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1
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4 Phenothiazines

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-Azines
Chlorpromazine
Fluphenazine
Prochlorperazine
Trifluoperazine
2
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Name 1 Butyrophenone

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Haloperidol

3
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6 Second Generation (Atypical) Antipsychotics

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Clozapine
Olanzapine
Risperidone
Ariprazole
Quetiapine
Ziprasidone
4
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What kind of symptoms are 1st generation antipsychotics (Phenothiazines and haloperidol) good at treating?

A

Positive symptoms of schizophrenia

5
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General effects of typical/1st gen antipsychotics

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Decreased initiation of behavior, flattened affect

6
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What is a major problems with the use of antipsychotics that affects their use?

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their effects are perceived as unpleasant by the patient

7
Q

What effect occurs before the antipsychotic effects in treatment?

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Sedation

Tolerance develops to the though in time

8
Q

CNS side effect of antipsychotics

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Lowered seizure threshold

9
Q

Which antipsychotic is also an especially good antiemetic?

A

Prochlorperazine

10
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Autonomic side effect of antipsychotics

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Anticholinergic

11
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2 Cardiovascular side effects of antipsychotics

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  1. Orthostatic hypotension

2. Tachycardia

12
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Endocrine side effects of typical antipsychotics

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Increased prolactin due to dopamine antagonism
Gynecomastia, lactation, menstrual problems
May affect other GH, corticosteroids, gonadotropins, insulin

13
Q

Common unwanted side effect of antipsychotics

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Weight gain, metabolic disturbances

14
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How safe are antipsychotics

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Very large margin of safety, but there is a small risk of idiosyncratic and allergic reactions that can be serious

15
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Neuro side effects of antipsychotics

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Extrapyramidal

Can be severe and limit their use

16
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Mechanism of antipsychotics

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Inhibition of DA receptors
Typical inhibit D2
Others may affect other DA receptors/other neurotransmitters

17
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Which DA pathway is involved in psychosis

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Mesolimbic and mesocortical systems

18
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Tardive dyskinesia

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too much dopamine activity relative to cholinergic activity

opposite of parkinson’s

19
Q

Aliphatic phenothiazine

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Chlorpromazine

20
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3 piperazine phenothiazines

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trifluoperazine
fluphenazine
prochlorperazine

21
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Trifluoperazine

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Phenothiazine
More potent than chlorpromazine
less sedation/anticholinergic
More extrapyramidal problems

22
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Fluphenazine

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Phenothiazine

Comes in long acting injections (decanoate and enathate), good for compliance

23
Q

Prochlorperazine

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Phenothiazine

Commonly used as an antiemetic

24
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Haloperidol

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Butyrophenone
Less anticholinergic than chlorpromazine
more extrapyramidal side effects
less sedation
Available in long acting form
25
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Clozapine

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2nd gen antipsychotic
blocks D4 and 5-HT2 receptors
Can cause granulocytopenia and agranulocytosis*
Can cause weight gain and type 2 diabetes

Strongly anticholinergic
Few extrapyramidal side effects
Very expensive

26
Q

Olanzapine

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2nd gen antipsychotic
like clozapine, but doesnt cause bone marrow toxicity
Also causes weight gain and hyperglycemia

27
Q

Risperidone

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2nd gen antipsychotic
Blocks DA and serotonin receptors
More extra pyramidal side effects than clozapine/olanzapine, but less than the typicals

28
Q

Quetiapine and Zirprasidone

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2nd ben antipsychotics
mechanism similar to clozapine
metabolic side effects (fewer with quetiapine)

29
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Aripiprazole

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2nd gen antipsychotic
Partial agonist at D2 and 5-HT1 receptors
No extrapyramidal problems
Also approved for refractory depression

30
Q

general pharmacokinetics of antipsychotics

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metabolized in liver, excreted in kidney

Long half lives

31
Q

Most effective antipsychotic. Problem?

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Clozapine

2nd line due to it’s potential toxicity

32
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General rule of thumb about side effects of antipsychotics

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high potency drugs have fewer cardiovascular and anticholinergic effects, but more extrapyramidal effects
the opposite is true of lower potency drugs.