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mood stabilizers
mood stabilizers
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Pharmacology
Graduate
12/04/2011

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Term
Lithium
Definition
-kidney excreted
-narrow therapeutic window
*MANIA (slow therapeutic onset 5-7 days)
Term
Valproic Acid
Definition
*Mania (early!)
-Anti-Convulsant (block Na+, enhance GABA)
Term
Carbamazepine
Definition
*Mania
-Anti-Convulsant (block Na+, enhance GABA)
Term
Lamotrigine
Definition
-Anti-Convulsant (block Na+)
*only anticonvulsant approved for long-term maintenance of bipolar disorder (mania)
Term
Lorazepam
Definition
*Benzodiazepine (used for Mania)
-typ dec use once mania controlled by Lithium
Term
Clonazepam
Definition
*Benzodiazepine (used for Mania)
-typ dec use once mania controlled by Lithium
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