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Update 2025 / 2026) Psychopharmacologic / Neuroscience Foundations of Mental Health Care | Questions with Answers | 100% Correct - Frontier

Question:

Hydroxyzine off label uses

Answer:

GAD

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Hydroxyzine MOA

Answer:

H1 receptor antagonist, interacts with serotonin receptors

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Question:

Hydroxyzine side effects

Answer:

Sedation (decreases over time)

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Benefits of hydroxyzine

Answer:

Does not cause tolerance, abuse, withdrawal, memory impairment

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Benzodiazepines indications

Answer:

Anxiety & panic disorders, seizures, insomnia, muscle spasm, alcohol withdrawal, induction of anesthesia, amnesic prior to surgeries/procedures, IBS, restless legs, chemo-induced n/v

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Benzos MOA

Answer:

Enhance GABA in amygdala 2 / 4

Question:

Short acting benzo indications Long acting benzo indications

Answer:

Short acting: Better hypnotics, reduced hangover effects

Long acting: Better anxiolytics, anticonvulsants

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Safest benzos in liver damage?

Answer:

"OTL" ("outside the liver")- no active metabolites

Oxazepam Temazepam (Restoril) Lorazepam

(notes also says Chlordiazepoxide)

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Question:

If liver damage + benzo....

Answer:

Delirium

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Preferred benzo for substance use

Answer:

Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) because crosses BBB very quickly and long- acting so less rapid change in vitals

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Risk of abrupt withdrawal with benzos

Answer:

Seizures

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Benzo withdrawal symptoms

Answer:

Tremors, Agitation, Anxiety, Abdominal Cramps, N/V, *seizures*, delirium, insomnia, hyperacusis, nightmares, recurrence/rebound symptoms

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