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MSN 611 Quiz 3 with verified detailed solutions
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Which statement accurately describes the organization of the autonomic nervous system? -
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✔✔Epinephrine activates both alpha and beta types of receptors equally || || || || || || || || ||
Which of the following describes the activity of naloxone? - ✔✔It may induce immediate
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withdrawal symptoms in chronic opiate users. || || || || ||
A simple partial seizure is characterized by: - ✔✔a specific focal site of origin
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Which of the following is an important consideration when prescribing antidepressants? -
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✔✔Seizures have been reported in some antidepressant trials.
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Choose the correct statement describing stimulants. - ✔✔They are used adjunctively with
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behavioral therapy for ADHD. || || ||
Secondary uses for anxiolytic medications may include: - ✔✔ethanol withdrawal.
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The first anticonvulsant medication to be used as a mood stabilizer was ______________. -
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✔✔carbamazapine
Auras associated with migraine headaches: - ✔✔may respond to serotonergic agents in
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patients with severe migraines.|| || ||
What is the pathology of Parkinson's disease, the hallmark symptoms associated with the
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disease, and the challenges associated with dosing to manage symptoms. - ✔✔All of the
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above
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Ans: Parkinson's disease is caused by impaired dopamine activity in the basal ganglia.
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Characteristic symptoms include tremor, muscle rigidity, and slowness or absence of|| || || || || || || || || || ||
voluntary movement. The treatment challenge is determining a dose that increases
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dopamine activity without resulting in excess dopamine activity, which can lead to
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persistent writhing, dyskinetic, or choreiform movements that some patients find more
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objectionable than the Parkinsonian symptoms. || || || ||
Arthritis, cancer pain, AND back pain are characterized as forms of _______ pain. -
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✔✔chronic
D2 receptors are a drug development target for which disease? - ✔✔Parkinson's
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Adverse effects of chronic phenytoin use may include - ✔✔osteomalacia.
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Which drug in the anxiolytic, sedative, and hypnotic category is a melatonin agonist? -
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✔✔Ramelteon
The "triptans" exert their serotonin 1B and serotonin 1D agonist effects in the: -
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✔✔brainstem.
Because it does not carry the risk of triggering ________________, acetaminophen is the
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drug of choice to treat fevers in children and young adults - ✔✔Reye's syndrome
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When prescribing benzodiazepines, only lorazepam, oxazepam, or temazepam should be
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considered for which patients? - ✔✔Patients with hepatic impairment
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Lithium is used as a treatment for: - ✔✔mania
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What percentage of the body's water is intracellular? - ✔✔70
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MSN 611 Quiz 3 with verified detailed solutions
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Which statement accurately describes the organization of the autonomic nervous system? -
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✔✔Epinephrine activates both alpha and beta types of receptors equally || || || || || || || || ||
Which of the following describes the activity of naloxone? - ✔✔It may induce immediate
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withdrawal symptoms in chronic opiate users. || || || || ||
A simple partial seizure is characterized by: - ✔✔a specific focal site of origin
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Which of the following is an important consideration when prescribing antidepressants? -
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✔✔Seizures have been reported in some antidepressant trials.
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Choose the correct statement describing stimulants. - ✔✔They are used adjunctively with
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behavioral therapy for ADHD. || || ||
Secondary uses for anxiolytic medications may include: - ✔✔ethanol withdrawal.
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The first anticonvulsant medication to be used as a mood stabilizer was ______________. -
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✔✔carbamazapine
Auras associated with migraine headaches: - ✔✔may respond to serotonergic agents in
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patients with severe migraines.|| || ||
What is the pathology of Parkinson's disease, the hallmark symptoms associated with the
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disease, and the challenges associated with dosing to manage symptoms. - ✔✔All of the
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above
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Ans: Parkinson's disease is caused by impaired dopamine activity in the basal ganglia.
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Characteristic symptoms include tremor, muscle rigidity, and slowness or absence of|| || || || || || || || || || ||
voluntary movement. The treatment challenge is determining a dose that increases
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dopamine activity without resulting in excess dopamine activity, which can lead to
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persistent writhing, dyskinetic, or choreiform movements that some patients find more
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objectionable than the Parkinsonian symptoms. || || || ||
Arthritis, cancer pain, AND back pain are characterized as forms of _______ pain. -
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✔✔chronic
D2 receptors are a drug development target for which disease? - ✔✔Parkinson's
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Adverse effects of chronic phenytoin use may include - ✔✔osteomalacia.
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Which drug in the anxiolytic, sedative, and hypnotic category is a melatonin agonist? -
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✔✔Ramelteon
The "triptans" exert their serotonin 1B and serotonin 1D agonist effects in the: -
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✔✔brainstem.
Because it does not carry the risk of triggering ________________, acetaminophen is the
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drug of choice to treat fevers in children and young adults - ✔✔Reye's syndrome
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When prescribing benzodiazepines, only lorazepam, oxazepam, or temazepam should be
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considered for which patients? - ✔✔Patients with hepatic impairment
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Lithium is used as a treatment for: - ✔✔mania
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What percentage of the body's water is intracellular? - ✔✔70
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