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meg
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01/28/04 - 01:23 PM

Which of the following medications would you be the most concerned about giving your severely depressed 30-year-old female patient who has attempted suicide twice in the past two years?

A. Fluoxetine

B. Nortriptyline

C. Sertaline

D. Trazadone

E. Zolipidem

asmi
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01/28/04 - 02:24 PM

ITS A

leftfoot
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01/29/04 - 01:28 PM

hey asmi, why do you choose A ...... :?

alice8
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01/30/04 - 02:30 PM

D. Trazadone
Death from overdose is more significant than other drug listed

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Idiopathic
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01/30/04 - 03:28 PM

I was thinking nortriptyline, but trazodone is just as likely.
It shouldnt be fluoxetine (prozac) or sertraline (zoloft), i wouldnt think

asmi
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01/30/04 - 05:10 PM

can you explain it alice

alice8
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01/30/04 - 05:32 PM

"asmi" wrote:
can you explain it alice

depressive patients most likely to attempt suicide with their prescribed pills ,death from overdose is more significant with trazadone than others
thats why i picked trazadone

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asmi
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01/30/04 - 05:49 PM

so the question is not asking about the treatement of choice for severly dep. pt...its just asking you (doc) will be conserned to think before giving heterocyclics.

asmi
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01/30/04 - 05:52 PM

hey alice,
you are right bupropion causes seizures if given to bulimia or anorexia n. pts...

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