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What is clonidine commonly used for? |
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Resistant hypertension and in patient's who can't swallow since it comes as a patch formulation. Since the patch is changed weekly, it can help with adherence
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| What formulation does clonidine come in? |
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| What side effects does clonidine have? |
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many side effects, including sedation, dizzziness, lethargy, dry mouth - and can aggravate depression and contribute to sexual dysfunction. If it is used first-line without a vlid reason, it may be innappropriate prescribing
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| Clonidine is sometime used off-labe for what? |
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Opioid withdrawal to block nervousness, anxiety and to help with sleep |
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| Should clonidine be abruptly stopped? |
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NO! If stopped abruptly, especially at higher doses, a withdrawal syndrome with very high blood pressure, headache, anxiety, tremors, etc will result. Taper over 2-5 days
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| Catapres, Catapres TTS patch |
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| side effects of centraly-acting alpha 2 agonists |
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| Bradycardia, dry mouth, drowsiness: start QHS |
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| should clonidine be administered in the AM or PM? |
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| Should centrally - acting alpha 2 agonists be stopped abruptly? |
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| No, doing so could cause rebound hypertension |
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| Statement. Not a question. |
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| Name the direct vasodilators |
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| What kind of syndrome can occur from direct vasodilators? |
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Lupus-like syndrome (dose and duration related)
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| Statement. Not a question. |
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| Name the peripheral adrenergic antagonists |
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| Statement. Not a question. |
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| What are alpha blockers mostly used for? |
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Prazosin
Terazosin
Doxazosin |
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| Statement. Not a question. |
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