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MARYVILLE NURS 615 PHARM SET QUESTIONS AND
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✔✔Adverse effects of MAOIs - ✔✔- CNS stimulation
- Orthostatic hypotension
- Hypertensive crisis

✔✔Adverse effects of SSRIs - ✔✔- Anxiety
-Nervousness
- Insomnia
- Suicidal thoughts
- Sexual dysfunction
- Serotonin syndrome

✔✔What is the first line drug of choice for mild to moderate generalized anxiety
disorder? - ✔✔buspirone (Buspar)

✔✔Adverse effects of SNRIs - ✔✔- Headache
- Abnormal dreams
- Abnormal ejaculation
- Serotonin syndrome

✔✔When will improvements from SSRI citalopram (Celexa) be seen? - ✔✔Improved
appetite and concentration 1 -2 weeks

✔✔Serotonin syndrome symptoms - ✔✔Cognitive effects:
- Headache
- Agitation
- Mental confusion
- Hallucinations
- Coma
Autonomic effects:
- Shivering

, - Sweating
- Hyperthermia
- Vasoconstriction
- Tachycardia
Somatic effects:
- Myoclonus (Spasms of muscle groups)
- Hyperreflexia
- Tremor

✔✔List of tricyclic drugs - ✔✔- amitriptyline (Elavil)
- imipramine (Impril)
- amoxapine (Asendin)

✔✔List of MAOIs - ✔✔-phenylzine (Nardil)
- linezolid (Zyvox)

✔✔List of SSRIs - ✔✔- fluoxetine (Prozac)
- paroxetine (Paxil)
- sertraline (Zoloft)
- citalopram (Celexa)
- escitalopram (Lexapro)

✔✔List of SNRIs - ✔✔- venlafaxine (Effexor)
- desvenlafaxine (Pristiq)
- duloxetine (Cymbalta)

✔✔What receptors do benzodiazepines act on? - ✔✔GABA-A receptors (gamma-
aminobutyric acid)

✔✔List of benzodiazepines - ✔✔- alprazolam (Xanax)
- clonazepam (Klonopin)
- diazepam (Valium)
- lorazepam (Ativan)
- midazolam (Versed)
- temazepam (Restoril)

✔✔What benzodiazepine is most likely to cause dependence? - ✔✔alprazolam (Xanax)

✔✔Action of benzodiazepines - ✔✔- Sedative
- Hypnotic
- Anxiolytic
- Anticonvulsant
- Muscle relaxer

✔✔What benzodiazepines are used to treat anxiety? - ✔✔Long-acting benzodiazepines