Term
| Treatment for alcohol withdrawl |
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Definition
Benzodiazepines
Alcohol
Works on GABA receptors, increases Cl influx |
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Term
| Treatment for alcohol abuse |
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Definition
Disulfiram (antabuse)
Naltrexone
Disulfiram inhibits acetaldehyde dehydrogenase |
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Term
| Patient with CNS depression, nausea vomiting, constipation, puillary constriction. What is the treament for abuse? |
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Definition
Opioid abuse
Treatment:
Naloxone
naltrexone |
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Term
| patient with withdrawal symptoms of anxiety, insomia, anorexia, sweating, dilated pupils, piloeriction, fever, rhinnorrhea, yawning |
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Definition
Opoid withdrawal
Treatment:
Naloxone + buprenorphine (suboxone)
Methadone |
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Term
| Drug abuse with patient showing respiratory depression. |
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Definition
Barbituate intoxication
Treatment: Symptom management |
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Term
Drug abuse with amnesia, ataxia, somnolence, minor respiratory depression. Additive effects with alcohol
What is the intoxication and treatment? |
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Definition
Benzodiazepine
Treatment:
Flumazenil |
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Term
| Withdrawl symptoms with rebound anxiety, seizures, tremor, insomnia |
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Definition
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Term
| Withdrawl with anxiety, seizures, delirium, life threatening cardiovascular collapse |
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Definition
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Term
| Drug intoxication with psychomotor agitation, impaired judgement, pupillary dilation, hypertension, tachycardia, euphoria. |
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Definition
Amphetamines
Withdrawl:
Post-use crash, including depression, lethargy, stomach cramps |
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Term
| Drug intoxication with euphoria, psychomotor agitation, tachycardia, pupillary dilation, paranoid ideations, angina, sudden cardiac death |
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Definition
Cocaine intoxification
Treatment: Benzodiazepine
Withdrawl:
Post use "crash", severe depression and suicidality, hypersomnolence, fatigue |
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Term
| Drug intoxication with restlessness, insomia, increased diuresis, muscle twitching and cardiac arrythmias |
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Definition
Caffeine usage
Withdrawl:
Headache, lethargy, depression, weight gain |
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Term
| Treatment for nicotine withdrawl |
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Definition
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Term
| Drug intoxication with belligerence, impulsiveness, fever, psychomotor agitation, vertical and horizontal nystagmus, tachycardia, psychosis |
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Definition
PCP
Withdrawl:
depression, anxiety, irritability, restlessness |
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Term
| Drug intoxification with marked anxiety or depression, delusions, visual hallucinations, flashbacks |
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Definition
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