·         Side effects are a common reason that patients discontinue medications. List one common side effect for each medication and one potential way to manage it.

1.      

1.      Amitriptyline 

2.      Bupropion 

3.      Fluoxetine 

4.      Paroxetine 

·         Some potential side effects from antidepressants can be serious; what is the difference between neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) and serotonin syndrome? How are they treated? 

·         Are any antidepressants approved for or preferred in postpartum depression? 

·         Which class of antidepressants (if any) are generally recommended to be used in geriatrics? 

·         Side effects are a common reason that patients discontinue medications. List one common side effect for each medication and one potential way to manage it. 

Review prescribing guidelines for benzodiazepines for anxiety in your state. Are there any limitations for APRN’s to prescribe? How do the numbers of scripts written by APRN’s compare to those of physicians? 

 

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