NR601/NR 601 Week 7 Medications Exam Questions and Answers

NR601/NR 601 Week 7 Medications
Exam Questions and Answers




First-line medication for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease -Donepezil

Memantine is used for -Moderate-to-severe dementia

Common side effect of donepezil -Constipation, Bradycardia, Hypertension, Urinary retention

Dementia medication class requiring monitoring for bradycardia and syncope -Cholinesterase inhibitors

In Lewy Body Dementia, antipsychotics should be avoided because -They cause severe extrapyramidal
symptoms

Safest antipsychotic if necessary in Lewy Body Dementia -Quetiapine (Seroquel)

First-line and most effective medication for Parkinson's symptoms -Carbidopa-levodopa

A main side effect of carbidopa-levodopa with long-term use -Dyskinesias

Dopamine agonists (pramipexole, ropinirole) can cause -Impulse control disorders

Medication to help with 'off' periods in Parkinson's -Entacapone

MAO-B inhibitors (rasagiline) should not be used with -SSRIs

Benztropine is most useful for -Tremor

First-line medication for acute migraine treatment -Sumatriptan

Triptans are contraindicated in -Heart disease

First-line for migraine prevention -Propranolol

Common side effect of topiramate -Kidney stones

Medication for chronic migraines that is injectable every month -Erenumab (CGRP inhibitor)

Drug used for menstrual migraine prevention -Frovatriptan

First-line treatment for BPPV -Epley maneuver

Meclizine should be used -Only short-term for acute vertigo