Indications Flashcards
(116 cards)
1
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Local anesthetic largely limited to dentistry
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Prilocaine (amide)
2
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At clinical doses, vasoconstricts.
Use: Peripheral and epidural blocks
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Ropivacaine
3
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Opioid good for longer surgeries because of its cardiovascular profile
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Fentanyl
4
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Use: ADHD (stimulant)
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Amphetamines
5
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Would also work for methanol poisoning by competing for metabolism
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Ethanol
6
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Use: Autism
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Buspirone
7
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Opioid which is a cough suppressant at much lower doses than analgesia
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Codeine
8
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Use: narcolepsy
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Amphetamines
9
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DOC Methanol poisoning that inhibits alcohol dehydrogenase
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Fomepizole
10
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May slow progression of the Alzheimer’s and delay transition from mild cognitive impairment to AD
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Cholinesterase inhibitors
11
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Short acting barbiturate for induction of anesthesia
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Thiopental
12
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DOC: refractory to lithium bipolar
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Valproic acid
13
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First line drug psychosis
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Risperidone
14
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Long acting barbiturate for prevention of seizures
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Phenobarbital
15
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Increases L dopa levels in the periphery so lower levels of l dopa can be used
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Carbidopa
16
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Use: reduce dental bleeding
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Cocaine (ester)
17
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DOC opioid overdose
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Naloxone
18
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Treatment if seizures occur during alcohol withdrawal
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Lorazepam
Phenytoin (secondary)
19
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Uses:
- absence and general tonic-clonic seizures
- bipolar disorder
- Migraine prophylaxis
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Valproic acid
20
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Benzo for acute muscle spams and pain from an injury
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Diazepam
21
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Reversal of benzodiazepines in respiratory depression
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Flumazenil
22
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Opioid for short surgical procedures with midazolam
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Fentanyl
23
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Only effective for parkinson’s for 3-4 years and does not affect progression
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L-dopa
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Resets sleep wake cycle, promotes sleepiness without GABA effect
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Ramelteon
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DOC social anxiety
Paroxetine
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Use: decrease cravings in alcoholism (antidepressant)
Bupropion
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Early/mild parkinsons
Amantadine
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Relieves anxiety without producing sedation
Buspirone
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Use: refractory complex partial seizures
Vigabatrin
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Use: ADHD+Anxiety
Buspirone
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Drug of last choice for psychosis due to agranulocytosis
Clozapine
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IV benzo for short surgical procedures to produce anterograde amnesia
Midazolam
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Use: migraine prevention
Topiramate
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Depression associated with bipolar disorder
Lurasidone (atypical antipsychotic)
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Hypersomnia drug
Flumazenil
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Dopamine system stabilizer for psychosis
Aripiprazole
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Good for sleep aid and pain management, but not a good antidepressant and not good for males (priapism)
Trazodone
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Form of phenytoin that can be injected IM for status epilepticus
Fosphenytoin
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Maintenance treatment of opioid addiction, partial mu agonist
Buprenorphine
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Opioid receptor antagonist also used to block reward pathway in alcoholics
Naltrexone
41
Antidepressant for chronic pain from TMJ or fibromyalgia
TCAs
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DOC depression
SSRIs, specifically Citalopram
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Mu agonist
Meperidine
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Stronger than morphine
Hydromorphine
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GABA independent anxiolytics
Ramelteon
| Buspirone
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Use: neuropathic pain
Gabapentin
| Pregabalin
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Refractory bipolar disorder in combination with lithium
Carbamazepine
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Use: PMS
Buspirone
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Topical anesthetic of upper respiratory tract mucous membraine
Cocaine (ester)
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Use this opioid for patients with renal dysfunction because the metabolites don't accumulate
Hydromorphine
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Regulation of sleep wake cycle, promotes wakefullness
Suvorexant
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Use: Trigeminal neuralgia
Carbamazepine
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DOC partial seizures
Carbamazepine
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Uses:
Tourette's
Acute mania
Ziprasidone
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Uses: fibromyalgia, post-op pain
Pregabalin
56
Also used for neuropathic pain and post-menopausal hot flashes
SNRIs
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Use: diagnostic nerve blocks
Procaine (ester)
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Anticonvulsant that can be used for anxiety
Pregabalin
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If your opioid addict is a healthcare professional....
Naltrexone
60
DOC absence seizures
Ethosuximide
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DOC for enuresis
TCAs
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Meperidine is weird because
Metabolite normeperidine accumulates→ seizures→ DO not use >48 hours, high doses, or renal failure
Anticholinergic→ tachycardia, pupil dilation (opposite of most opioids)
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Anticonvulsant used to decrease craving in recovering alcoholics
Topiramate
64
Sleeping pills
Z drugs
65
DOC epidural anesthesia
Lidocaine (amide)
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Topical only local anesthetic, OTC
Benzocaine
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3 anticonvulsants for bipolar disorder
Carbamazepine
Lamotrigine
Gabapentin (off label)
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Sedation for pediatric dental procedures
Choral Hydrate
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Use: infiltration anesthesia
Procaine (ester)
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Adjunct for partial and generalized tonic-clonic seizures
Gabapentin
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Rescue of off periods in patients on L-dopa, temporary, must be injected
Apomorphine
| dopamine receptor agonist
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Partial mu agonists that could precipitate withdrawal if given to chronic opioid users
Pentazocine
| Buprenorphine
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Can be used in Bulimia and Alcoholism
SSRIs
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DOC retrobulbar ophthalmic local anesthesia
Tetracaine (ester)
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Antipsychotic to promote sleep onset and maintenance
Quetiapine
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1st non-stimulant treatment for ADHD
Atomoxetine
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Inverse differential block→ causes motor block before or without sensory block
Etidocaine
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DOC depression in the elderly
Sertraline
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Control muscle spasms form stroke or neuro injury
Botulinum toxin
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Parkinson's drugs that continue to be effective even as disease progresses, used in combination with L-dopa
Dopamine receptor agonists
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Depression which hasn't responded to other drugs
MAOIs
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Modest antiparkinson, improve rigidity and tremor but NOT bradykinesia
Anticholinergics
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Not water soluble and must be injected IV for status epilepticus
Phenytoin
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DOC for psychosis
Atypical antipsychotic
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DOC acute psychosis
| (ER setting, drug induced)
Haloperidol
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Combined with 10% dextrose to make it hyperbaric for spinal anesthesia
Tetracaine (ester)
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DOC restless leg syndrome
Ropinirole
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Uses:
1. post-op analgesia
2. Spinal and epidural anesthesia
3. infiltration blocks
Bupivacaine (amide)
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Use: Infantile spasm (West's syndrome)
Vigabatrin
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Maintenance treatment of opioid addicts
Methadone
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Decreases craving of alcohol by restoring disturbed GABA/glutamate balance to normal
Acamprosate (GABA analogue)
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DOC for status epilepticus
Diazepam
| Lorazepam
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Z drug with a long half life so it is used for long term treatment of insomnia
Eszopiclone
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Benzodiazepines for insomnia
Flurazepam
| Temazepam
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Local anesthetic that's also an antiarrhythmic
Lidocaine (amide)
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Opioid which is a cough suppressant with no analgesia
Dextromethorphan
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Use: ADHD (antidepressant)
Bupropion
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DOC peripheral blocks
Mepivacaine (amide)
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Less preferred MAOI due to serious side effects
Phenelzine
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DOC infiltration blocks
Lidocaine (amide)
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Opioids used to treat diarrhea (2)
Loperamide
| diphenoxylate/atropine
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Dangerous drug that will give you a bad hangover with alcohol
Disulfiram
| not recommended
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Prevention of seizures during alcohol withdrawal
Diazepam
| Chlordiazepoxide
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Opioid with long term control of pain/ hard to treat pain
Methadone
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combination of l-dopa/ carbidopa/ entacapone
Stalevo
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Opioid with less respiratory depression because its a partial mu agonist
Pentazocine
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Adjunct for partial seizures
Tiagabine
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DOC OCD
Paroxetine
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Improves positive and negative psychosis symptoms and can be used for bipolar
Olanzapine
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Benzo with alternate uses:
1. Absence seizures
2. Myoclonic seizures
3. Infantile spasms (West syndrome)
Clonazepam
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Depressed patient with insomnia and anxiety
Mitrazapine
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Use: quitting smoking (antidepressant)
Bupropion (Zyban extended release)
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Rapid cycling manic/depressive episodes
Valproic acid
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Amide + ester group local anesthetic
Articaine
Decreased half life due to additional metabolism
Dental use
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Treatment of neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Dantrolene
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May inhibit progression of parkinson's by decreasing free radicals produced during dopamine metabolism
MOA-B inhibitors
