Neuromuscular Medications

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Across
  1. 4. well established as the most effective drug for the symptomatic treatment of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease.
  2. 6. depresses the CNS by inhibiting the conduction of impulses in the ascending reticular activating system, thus depressing the cerebral cortex and cerebellar function, drugs thing increase the effect of this medication alcohol and gabapentin
  3. 8. providers use baclofen to alleviate signs and symptoms of spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis. It is particularly effective against flexor spasms, concomitant pain, and muscular rigidity. Other indications include the treatment of spinal cord injuries and other diseases of the spinal cord
  4. 9. used for absence seizures or in combination with other antiepileptic agents in patients with mixed type seizures. No dosage adjustments are required in patients with diminished renal or hepatic function
  5. 12. Prescribers order this medication as an adjunctive treatment for partial seizures and postherpetic neuralgia
  6. 14. this drug is administered to patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease. Its neuroprotective action is different from that of the cholinesterase inhibitors.
  7. 16. this medication interferes with the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum to relax skeletal muscles used controls spasticity caused by upper motor neuron disorders, such as spinal cord injury, cerebrovascular accident, cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis. Clinicians may use it to prevent and manage malignant hyperthermia
  8. 18. an overactive bladder.
Down
  1. 1. Clinicians use this medication to prevent partial seizures with complex symptoms, as in patients with psychomotor and temporal lobe epilepsy
  2. 2. If the patient is experiencing GI upset, it is necessary to administer benztropine with food
  3. 3. when taking this medication The nurse assesses the patient’s response to the medication, which should indicate relief of the skeletal muscle spasm, decreased pain, and increased activity
  4. 5. treatment to relieve the symptoms of urinary incontinence and frequency that
  5. 7. decreases the inactivation of acetylcholine in the synapse by the enzyme acetylcholinesterase.
  6. 10. IV preparation of this medication to be administered only on a short-term basis. The nurse tells patients not to crush extended-release forms of the drug. To prevent GI upset, the nurse administers the oral preparation with food. Although food may delay absorption, it does not affect the degree of absorption. The nurse monitors patients for psychosis and depression
  7. 11. Treatment of Alzheimer’s disease is the primary use for this centrally acting reversible cholinesterase inhibitor.
  8. 13. is a sympathomimetic agent that acts at the cholinergic receptors in the urinary and GI tracts to increase muscle tone.
  9. 15. IV action of this medication adjunctive skeletal muscle relaxant administered for the treatment of severe recurrent convulsive seizures and status epilepticus. Oral diazepam is an adjunctive agent used for seizure disorders When administering **** for a seizure disorder, the goal of therapy is to control seizure activity.
  10. 17. this medication has very bitter taste. To prevent patients from tasting the bitterness, the nurse instructs them never to chew the medication