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What are the most commonly used txs for anxiety disorders?

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SSRIs

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What do you prescribe benzos for?

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acute and situational anxiety

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Why are barbs seldom used?

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low safety margin, drug interactions, and abuse potential

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Why is Buspirone used over benzos, even though it’s weaker?

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fewer SEs

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How do sedative/hypnotic drugs work, as a class?

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they augment GABA neuronal inhibition and/or inhibit glutamate neuronal excitation

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_______ drugs are described as decreasing activity, moderating excitement, and calming the recipient.

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Sedative

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______ drugs produce drowsiness and facilitate the onset and maintenance of sleep that resembles natural sleep and from which the recipient can be easily aroused.

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Hypnotic

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What does it mean that sedatives/hypnotics have a graded response? How do they act in the therapeutic range?

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the CNS effects are dose-dependent; they produce antianxiety, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant, sedative,
and hypnotic effects

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Which drug class can be use for general anesthesia?

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barbs

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What is the major limiting SE of barbs?

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respiratory and vasomotor depression –> coma/death

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The great majority of sedative-hypnotic drugs act to facilitate the action of _______ at the GABAa receptor-chloride channel complex.

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GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid)

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The great majority of sedative-hypnotic drugs act to facilitate the action of GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) at the _______.

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GABAa receptor-chloride channel complex

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GABA binding to its receptor ______.

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opens an ion channel to increase Cl- conductance

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Membrane hyperpolarization via GABA receptor binding causes?

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decreased neuronal excitability and neurotransmission

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Both benzodiazepines and barbiturates (each at a separate binding site) indirectly _______ to diminish neuronal excitability further.

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increase the GABAergic effect

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_______ intensify the effect of GABA, while _____ prolong the effect of GABA.

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Benzos = intensify
barbs = prolong
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Benzodiazepines ______ the effect of GABA, while barbiturates ______ the effect of GABA.

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Benzos = intensify
barbs = prolong
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At high concentrations, barbiturates interact directly with the ______ (presence of GABA is not required for effect).

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GABA receptor

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At _______, barbiturates interact directly with the GABA receptor (presence of GABA is not required for effect).

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high concentrations

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_____ action is less selective and also depresses excitatory neurotransmitters (glutamate).

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Barbiturate

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Barbiturate action is less selective and also depresses ______.

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excitatory neurotransmitters (glutamate)

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_____, _____, and _____ are non-benzodiazepines that interact with the benzodiazepine binding site as agonists and are commonly referred to as “Z”-drugs.

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Zolpidem, eszopiclone, and zaleplon

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Zolpidem, eszopiclone, and zaleplon are non-benzodiazepines that interact with ______ as agonists and are commonly referred to as “Z”-drugs.

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the benzodiazepine binding site

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Zolpidem, eszopiclone, and zaleplon are non-benzodiazepines that interact with the benzodiazepine
binding site as agonists and are commonly referred to as ______.

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“Z”-drugs

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______, an antagonist at the benzodiazepine binding site, reverses the CNS effects of benzodiazepines.
Flumazenil
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Name an antagonist at the benzodiazepine binding site.
Flumazenil
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Flumazenil reverses the CNS effects of ______.
benzodiazepines
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What is Flumazenil?
an antagonist at the benzodiazepine binding site | reverses the CNS effects of benzodiazepines
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GABA receptors with _____ subunits are highly expressed in the cortex and these receptors appear to mediate sedative (sleep), amnestic, and anticonvulsant actions of benzodiazepines.
α1
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GABA receptors with α1 subunits are highly expressed in the ______, and these receptors appear to mediate sedative (sleep), amnestic, and anticonvulsant actions of benzodiazepines.
cortex
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GABA receptors with α1 subunits are highly expressed in the cortex and these receptors appear to mediate _______ of benzodiazepines.
sedative (sleep), amnestic, and anticonvulsant actions
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GABA receptors with α1 subunits are highly expressed in the cortex and these receptors appear to mediate sedative (sleep), amnestic, and anticonvulsant actions of _________.
benzodiazepines
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GABA receptors with _____ subunits are highly expressed in the limbic system and brain stem and these receptors appear to mediate myorelaxant, motor impairing, anxiolytic, and ethanol-potentiating effects of benzodiazepines.
α2/α5
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GABA receptors with α2/α5 subunits are highly expressed in the _______, and these receptors appear to mediate myorelaxant, motor impairing, anxiolytic, and ethanol-potentiating effects of benzodiazepines.
limbic system and brain stem
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GABA receptors with α2/α5 subunits are highly expressed in the limbic system / and brain stem and these receptors appear to mediate _______ effects of benzodiazepines.
myorelaxant, motor impairing, anxiolytic, and ethanol-potentiating
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GABA receptors with α2/α5 subunits are highly expressed in the limbic system / and brain stem and these receptors appear to mediate myorelaxant, motor impairing, anxiolytic, and ethanol-potentiating effects of _______.
benzodiazepines
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_________ bind only to GABA-chloride channels with α1 subunits resulting in sleep without anxiolysis (reduced potential for dependence).
“Z-drugs” (zolpidem, zaleplon, eszopiclone)
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“Z-drugs” (zolpidem, zaleplon, eszopiclone) are not benzodiazepines structurally and bind to GABA-chloride channels with _____ subunits resulting in sleep without anxiolysis (reduced potential for dependence).
α1
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“Z-drugs” (zolpidem, zaleplon, eszopiclone) are not benzodiazepines structurally and bind only to GABA-chloride channels with α1 subunits resulting in ______.
sleep without anxiolysis (reduced potential for dependence)
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Higher doses of most barbiturates and some benzodiazepines inhibit formation and spread of ______ in _____.
seizure activity in cortical neurons
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What is the drug of choice for status epilepticus?
Diazepam
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How do benzos/barbs cause muscle relaxation?
inhibit spinal cord polysynaptic reflexes may aid in muscle spasms (at high doses with CNS SEs)
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Short-acting _______ (thiopental) are used to induce-maintain surgical anesthesia.
barbiturates
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Short-acting barbiturates (_______) are used to induce-maintain surgical anesthesia.
thiopental
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Name 3 benzos that have good oral absorption.
Diazepam, alprazolam, and triazolam
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What benzo is good for IM administration?
Lorazepam
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Many phase I metabolites of benzodiazepines are active with half-lives longer than the parent compounds. What is the significance of this fact?
Accumulation of these metabolites can occur when multiple doses are given, resulting in unwanted CNS effects such as daytime sedation, esp. in elderly pts
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Accumulation of these metabolites can occur when multiple doses are given, resulting in unwanted CNS effects such as daytime sedation, esp. in elderly pts.
phase I metabolites of benzodiazepines
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What benzos are safe to give your elderly and hepatic dysfunction pts and why?
Lorazepam and oxazepam are metabolized directly to the inactive glucuronides (NO P450 step) and as a result have shorter half-lives and fewer problems with cumulative and residual effects.
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Lorazepam and oxazepam are metabolized directly to the inactive glucuronides (NO P450 step) and as a result have shorter half-lives and fewer problems with cumulative and residual effects. What is the significance of this fact?
safe to give these drugs to elderly and hepatic dysfunction pts
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_______ are classic inducers of CYP450 enzymes and represent a major source of clinically significant drug interactions.
Barbiturates
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Barbiturates are classic inducers of _______ enzymes and represent a major source of clinically significant drug interactions.
CYP450
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Benzos can have an additive effect when given with what?
other agents that cause CNS depression (alcohol, | opioid analgesics, antipsychotic agents, anticonvulsants, antihistamines, TCADs)
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Benzos can cause anterograde amnesia. How? Why is this significant?
because they enhance GABA-ergic neuronal function good: procedural amnesia bad: roofies/date rape
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Why do benzos carry a black box warning?
strange sleep-related behavior and severe allergic reactions
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Benzos are contraindicated in which patients?
those with breathing problems, chronic pulmonary disease, and symptomatic sleep apnea
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Benzos can be used to treat which psych disorders?
acute: general anxiety panic disorder social anxiety
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What is Buspirone?
a 5HT1A partial agonist located presynaptically on nerve terminals used as an anxiolytic
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This is a 5HT1A partial agonist located presynaptically on nerve terminals used as an anxiolytic.
Buspirone
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What are the SEs of Buspirone?
dizziness, nausea, headache
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How must Buspirone be taken?
on a routine schedule for at least 2 weeks but 4-6 weeks for maximal efficacy

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