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✓ maymreducemnightmaresminmchildrenmwithmPTSDmand
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Master01m |m October,m 2024/2025m |m Latestm update
NURS 663 exam 3 Questions and
m m m m m
Answers (100% Pass) m m
pharmacologicmagentsmformPTSD
✓ medmtxmismfocusedmonmdiminishingmintrusivemthoughts,mhyperarousal,man
dmavoidance,mwithmsome msuccessmandmmixedmresults
PTSDmfrequentmcomorbidity
✓ depressivemdisorder,manxietymdisorders,mandmbehavioralmproblem
smassociatedmwithm
sertralinemandmparoxetine
✓ thatm andm
are mapprovedmby mthe mFoodmandmDrugmAdministrationm(FDA)minmthe mtr
eatmentmofmPTSDminmadults,mthere mis mscantmevidence mtomsupportmitsmus
emformthe mcore msymptomsmofmPTSDminmyouth
Risperidone mandmaripiprazole
✓ FDAmapprovalmformuseminmchildrenmandmadolescentsmwithmaggression
,mseverembehavioralmdyscontrol,mandmsevere mpsychiatric mdisorders
Antiadrenergicmagents
✓ treatmdysregulationmofmthemnoradrenergicmsystemminmadultsmandmyout
hmwithmPTSD
clonidine mandmguanfacine
Master01m |m October,m 2024/2025m |m Latestm update
, 1m|mPmamgme m |m©mcopyrightm2024/2025m|mGrade mA+
✓ Alpha2-agonistsmexamples
Alpha2magonists
✓ decrease mnorepinephrine mrelease,msuchmas,mare
propranolol
✓ centrally mactingmβ-antagonistsmexample
prazosin
✓ α-1-antagonistsm example
propranololmuse
✓ hypothesizedmtomimprovemhyperarousalmandmintrusivemthoughtsmthroug
hmattenuationmofmnorepinephrine mpostsynaptically
prazosinmuse
✓ nightmaresmassociatedmwithmtrauma
ModifymPTSD msx
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labelmmedicationsmincludingmantidepressants,matypicalmanti
psychotics,madrenergicmmodulators/sympatholytics,mandman
ticonvulsants/moodmstabilizers
clonidine mandmpropanolol
✓ nightmaresmandmexaggeratedmstartlemresponse:msomemevidence mi
nmadults,mbutmchildrenmcase mreportmonly
guanfacine mandmclonidine
Master01m |m October,m 2024/2025m |m Latestm update
, 1m|mPmamgme m |m©mcopyrightm2024/2025m|mGrade mA+
✓ maymreducemnightmaresminmchildrenmwithmPTSDmand
may mdiminishmsymptomsmofmreenactmentmofmtraumati
c meventsminmchildren
Mood-stabilizingm agents
✓ divalproex,mcarbamazepine,mtopiramate,mandmgabapentinmhave mbee
nmutilizedmformadultsmwithmPTSDmwithmmodestmimprovement;msome
clonidine mwithmdosage mrangesmofm0.05mtom0.1mmgmtwice mdaily
✓ maymprovidemsomemreliefmformthemsymptomsmofmhyperarousal,mimpulsivity
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time mbymchild,
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