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  Tags: antipsychotic drugs, anxiety, arrhythmias, Chlorpromazine, Fluphenazine, Mesoridazine, paranoid (4), Perphenazine, Phenothiazines (3), Prochlorperazine, schizophrenia (10), Thioridazine, Triffluperazine., Triflupromazine   

  Phenothiazines (English) 

  Phenothiazines are antipsychotic drugs. There are three important subgroups :

  1- Aliphatics : Triflupromazine and Chlorpromazine (the most known).

  2- Piperidine : Mesoridazine and Thioridazine.

  3- Piperazine : Fluphenazine, Perphenazine, Prochlorperazine, and Triffluperazine.

  The Phenothiazines are effective in acute and chronic schizophrenia, and do not produce drug dependence.

  They have a marked effect on thought disturbances associated with paranoid ideation, deluxions, anxiety, and agitation.

  Adverse effects are drowsiness, tardive dyskinesia, sedation, hypotension, extrapyramidal symptoms (eg, akathisia, dystonia,tremors, and rigidity), ocular and skin pigmentation, photosensitization, hepatotoxicity, and blood dyscrasias.

  Phenothiazines may produce also arrhythmias, suppression of ovulation, and induction of lactation.

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  Tags: anxiety, conversión (3), hysterical behavior, psychic conflict, somatic symptom   

  Conversion (English) 

  Conversion is is the unconscious process of transforming psychic conflict and anxiety into a somatic symptom.

  The term was traditionally linked to hysterical behavior.

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  Tags: anti-anxiety agents, anxiety, Diazepam (8), muscle spasm   

  Diazepam (English) 

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  Diazepam, a commonly used anti-anxiety agents, relieves muscle spasm ?.

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  Tags: anxiety, Benzodiazepines (7), delirium (6), Dementia   

  Benzodiazepines (English) 

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  Benzodiazepines can worse conditions and occasionally induce florid delirium in cases of Dementia ?.

  Anti-anxiety drugs should be used for short-term treatment in these patients.

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  Tags: Alprazolam (5), anxiety, Anxiolytics, Benzodiazepines (7), Chlordiazepoxide. Clorazepate, Diazepam (8), Halazepam, Lorazepam (3), Oxazepam (2)   

  Anxiolytics (English) 

  The Anxiolytics are drugs used to relieve anxiety. Among them, Benzodiazepines are the most commonly used.

  The most popular anti-anxiety agents are Alprazolam, Chlordiazepoxide. Clorazepate, Diazepam, Halazepam, Lorazepam, Oxazepam and Lorazepam.

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  Tags: anxiety, confusión (7), delirium (6), desorientation, incoherent muttering, irritability (2), retlessness, sporadic talking   

  Delirium (English) 

  Delirium is a state of partial desorientation for time, place, and person, confusion, disordered sensorium, retlessness, and incoherent muttering or sporadic talking, often coupled with irritability and anxiety.

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  Tags: anxiety, Anxiety Drugs, cleft lip, intrauterine growth retardation, labor, poor sucking, Pregnancy (4), respiratory depression   

  Anxiety Drugs and Pregnancy (English) 

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  In pregnancy the use of drugs, especially during the first trimester, may increase the risk of cleft lip and palate and intrauterine growth retardation ?.

  Using these drugs to relive anxiety during labor and delivery affect the new born . They may produce respiratory depression, poor sucking, sedation, hypotonia and hypothermia.

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  Tags: anxiety, Benzodiazepines (7), confusión (7), delirium (6), drugs (16), elderly, oversedation, paradoxical excitement   

  Anxiety Drugs and Elderly (English) 

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  in the elderly the use of anxiety drugs, particularly benzodiazepines, may increase the risk of oversedation, paradoxical excitement, confusion and delirium ?.

  These responses may be explained by age-dependent changes in drug pharmacokinetics and increased target organ sensitivity. The elderly have dismished hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes and drugs elimination capacity.

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  Tags: anxiety, diarrhea, faintness, nausea (2), palpitation, stiffness, tremors (3), weakness   

  Anxiety (English) 

  Episodes of acute anxiety have a great variety of somatic symptoms.

  • stiffness, tremors, weakness, unsteadiness of voice
  • palpitation, flushing or pallor, faintness, rapid pulse, increased blood pressure
  • nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
  • cold wet extremities, rapid or irregular breathing, sleep disturbances.

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  Tags: anxiety, conflicts, Freud (58), neurotic (3), Psychoanalysis (15), psychotic (2), unconscious (6)   

  Anxiety and Freud (English) 

  Freud pioneered explorations into man’s inner life, discovered the role of unconscious phenomena (most particularly inner conflicts) in determining the sources of neurotic anxiety .

  He recognized the crucial significance of anxiety for the development of the individual and the elaboration of his neurotic and psychotic states.