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SE of Benzo's
Decreased LOC
Habit forming, esp xanax; withdrawls if stop abruptly.
Hard on the liver-hepatotoxicity
CNS depression
Ceiling in abuse
Non-Benzo anti-anxiety
Buspar (busparone) NOT benzo, NOT habit forming; not a lot of SE
MAOI
MAOI’s-earliests; Parnate (transcyclopime) REMEMBER-MALIGNANT HTN-brought on with tyramine (mixing w/food or drugs containing tyramine, KNOW WHAT FOODS CONTAIN IT!) Some cardiac SE.
TCA
work a lot on nor-epinepherine; cardiotoxic, weight gain, VERY narrow safety margin. Elavil used a lot now for ppl w/peripheral neuropathy. Tofranil is used for bedwetting enuresis
SSRI
Prozac granddaddy. Work well, pretty safe, black box warning for suicide for teens and very young adults. Can cause GI distress when first starting to take them. HA, insomnia, sexual dysfunction, anxiety.
SNRI
Can cause GI distress when first starting to take them. HA, insomnia, sexual dysfunction, anxiety.
Other Anti-depressants
wellbutrin works primarily with nor-epinepherine, lowers seizure threshold. Desyrel-very sedating, not habit forming; very serious male sexual SE priapism.
Mood Stabilizers
Sometimes atypicals are used in mood stabilization-
Lithium-narrow toxicity, Nausea, coarse tremors, early s/sx of toxicity
Depakote-hard on liver
Tegretol-hard on kidneys
Gain weight on both
Lamictal-Steven Johnson’s syndrome