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Tell me what you know about…….

 Tricyclic Antidepressants:

o Side effects:

 Clonazepam:

o Teaching points:

 Haldol:

o Why do we give it?

o What other meds works well in a crisis situation?

 ADHD medication:

o Why do we give it?

o Best time to give?

 Anxiolytics:

o What happens with tolerance?

o How do we discontinue if patients feel they no longer need?

 Hypertensive Crisis with MAOIs:

o Why does this happen? What nutrient?

 First-generation antipsychotics (FGA) and side effects

 Tardive Dyskinesia:

 Why do we give benzos for alcohol withdrawal?

 Interferon beta side effects and management

 Side effects vs reactions- how do we manage? How do we know the difference? Which

patients are at highest risk?

 Lamotrigine side effects


 Antidote for phenobarbital

 Levodopa/Carbidopa side effects

o Patient education- why are they taking this? What meds wouldn’t we want to give

with?

 Benzos as sleep aides and benzos for rescue seizure meds:

o Benzos antidote

 Lithium side effects: interactions with salt? Other meds?

 Donepezil side effects- expected vs what do you need to tell MD about? What drug class is

this?

 Normal phenytoin level is _____?

o Can pregnant people use?

 Normal lithium level is _____?

 Normal valproic adic level _____?

 Neuroleptic malignant syndrome- what meds? What happens?

 Half life

 EPS: Which meds do we need to be concerned about?

 Lisdexamfetamine: concerns?

 Med adherence- how do we help?

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