NUR 1212C Exam Two Medication List
Clozapine (Clozaril) - ✔️✔️antipsychotic (cognition)
-used for schizophrenia, agitation, parkinson's related dementia
-causes neutropenia, lowers blood counts, hypotension, don't take if u have a seizure
disorder, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, need blood tests weekly, report flu like
symptoms!!
Halo Selegiline (EMSAM) - ✔️✔️-antiparkinson agent
-MAOI
-also used for alzheimers and depression
-tachycardia, bradycardia, hypertensive crisis (children)
-fatal interaction with opioids, and tricyclics
peridol (Haldol) - ✔️✔️antipsychotic (cognition)
(increased mortality rate in elderly with dementia related psychosis)
-used for emergency sedation of severely agitated patients
-used in schizophrenia
-SE: seizures, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, ECG changes, cardiac arrest, seizures,
respiratory depression
Fluphenazine (Prolixin) - ✔️✔️antipsychotic (cognition)
-increases morality in elderly patient's with dementia related psychosis
-uses: schizophrenia or agitation
-SE: hypotension, ECG changes, cardiac arrest, anemia, congestion, seizures,
neuroleptic malignant syndrome, EPS
Risperidone (Risperdal) - ✔️✔️-antipsychotic (cognition)
-used for Irritability associated with autism, bipolar disorder, mania, schizophrenia,
dementia
-cardiac arrest, heart failure, tachycardia, upper respiratory tract infection
Donepezil (Aricept) - ✔️✔️-anti-Alzheimer's agent
-SE: dizziness, seizures, headache, a-fib, bradycardia, GI bleed, UTI
Memantine hydrochloride (Namenda) - ✔️✔️-anti-Alzheimer's agent
-SE: stroke, heart failure, CHF, vomiting, constipation, anemia
Sertraline (Zoloft) - ✔️✔️-SSRI, antidepressant, antianxiety
-seizures, neuroepelptic malignant syndrome, insomnia, palpitations