In some cases, patients will use drugs to treat the disturbing symptoms of psychiatric disease. This presents a problem, because there is the potential to:
1. cause a mixed drug reaction, which may have the effect of heightening both drug effects.
2. decrease psychiatric symptoms, which makes the condition harder to treat.
3. cause an accidental overdose by mixing alcohol with anxiolytic medications, an-tipsychotic medications, or antidepressant agents.
4. cause an increase in psychiatric symptoms, because the psychiatric drugs become less effective in the presence of alcohol.
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Combining alcohol and psychiatric drugs, anxiolytics, or antidepressants may cause an ac-cidental overdose by increasing the central nervous system (CNS) effects.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 1283
OBJ: 8 TOP: The Dually Diagnosed
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity
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