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Take medication in the morning and with food.
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SSRI's
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Avoid tyramine rich foods and caffeine.
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MAOI's
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Severe hypertension. Headache, nausea, increased heart rate, and blood pressure.
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Hypertensive Crisis
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Increase the risk of Serotonin Syndrome
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MAOI's, TCA's, & St. John's Wort
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mental confusion, fever, agitation, anxiety, hallucinations, in-coordination, hyperreflexia, diaphoresis, tremors
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Serotonin Syndrome
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Avoid the use of in Tricyclic Antidepressants
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Alcohol, benzodiazapines, opioids, and antihistamines (cause additive CNS depression)
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Anticholnerigic Effects
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dry mouth, blurred vision, photo-phobia, urinary hesitancy/retention, constipation, tachycardia
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Used in Alcoholism
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Lithium Carbonate
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Maintenance Level of Lithium
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0.4-1.0 mEq/L
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Early signs of lithium toxicity
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diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, thirst, polyuria, muscle weakness, and slurred speech
serum levels less than 1.5 mEq/L |
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Advanced Signs of Lithium toxicity
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ongoing gastrointestinal distress (NVD), mental confusion, poor coordination, and coarse tremors
serum levels 1.5 to 2.0 mEq/L |
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What classification is Thorazine and Haldol and what do they treat?
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Antipsychotic and Schizophrenia, psychosis, bipolar disorders, tourette's syndrome
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the client experiences severe spasms of tongue, neck, face, or back
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Acute Dystonia
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bradykinesia, rigidity, shuffling gait, drooling, and tremors
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Parkinsonism
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the client is unable to stand still or sit, and its continually pacing or agitated
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Akathisia
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involuntary movement of tongue and face, such as lip-smacking, which cause speech and/or eating disturbances. may also include involuntary movements of arms, legs, or trunk.
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Late EPS symptoms
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sudden high grade fever, blood pressure fluctuations, dysrythmias, muscle rigidity, changes in LOC
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
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Atypical Antipsychotics
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Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Abilify
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