Anti-Depressant Drugs

Question 1

Name the SSRIs

Answer 1

fluoxetine, citalopram

Question 2

what should you use as antidote to GI effects?

Answer 2

Ondansetron

Question 3

Name the SNRI

Answer 3

venlafaxine

Question 4

TCA can be used for something else at night

Answer 4

nocturnal enuresis

Question 5

Don’t use TCAs in…

Answer 5

glaucoma, BPH

Question 6

What is the MOA for anti-psychotics?

Answer 6

blocks dopamine pathways

Question 7

Why should you not give antidepressants to a bipolar person

Answer 7

you will precipitate a manic episode

Question 8

TCAS NEED TO BE AVOIDED IN SOMETHING SERIOUS

Answer 8

SUICIDE

Question 9

TCAs need to be avoided in CVD. What is preferred instead?

Answer 9

SSRIs

Question 10

Black boys make everything in current life agony - exacerbation of depression

Answer 10

benzodiazepines, beta blockers, methyldopa, efavirenz, isoniazid, corticosteroids, levodopa, anabolic steroids

Question 11

name the one and only NDRI

Answer 11

bupropion

Question 12

what is bupropion used for

Answer 12

smoking cessation

Question 13

side effects for TCAs

Answer 13

drowsiness, dizziness, dry mouth, constipation, hypotension, arrythmias, QT prolongation, DUMBELLS