DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS |
SERTRALINE/ZOLOFT IS USED TO TREAT WHAT CONDITIONS | PANIC DISORDER
OCD
SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
PTSD |
ESCITALOPRAM IS USED TO TREAT WHAT CONDITIONS | GAD
OCD |
FLUOXETINE/PROZAC IS USED TO TREAT WHAT CONDITIONS | PANIC DISORDER
OCD |
FLUVOXAMINE/LUVOX IS USED TO TREAT WHAT CONDITIONS | OCD
SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER |
WHAT ARE EARLY SIDE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH SSRI'S | NAUSEA
DROWSINESS
DIAPHORESIS
TREMOR
FATIGUE |
WHAT ARE LATER SIDE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH SSRI'S | SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
WEIGHT GAIN
GI BLEEDING
HYPONATREMIA (LIKELY IN OLDER ADULT CLIENTS)
SEROTONIN SYNDROME
BRUXISM
WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS |
WHAT ARE SYMPTOMS OF SEROTONIN SYNDROME | AGITATION
CONFUSION
DISORIENTATION
DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING
ANXIETY
HALLUCINATIONS
HYPERREFLEXIA
INCOORDINATION
TREMORS
FEVER
DIAPHORESIS |
WHEN DOES SEROTONIN SYNDROME USUALLY OCCUR | 3-72 HOURS AFTER INITIATION OF TREATMENT |
WHEN IS SEROTONIN SYNDROME USUALLY RESOLVED | WHEN THE MEDICATION IS DISCONTINUED |
WHAT IS BRUXISM | GRINDING AND CLENCHING THE TEETH USUALLY DURING SLEEP |
WHAT ARE SOME SYMPTOMS OF WITHDRAWAL ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF SSRI'S | NAUSEA
SENSORY DISTURBANCES
ANXIETY
TREMOR
MALAISE
UNEASE |
SSRI'S ARE CONTRAINDICATED IN WHAT TYPE OF PATIENTS | CLIENTS TAKING MAOI'S OR TCA'S |
CLIENTS TAKING PAROXETINE SHOULD AVOID WHAT SUBSTANCE | ALCOHOL |
PAROXETINE SHOULD BE USED CAUTIOUSLY WITH WHAT TYPES OF CLIENTS | CLIENTS WITH LIVER OR RENAL DYSFUNCTION
SEIZURE DISORDERS
HISTORY OF GI BLEEDING
TAKING NSAID'S
TAKING ANTI-COAGULANTS |
PAROXETINE IS IN WHAT PREGNANCY RISK CATEGORY | D |
INTERACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SSRI'S ARE | MAOI'S AND TCA'S CAN CAUSE SEROTONIN SYNDROME |
SSRI'S MAY BE TAKEN WITH OR WITHOUT FOOD? | WITH |
SLEEP DISTURBANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF SSRI'S MAY BE MINIMIZED WHEN TAKING THIS MEDICATION WHEN? | IN THE MORNING |
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF SSRI'S MAY NOT BE ACHIEVED UNTIL HOW MANY WEEKS | 1-3 |