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Opioid agonist
Use: analhesic and anesthesic effects - pain
AE: respiratory depression, sedation |
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opiois antagonist
Use: reverses respiratory depression and other opioid addictions |
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Selective COX-2 inhibitors
Use: to relieve pain, fever, and inflammation.
AE: mild and related to GI |
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Asprin
ibuprofen
acetaminophen |
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Definition
Salicylates - pain - GI
NSAID - pain/inflammation - GI
nonopoiod analgesic - pain/fever |
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Barbituates
Use: controlling seizures - Change action of GABA
AE: dependence, vitamin deficencies, laryngospasm |
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Benzodiazepines
Use: short term seizure control and a sedative or hypnotic
AE: tolerance, respriatory depression, drowsiness |
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Definition
Hydantoins
Use: treal all types of epilepsy (not absent seizures)
AE: Gingival hyperplasia, skin rash, cardiac dysrythmias, hypotension |
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Succinimides
Use: for absence seizures
AE: rare - systemis lupus |
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Definition
Phenytoin like drug
Use: absent seizures
AE: hepatotoxicity and pancreatitis |
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Term
escitalopram oxalate
(lexapro) |
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Definition
Antidepressant
Use: treats a wide range of anxiety conditions - generalized anxiety and depression
AE: dizziness, insomnia, somnolence, confusion |
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Definition
Benzodiazepines
Use: anxiety and insomnia
AE: respiratory depression |
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Definition
non-Benzodiazepines
Use: hypnotic - Binds to GABA receptors
AE: Sleepwalking, and eating while sleepwalking. amnesia |
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Term
Chlorpromazine HCL
(thorazine) |
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Definition
Phenothiazine
Use: several mental illness - blocks the pos. symptioms of schizophrenia
AE: EPS, anticholinergic effects |
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Definition
Nonphenothiazines
Use: several mental illnesses, blocks dopamine recpetors
AE: EPS and anticholinergic effects |
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Atypical antipsychotics
Use: Severe mental illness; treats both pos. and neg. symptoms
AE: less severe EPS - obesity |
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Definition
centrally acting agents
Use: pain - weak opioid action
AE: CNS, GI, CV, and dermatologic effects |
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Definition
Promotes vasoconstriction
Use: terminates ongoing migraines
AE: numbness and tingling in fingers and toes, weakness in the legs |
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Triptans
Use: abort migranes with or without auras
AE: GI upset |
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