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| YOUR Z-PAMS, INCREASE GABA, CL CHANNEL FREQUENCY |
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| INDICATIONS FOR BENZODIAZEPINE USE? |
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| ANXIETY, INSOMNIA, SEIZURE, MUSCLE CRAMPS |
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| WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR BENZO AND BARB OVERDOSE? |
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| RESPIRATORY FAILURE - THINK LIKE A NEUROMUSCULAR DZ OUTCOME |
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| WHICH ANXIOLYTIC IS USED FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT BE SEDATED? |
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| BUPRIOPION (LIKE DRUG USERS OR PSYCH PT) |
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| FLOUREPAM, ZOLPIDEN, OXAZEPAM, TRIAZELAM, TOMAZEPAM, DIAZEPAM, LORAZEPAM, CLONEZAPAM, CHLORIDAZEPOXIDE, MIDAZELAM |
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| FLOREZAPAM - ALAZOPRAM (IF LISTED) |
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| ZOLPIDEM (AMBIEN SLEEPING PILL, MAKES SENSE!) |
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| BENZO USED IN ELDERLY TO INITIATE SLEEP? |
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| TRIAZELAM - (TRI - TRYING TO GO TO SLEEP) |
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| BENZO USED FOR OLD PEOPLE WITH DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING SLEEP? |
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| TOMAZEPAM (MAZE - MAINTAINING SLEEP) |
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| FOUR BENZO'S MOST COMMONLY USED IN SEIZURES |
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| DIAZEPAM, LOREZEPAM, CLONAZEPAM, CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE |
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| TWO BENZO'S MOST COMMON USED FOR STATUS EPILEPTICUS? |
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| CLODIAZEPAM AND LORAZEPAM (FIRST LINE LOREAZEPAM -- THEN FOLLOW WITH PHENYTOIN TO DECREASE REOCCURENCE****) |
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| BENZO MOST COMMONLY USED FOR RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME? |
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| BENZO MOST COMMONLY USED FOR ABSENT SEIZURES IN CHILDREN? |
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| CLONAZEPAM - READ CAREFULLY, FIRST LINE TREATMENT FOR ABSENT SEIZURES IS ETHOSUXIMIDE (A Ca2+ CHANNEL ANTI-EPILEPTIC) - FIRST LINE BENZO FOR KIDS HOWEVER - CLONEZAPAM |
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| BENZO THAT IS BEST FOR ANXIETY IN MIDDLE AGED FEMALES? |
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| BENZO MC USED FOR ALCOHOLIC WITHDRAWL? |
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| BENZO USED FOR SHORT PROCEDURES (LIKE GI ENDOSCOPY)? |
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| BENZO WITH 45 MIN ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA? |
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| MIDAZELAM - PT WITH ENEMA NEVER REMEMBERS WHAT HAPPENED TO EM |
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| ANTEDOTE FOR BENZO OVERDOSE? |
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| FLUMAZENIL - CUZ BENZO FLU OUTTA CONTROL |
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| INCREASES GABA, CL CHANNEL DURATION - B/C TURATES SOUNDS LIKE DURATE-DURATION |
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| INDICATION OF BARBITURATES? |
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| INSOMNIA, SEIZURES, MUSCLE CRAMPS |
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| WHY ARE BARBITURATES NOT INDICATED WITH ANXIETY??*** |
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| BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO SEDATING - THEY'LL JUST PASS OUT ALL DAY |
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| LONGEST ACTING BARBITURATE? |
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| PHENOBARBITAL - BARBIE, KIDS, USED FOR SEIZURES IN KIDS, LONGEST ACTING TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE BALANCED LONGER |
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| SHORTEST ACTING BARBITURATE? |
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| BARBITURATE MOST COMMONLY ABUSED ON THE STREET? |
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| BARB MOST COMMONLY USED FOR GENERALIZED SEIZURES ON CHILDREN? |
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| 3 DRUGS USED TO TREAT BIPOLAR? |
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Definition
1/LITHIUM
2/VALPROIC ACID
3/CARBAMAZEPINE |
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| MOOD STABILIZER - WORKS BY LOOKING LIKE SODIUM AND STABILIZES CELLS |
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| HYPOSALT, HYPERTHYROID, HYPOTHYROID, HYPER-Ca2+, HYPO-PHOSPHATE, NEPHROGENIC DI, EPSTEINS ANOMLY (FETUS GETS IT IF MOMMY TOO Li DURING PREGNANCY, ITS TRICUSPID REGURG DUE TO ATRIALLIZATION) |
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| HOW DOES LI CAUSE NEPHROGENIC DI? |
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| IT INHIBITS ADH RECEPTORS IN KIDNEY |
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| HOW DOES Li CAUSE HYPONATREMIA? |
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| B/C IT LOOKS LIKE SODIUM, THE KIDNEY HOLDS ON TO IT INSTEAD OF THE REAL THING |
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| HOW DOES Li CAUSE hypoTHYROIDISM? |
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| CAUSES DECREASED PRD OF T4 AND INTERFERE WITH de-iodination of T4 to T3 - IT WON'T LET IT GET ACTIVATED BACK TO T3 (aCTIVE FORM) |
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| HOW DOES LITHIUM CAUSE HYPERCALCEMIA? |
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| IT BINDS TO PTH RECEPTORS, LINK WITH HYPERTHYROIDISM AND TRYING TO RELEASE LOTS OF CALCITONIN |
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| SIDE EFFECTS OF CARBAMAZEPINE |
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AGRANULOCYTOSIS AND SIADH
- OTHER RX WITH SE OF AGRANULOCYTOSIS
- PTU/MMI, METHOTREXATE, COLCHICINE, CLOZAPINE, CARBAMAZEPINE, PROCAINAMIDE/TOCAINAMIDE, PENICILLAMINE |
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| INDICATION FOR CARBAMAZEPINE? |
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| TEMPORAL LOBE SEIZURES WITH HALLUCINATIONS, 3RD LINE FOR BIPOLAR DISORDER, SHOOTING NEUROPATHY (CHRONIC TX WITH TCA AMITRIPTYLINE) |
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| HOW DOES CARBAMAZAPINE CAUSE SIADH? |
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| WELL SINCE ITS 3RD LINE BIPOLAR HINT AT LI MOA? - ANT ITS OWN MOA OPPOSITE REACTION HERE- STIMULATES THE ADH RECEPTORS OF KIDNEY |
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| MOOD STABILIZER - Blocks sustained high-frequency repetitive neuronal firing (similar to phenytoin & carbamazepine) - WAH? -- BLOCKS CA, NA, NMDA PATHWAY, PROMOTES GABA AND K+ |
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| INDICATION OF VALPROIC ACID? |
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2ND LINE BIPOLAR
1ST LINE MYOTONIC SEIZURES (HAND STUCK ON DOOR KNOB, SUSTAINED CONTRACTION)
1ST LINE MIXED SEIZURES (PARTIAL OR GEN TONIC CLONIC) |
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| SIDE EFFECTS OF VALPROIC ACID? |
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| WHAT IS MAIN CAUSE OF DEPRESSION? |
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Definition
| SEROTONIN AND NOREPINEPHRINE |
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| MOA OF TRI-CYCLIC ANTI-DEPRESSANTS (TCA)? |
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| BLOCKS REUPTAKE OF ALL CATECHOLAMINES, STRONG ANTI-CHOL EFFECTS, BLOCKS ALPHA 1 RECEPTORS BY ACCIDENT (VASODIATORY EFFECTS), and AV CONDUCTION BLOCK IN HEART - ALSO MCC OF DEATH FROM OVERDOSE FOR THAT REASON |
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| CLUE FOR ANTI-CHOL EFFECTS? |
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Definition
| SYMPATHETIC WITH HOT DRY SKIN |
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| CANDI - CLOMIPRAMINE, AMITRYPTALINE, NORTRYPTALINE, DESPIRAMINE, IMIPRAMINE |
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| TCA USED FOR BEDWETTING IN CHILDREN? |
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| TCA USED FOR CHRONIC PAIN OR NEUROPATHY? |
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| NORTRYPTALINE N' DESIPRAMINE |
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| INHIBITS REUPTAKE OF SEROTONIN |
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| FLiPS! - FLUXETINE, LUVOXATINE, PAROXATINE, n SERTRALINE |
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| ANORGASMIA, REMEMBER SEROTONIN IS SYMP IN THE BRAIN BUT IN THE PNS (PENIS - WHOLE BODY) ITS PARASYMPATHETIC, SO PENIS IS FULL PARAYSMPATHETIC AND CAN'T SYMPATHETIC TO SHOOT (POINT N' SHOOT THEORY) |
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| PITS - PHENYLZINE, ISOCARBOXAZID, TRANYLCYPRAMINE, SELEGELINE |
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| FOODS AVOIDED WHEN ON MOAI'S? |
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Definition
| WINE N' CHEESE - CAAUSES HYPERTENSION CRISIS B/C WINE N' CHEESE PREVENT BREAKDOWN OF CATECHOLAMINES SO TOO MUCH TRYPTOPHAN N' TYRAMINE FROM FOOD FEEDING INTO EPI/NOREPI PROD CYCLE |
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| WINE N' CHEESE CONTRACINDICATED WITH MOAI'S BECAUSE? |
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| HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS TERMED SEROTONIN SYNDROME |
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| HOW LONG TO WAIT AFTER STOPPING MOAI FOR SWITCHING DRUGS TO SSRI'S? WHAT IS THE WASHOUT PERIOD OF MOAI? |
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| BLOCKS REUPTAKE OF SEROTONIN |
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| INDICATION OF BUSPRIOPION? |
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| USED IF SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION COMES ON FROM SSRI USE OR OTHER ANTI-DEPRESSANTS - ALSO USED FOR SMOKING CESSATION |
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Term
| SIDE EFFECTS OF BUPRIOPION? |
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| DECREASED SEIZURE THRESHOLD |
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| INDICATIONS FOR ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY? |
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| PERSON WHO IS ACTIVELY SUICIDAL OR WITH INTRACTABLE DEPRESSION - BELIEVE IT OR NOT SAFE FOR PREGNANT CRAZY BITCHES. - ONLY SIDE EFFECT NOTED, AMNESIA (PT WON'T REMEMBER WHO BROUGHT THEM IN, AND WORSE) |
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| HOW DO AMPHETAMINES WORK? |
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| THEY CAUSE THE RELEASE OF PREFORMED CATECHOLAMINES - JUST DUMPING IT INTO SYNAPES |
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