NUR 2474 STUDYS LATEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔1st generation antipsychotics - ✔✔low potency: chlorpromazine
high potency: haloperidol
✔✔2nd generation antipsychotic - ✔✔clozapine
risperdone
olanzapine
✔✔SSRIs - ✔✔fluoxetine
sertraline
paroxetine
✔✔SNRI - ✔✔venlafaxine
duloxetine
✔✔TCA - ✔✔amitriptyline
✔✔MAOI - ✔✔phenelzine
✔✔atypical antidepressant - ✔✔Bupropion, trazodone
✔✔OTC herbal for depression - ✔✔ST. Johns Wort
✔✔mood stabilizer - ✔✔lithium
✔✔benzodiazepines - ✔✔lorazepam, diazepam
alprazolam
✔✔benzodiazepine like drugs - ✔✔zolpidem
, ✔✔insomnia drugs used - ✔✔trazodone
doxepin
✔✔OTC drug for insomnia - ✔✔melatonin
✔✔Atypical Anxiolytic - ✔✔Buspirone
✔✔amphetamines - ✔✔amphetamine,
lisdexamfetamine
methamphetamine
✔✔methylxanthines - ✔✔methylphenidate
✔✔when should we complete blood testing with use of lithium? - ✔✔early in therapy-
every 2-3 days, until a therapeutic dose has been established, then long term-every 3 to
6 months
✔✔therapeutic level of lithium - ✔✔0.8-1.4 mEq/L
✔✔toxic level of lithium - ✔✔greater than 1.5 mEq/L
✔✔when can we start to see side effects of lithium? - ✔✔when the drug is at a
therapeutic level. they are expected.
✔✔what are the side effects of lithium (therapeutic level)? - ✔✔GI effects, tremors,
polyuria, renal toxicity, goiter, hypothyroidism, teratogenesis.
✔✔what will happen to side effects when one has a toxic level of lithium? - ✔✔the
effects will be much worse and possibly life threatening i.e. tremor that becomes larger
with muscle incoordination
✔✔what medications can we use to treat the cyclic effects of bipolar (mood-depression-
psychosis)? - ✔✔mood stabilizer (lithium)= control mood
antidepressant (SSRI,TCA,MAOI)= control depression
antipsychotic (Ist/2nd generation)= control the psychosis
✔✔how does a benzodiazepine help with ETOH withdrawal? - ✔✔it will decrease the
withdrawal manifestations and intensity, while making one sleepy and having CNS
depression. plus, it is easy to give IM and will work quickly.
✔✔what is a popular benzodiazepine that is used to treat anxiety? - ✔✔alprazolam
(think A-anxiety)
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔1st generation antipsychotics - ✔✔low potency: chlorpromazine
high potency: haloperidol
✔✔2nd generation antipsychotic - ✔✔clozapine
risperdone
olanzapine
✔✔SSRIs - ✔✔fluoxetine
sertraline
paroxetine
✔✔SNRI - ✔✔venlafaxine
duloxetine
✔✔TCA - ✔✔amitriptyline
✔✔MAOI - ✔✔phenelzine
✔✔atypical antidepressant - ✔✔Bupropion, trazodone
✔✔OTC herbal for depression - ✔✔ST. Johns Wort
✔✔mood stabilizer - ✔✔lithium
✔✔benzodiazepines - ✔✔lorazepam, diazepam
alprazolam
✔✔benzodiazepine like drugs - ✔✔zolpidem
, ✔✔insomnia drugs used - ✔✔trazodone
doxepin
✔✔OTC drug for insomnia - ✔✔melatonin
✔✔Atypical Anxiolytic - ✔✔Buspirone
✔✔amphetamines - ✔✔amphetamine,
lisdexamfetamine
methamphetamine
✔✔methylxanthines - ✔✔methylphenidate
✔✔when should we complete blood testing with use of lithium? - ✔✔early in therapy-
every 2-3 days, until a therapeutic dose has been established, then long term-every 3 to
6 months
✔✔therapeutic level of lithium - ✔✔0.8-1.4 mEq/L
✔✔toxic level of lithium - ✔✔greater than 1.5 mEq/L
✔✔when can we start to see side effects of lithium? - ✔✔when the drug is at a
therapeutic level. they are expected.
✔✔what are the side effects of lithium (therapeutic level)? - ✔✔GI effects, tremors,
polyuria, renal toxicity, goiter, hypothyroidism, teratogenesis.
✔✔what will happen to side effects when one has a toxic level of lithium? - ✔✔the
effects will be much worse and possibly life threatening i.e. tremor that becomes larger
with muscle incoordination
✔✔what medications can we use to treat the cyclic effects of bipolar (mood-depression-
psychosis)? - ✔✔mood stabilizer (lithium)= control mood
antidepressant (SSRI,TCA,MAOI)= control depression
antipsychotic (Ist/2nd generation)= control the psychosis
✔✔how does a benzodiazepine help with ETOH withdrawal? - ✔✔it will decrease the
withdrawal manifestations and intensity, while making one sleepy and having CNS
depression. plus, it is easy to give IM and will work quickly.
✔✔what is a popular benzodiazepine that is used to treat anxiety? - ✔✔alprazolam
(think A-anxiety)
