Mental Health Exam 1 Medications Questions and Correct Answers
Mental Health Exam 1 Medications Questions and Correct Answers Ridalin is a - Correct Answer: stimulant Bipolar disorder is treated with - Correct Answer: anti-seizure meds and mood stabilizers the atypical psychotics are - Correct Answer: newer, less side effects (less EPS issues) How treat EPS signs from medication - Correct Answer: stop med, give benedryl lithium level - Correct Answer: 0.8-1.2 if you are dehydrated the drug concentration level in body does what? - Correct Answer: goes up more salt= - Correct Answer: more water (retaining the water=hemodiluted blood (more fluid volume) so levels will be lower what can you take with an MAOi? - Correct Answer: nothing what can you eat when you are on an MAOi? - Correct Answer: not party foods (no beer, wine, aged cheeses, coffee, chocolate, banana, sausage/bologna, yogurt Serotonin syndrome - Correct Answer: can happen few hours after starting a drug or a drug dose change, increased HR and BP, fever, confusion, agitation, rigidity, loss coordination valproic acid (depakote) - Correct Answer: seizure medication, decrease manic episodes buspar - Correct Answer: long term treatment for anxiety, safer than benzo's, can have a glass wine, binds to serotonin and dopamine receptors in the brain, increases norepinephrine activity in the brain, no dependence issues benzo's - Correct Answer: anxiety reducing, sedative-hypnotic, muscle relaxing, anticonvulsant actions (lorazepam, diazepam, alprazolam, temezepam, triazolam), do not mix with alcohol, can cause confusion in COPD patients benzo's side effects - Correct Answer: daytime sedation, ataxia, dizziness, headaches, tremor, amnesia, slurred speech, urinary incontinence, constipation, lethargy, behavioral changes
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