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Directly proportional to the potency of inhalation anesthetics

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Lipid solubility

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Inversely proportional to the potency of inhalation anesthetics

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Minimal alveolar concentration (MAC)

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Inversely proportional to the rate of induction and recovery of inhalation anesthetics

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Blood:gas partition coefficient

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Mechanism of action of inhalation anesthetics

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Potentiation of GABA at GABAA receptors; also reduce Na and Ca influx

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Currently the only non-halogenated inhalation anesthetic

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Nitrous oxide

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Inhalation anesthetic with the most analgesic activity

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Nitrous oxide

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Inhalation anesthetic with the least respiratory and cardiovascular depression and therefore is used frequently as a component of balanced anesthesia

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Nitrous oxide

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Inhalation anesthetic that can cause fatal hepatotoxicity and cardiac arrhythmia and is no longer used in the US

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Halothane

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Inhalation anesthetic that is withdrawn from the market due to fatal nephrotoxicity

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Methoxyflurane

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Inhalation anesthetic that at high concentrations can produce CNS excitation, leading to seizures

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Enflurane

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Rare, but fatal side effect associated with combination of halogenated inhalation anesthetic and depolarizing blocker

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Malignant Hyperthermia

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Close to ideal inhalation anesthetic that exhibits rapid and smooth induction and recovery, with little organ system toxicity

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Sevoflurane

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Barbiturate used for the induction of anesthesia

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Thiopental

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A short-acting benzodiazepine commonly used adjunctively with inhalation anesthetics and opioid analgesics for a balanced anesthesia

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Midazolam

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Opioid safe for use of analgesia and anesthesia during cardiac surgery

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Fentanyl

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Produces both rapid anesthesia and recovery, has antiemetic activity, but may cause marked hypotension

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Propofol

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Produces dissociative anesthesia but has significant analgesic activity

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Ketamine

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Mechanism of action of the intravenous anesthetic that causes dissociative anesthesia

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Block NMDA receptor

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Side effects of dissociative anesthetic

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Cardiovascular stimulation, increased cerebral blood flow, vivid dreams, hallucinations

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Neuroleptanesthesia can be produced by a combination of these two agents

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Fentanyl and droperidol

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Mechanism of action of local anesthetics

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Block voltage-gated sodium channels

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This condition may necessitate larger doses of local anesthetics because the drugs become ionized and cannot penetrate the neuronal membranes

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Low pH

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Almost all local anesthetics have this property and sometimes require the administration of vasoconstrictors to prolong activity

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Vasodilation

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The only local anesthetic with vasoconstrictive property, but due to abuse potential, only occasionally used for nasal surgery

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Cocaine

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This type of local anesthetic is more likely to cause hypersensitivy reactions
Ester-type (local anesthetic with one "I" in name)
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Local anesthetic most widely used for obstetric anesthesia but causes the most cardiac depression
Bupivacaine
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Side effect of most local anesthetics
CNS excitation
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Common side effect of antipsychotics, MPTP (contaminant in illicit meperidine analog), and cholinergic excess
Drug-induced Parkinsonism
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Precursor of dopamine that can cross the blood-brain-barrier and used to alleviate motor dysfunction in Parkinson's disease
Levodopa (L-dopa)
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Inhibits peripheral DOPA decarboxylase, reduces peripheral side effects of dopamine precursor and enhances its delivery to the brain
Carbidopa
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Two fluctuations in clinical response associated with long-term use of dopamine precursor
"Wearing off" and "on-off-phenomenon"
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Inhibits monoamine oxidase type B (MAO-B), used as monotherapy for early or mild Parkinson's disease or adjunct to improve motor function in patients with fluctuations in clinical response
Selegiline
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Inhibits of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), used as adjunct to improve motor function in Parkinson's patients with fluctuations in clinical response
Entacapone, tolcapone
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Ergot type 2 dopamine receptor (D2) agonist, used as adjunct to improve motor function in Parkinson's patients with fluctuations in clinical response
Bromocriptine
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Non ergot type 2 dopamine receptors (D2) agonist, used for Parkinson's and restless legs syndrome
Pramipexole and ropinirole
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An antiviral that enhances dopamine release from nigrostriatal neurons
Amantadine
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Two centrally-acting anticholinergics useful for tremor and rigidity but have little effect on bradykinesia in patients with Parkinson's
Benztropine, Trihexylphenidyl
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Drug of choice indicated for familial or essential tremors
Propranolol
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Two drugs that inhibit vesicle monoamine transporter used for Huntington's
Tetrabenazine, reserpine
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An antipsychotic with dopamine receptor antagonist activity used for Huntington's
Haloperidol
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Three centrally-acting cholinesterase inhibitors used for Alzheimer's
Donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine
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Noncompetitive antagonist of NMDA receptors used for Alzheimer's
Memantine
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Three main classes of CNS depressant drugs of abuse
Alcohol, opioid, barbiturate/benzodiazepine
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Agent that is metabolized by alcohol dehydrogenase or microsomal ethanol-oxidizing system (MEOS) to acetaldehyde; displays zero-order kinetics of elimination
Ethanol
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Enzyme that is induced through chronic exposure to alcohol, may contribute to tolerance
Microsomal ethanol oxidizing system (MEOS)
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Complications of the gastrointestinal system associated with chronic alcohol use
Mallory-Weiss syndrome, hepatitis, cirrhosis, pancreatitis
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Neurological abnormality caused by chronic alcohol use and thiamine deficiency
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
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The most common neurologic abnormality in chronic alcoholics
Neurologic deficits (Peripheral neuropathy)
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Life-threatening alcohol withdrawal syndrome that peaks at 5 days after the last drink
Delirium tremens
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Inhibits aldehyde dehydrogenase and used as deterrent for alcohol use
Disulfiram
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Opioid receptor antagonist used to prevent alcohol abuse
naltrexone
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Competes for alcohol dehydrogenase and is used in methanol or ethylene glycol poisoning
Fomepizole, Ethanol
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Most commonly abused opioids
Heroin, morphine, oxycodone
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Respiratory and CNS depression, pinpoint pupils, seizures, and needle track marks are symptoms of this intoxication
Opioid
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Opioid receptor antagonist that is used to treat opioid intoxication, may cause more rapid and intense symptoms of withdrawal
Naloxone
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Sweating, dilated pupils, piloerection, and flu-like symptoms are symptoms of withdrawal from this class of drugs
Opioid
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Opioids used for long-term maintenance from opioid withdrawal
Methadone, Buprenorphine
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Most widely abused sedative hypnotics
Short-acting barbiturates (pentobarbital)
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Two date rape drugs that work through enhancement of GABA receptors in the brain
Flunitrazepam, GHB (γ-hydroxybutyrate)
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Benzodiazepine antagonist used to treat benzodiazepine intoxication
Flumazenil

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