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Psychopharmocology - Coggle Diagram
Psychopharmocology
Psychopharm Terms
The half-life of a drug is the time it takes for the amount of a drug's active substance in your body to reduce by half. This depends on how the body processes and gets rid of the drug. It can vary from a few hours to a few days, or sometimes weeks.
Tolerance - A condition that occurs when the body gets used to a medicine so that either more medicine is needed or different medicine is needed./ Cross Tolerance is where the tolerance from another similar drug also increases your tolerance for similar medications.
Agonist (man), partial agonist (child) and Antagonist (caterpillar)- tap example
Stimulants v. Depressants: Stimulants stimulate the brain and nervous system (ex. caffeine, nicotine, Adderall, Ritalin, Cocain, math and ecstasy). Depressants slow down the nervous system (ex. alcohol, opioids, barbiturate, benzo,
Reuptake refers to the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a presynaptic (sending) neuron after it has performed its function of transmitting a neural impulse.
Neuron action Potential: Na+ (Sodium outside the cell), K+ (more Potassium inside the cell)
Benzodiazepines/ Benzo's (Benz Dealership)
Uses: Treats anxiety (anxious car theft), Treats seizures (anti-shake shocks), Treats alcohol withdrawal (broken liquor bottle)
Side effects: Sedation (Sleeping salesman), Respiratory depression (Broken ceiling fan), Tolerance/Dependance (Loyalty card). Antidote- Flumazenil (Fumes)
Names: Pam ending - Clonazepam, Lorazepam, Diazepam (PAMphlets)/ Lam ending- Midazolam or Alprazolam (Lambo dealership out the window), Chlordiazepoxide (Color Display)
TCA's (Tricyclic Antidepressant)/ Tricycles
Uses: Treats Depression (kid crying), Treat nerve pain from diabetic neuropathy and fibromyalgia (broken wires)
Side Effects: Cause dizziness [Postural Orthostatic Hypotension] (electrician gets dizzy), Cause anticholinergic effects (broken cola bottle), can be lethal (big tricycle bad).
Names: Triptyline ending (Electrician tripping)- Amitriptyline, Notriptyline. Pramine ending (Premier tag)- Emipramine, Clomipramine and Desipramine.
MAOIs (Maui)
Uses: Treat Depression (Crying waitress)
Side Effects: Hypertension crisis (inflating beach ball), avoid food containing Tyramine (Charcuterie board), Serotonin Syndrome (Smiley Face)
Names: Isocaboxazid (Ice cubes in glass), Phenelzine (Fennel on the table), Tranylcypromine (Waitress in Training)
SSRIs (Sushi Rice)
Uses: Treats Depression (Crying women), Treats Anxiety (Anxious Man)
Names: Citalopram/ Escitalopram (CITI Card), Sertraline (Certificate), Paroxetine (Parrot Fish), Fluoxetine (Fluor bag)
Side Effects: Sexual Dysfunction (rejected kiss), weight gain (weigh scale), Serotonin Syndrome (Smiley face on take out bag), avoid MAOIs (Ticket to Maui), Avoid St. John's Wort (Saint Hog T-Shirt), Avoid Grapefruit (Sold-out Grapefruit sign)
SNRI's (Sunrise)
Uses: Treats Depression (Crying Women), Treats anxiety (Anxious man), Treats chronic pain (hurt arm)
Side Effects: Serotonin Syndrome (Smiley Face), Avoid St. John's Wort (Saints Hog T-Shirt), Avoid MAOI's (Ripped Maui ticket), Sexual dysfunction (rejected kiss).
Names: Duloxetine (Duel on TV), Venlafaxine (Vanilla Ice Cream)
Aytpical Antipsychotics (2nd Gen)- Scream painting in a cheery house (an atypical scene)
Uses: Treats Psychosis and Schizophrenia (Scream Painting)- both negative and positive symptoms, calms ppl. Treats Bi-polar (theater masks)
Side Effects: Extrapyramidal Syndrome/ EPS/ Tardive Dyskanisia (Rattling EPS Truck), Weight Gain/ Metabolic Syndrome (Heavy Package), Sedation (sleeping in the closet), Anticholinergic effects (Empty Cola Bottle), Neuoleptic Malignant Syndrome/ NMS (Lead pipes= muscle rigidity). Clonzapine causes Agranulocytosis (spilled granola in the closet). Ziprasidone causes QT prolongation (twisted streamer coming out of zipper).
Names: Clozapine (Closet), Olanzapine (lance), Aripiprazole (Air Pods), Risperidone (Whispering), Quetiapine (Quiet Shushing) and Ziprasidone (Zipper)
Typical Antipsychotics (1st Gen) - Scream Painting at a Museum (Typical scene)
Uses: treats psychosis and schizophrenia- positive symptom's only (Scream painting), Treat's agitation and aggression (Angry security guard)
Side Effects: EPS (Rattling EPS Truck), NMS (Lead pipe & NMS on wall), Sedation (Sleeping security guard, Anticholinergic Effects (empty cola bottle), QT Prolongation/ Torsades De Pointes (Streamers)
Names: Haloperidol (Halo's from truck lights), Fluphenazine (Guards flip phone),
Beta Blockers (Beta Fish)
Uses: Slows heart rate (weak fish tank pump), Treats Hypertension (bursting pipe), Treats Heart Failure (ripped heart), treats social anxiety.
Side Effect: Bronchospasm (Gasping fish), Bradycardia (Slow time), mask Hypoglycaemia (hidden lollipop wrappers)
Names: always end in LOL (Lollipop)
Barbituates (Barber)
Uses: Treats Seizures (anti shake shocks), Treat Insomnia/cause sedation (sleeping customer), Treat anxiety
Side Effects: respiratory depression (broken fan), dependance/Tolerance (loyalty card)
Names: Barbital ending (Barber)
NDRI- Bupropion/ Wellbutrin/ Aplenzin (Bulletproof vest)
Uses: Treats Depression (Crying man/ atypical), Smoking cessation (man throwing cigarette)
Side Effects: can cause seizures (Jackhammer), if taken with alcohol increased risk
Lithium (Lithium battery from Mic)
Uses: Treats Bi-polar (theatre masks)- narrow therapeutic range toxicity after 1.5 (sign with 1.5 hrs)
Side effects: Toxicity caused by fluid loss (empty water bottle), hyponatremia/low sodium (empty salt shaker),decreased renal function (falling jelly beans), NSAIDs (Sled), Thiazide Diuretics (Thigh High Boots). Early signs of distress- GI symptoms (Girl puking), late signs of distress - Neurological changes (sparking wires). Its a teratogenic - not to be given during pregnancy (Tarantual)
Carbomazepine (Car Magazine)
Uses: Treats seizures (anti shake shocks), Treats Trigeninal Neuraliga (Tri-gem) and Bipolar disorder (theatre masks)- manic phase, can treat alcohol withdrawal effects
Side effects: Agranulocytosis (Empty granola bags, Steve Johnson syndrome/ SJS (Rash like scrapes)
Lamotrigine (Limo)
Uses: Treats seizures (anti shake shocks) and Bipolar (Theater masks)- depressed phase
Side effects: SJS (Rash) and sedation (sleeping driver)
Valproate/ Valproic Acid/ Depakote (Valet)
Uses: Treats seizures (anti shake shocks) and Bipolar (theater masks)
Side effects: Hepatotoxicty (Liver shaped lever) and its a Teratogenic (Tarantula)
Trazadone/ Atypical antidepressant (Traffic cone)
Uses: Treat depression and insomnia/ cause sedation (crying women, yawning man)
Side effects: Orthostatic Hypertension (Dizziness), Priapism (large Bratwurst)
Buspirone (Bus Stop)
Uses: Treat anxiety/GAD (Anxious looking man), takes 2 + weeks to take effect (2 week delay sign), partial agonist of serotonin (half smiley face sticker on pole)
Naltrexone (No Truck Zone)
Uses: Treat Opioid Dependance (blocked off poppyseed muffins w/ ripped loyalty card) and Alcohol Dependance (Blocked off Bar, w/ ripped loyalty card)- works slowly and is long lasting unlike Naloxone.
