TANELLE TRUSLER
TANELLE TRUSLER
Blog #2
2 Mar 2021, 20:22
- What does anterograde amnesia mean and which drugs can cause this effect?
- Patients struggle to remember things that happened during the drug's duration of action. These drugs include Adco-alzam, Ativan, Azor, Brazepam, Bromaze, Demetrin,Lexotan
- Name the effects of the sedative-hypnotic drugs on the normal sleep pattern and explain their significance to the patient.
- Barbiturates cause sedation because of increased suppression of NS.
- Benzodiazepines help patients to fall asleep faster, which lengthens the time that a patient can sleep. BDs in high dosages decrease REM sleep. These drugs are significant to the patient as it helps with sleeplessness and insomnia. They help a patient sleep longer.
- Which of the sedative-hypnotic drugs are used as a supplementary therapy in anesthesia? Can you explain why?
- Barbiturates
- Diazepam
- Lorazepam
- Which of the sedative-hypnotic drugs are used as anticonvulsants?
- Clonazepam
- Lorazepam
- Clobazam
- Diazepam
- What is the mechanism of the muscle-relaxing effects of some of the carbamates and the BDs?
- The mechanism of action of the carbamates and the BDs is they inhibit multiple synaptic reflexes. They have Metacoid mechanisms. Barbiturates extend the period of chloride channel opening. Benzodiazepines increase the frequency of chloride channel opening.
- Discuss the effects of the sedative-hypnotic drugs on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems.
- Sedative-hypnotic drugs decrease the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. They ,therefore, decrease respiratory and cardiovascular disease