-Common side effects: nausea, restlessness, sleep disturbances, and impotence
Benzodiazepines - ✔️✔️Used for short term, acute anxiety
-Alprazolam
-Diazepam
-Lorazepam
Benzo Nursing Considerations - ✔️✔️-Monitor vital signs (respirations and BP)
-Fall risk (sedative effect)
-Dependence develops with long-term use
-Avoid alcohol and antidepressant, antipsychotic, and opioid drugs
-Advise patients not to drive a motor vehicle or operate machinery
-NO KAVA!
Benzo Overdose Interventions - ✔️✔️-Administer flumazenil IV (antidote)
-Maintain an airway, give oxygen for decreased respirations, and monitor vital signs
-Give IV vasopressors for severe hypotension
Anxiolytic - ✔️✔️Buspirone
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