LMR GEORGETTE’S PMHNP CERTIFICATION
EXAM | NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ | 100%
CORRECT | 2024 UPDATE!!
What alpha 2 delta ligands are approved for neuropathic pain tx? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Lyrica and gabapentin
What to prescribe for Tourette's - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Risperdal
Why dose cimetidine, zantac, and omeprazole 2 hours apart from
Risperdal? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > They are inhibitors and will
decrease the absorption of Risperdal in liver
Substance abuse neurotransmitters - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
decrease in opioid neuropeptides
Alcohol abuse neurotransmitters - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > increase
in GABA and dopamine and decrease in serotonin
,Depression neurotransmitters - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > decrease in
serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine
sleep neurotransmitters - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > low serotonin
causes insomnia (Melatonin is pre-cursor)
Schizophrenia neurotransmitters - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > increased
dopamine and decreased serotonin
negative symptoms of schizophrenia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
disturbance of affect, blunting (severe reduction in the intensity of
affect expression), flat affect, inappropriate affect (might laugh
hysterically while describing someones death)
positive symptoms of schizophrenia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Delusions of reference, delusions of persecution, delusions of grandeur,
thought broadcasting, though insertion, hallucinations, disorganized
thought, disorganized behavior, catatonia
Side effects of atypical antipsychotics - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Risk
of metabolic syndrome: increased weight, blood glucose, triglycerides,
and insulin resistance
Zyprexa (Olanzapine) side effect - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Excessive
weight gain
,Seroquel side effects - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > weight gain and
sedation; cataracts (assess with slit lamp)
Thorazine (chlorpromazine) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > corneal
deposits
Geodon (ziprasidone) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > weight neutral, take
with food, monitor for QT prolongation
Latuda (lurasidone) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > eat with med 360
calories
Risperdal and Reglan - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Reglan is a D2
dopamine antagonist and should be avoided with Risperdal for 2 hours.
It decreases the absorption of the Risperdal.
First line antipsychotic in children - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Risperdal
(max 3 mg/day)
arcus senilis - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > gray-white arc or circle around
the limbus of the iris that is common with aging; hyperlipidemia
, Protection of ischemic injuries - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > atypical
antipsychotics
Ages of Schizophrenia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 18-25 males
25-35 females
Celexa and Lexapro side effect - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Prolonged
QT interval
Effexor side effect - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > elevated bp
false positives - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > benzos- zoloft
what to avoid with MAOIs - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Tyramine (aged
cheese, wine, pickled herring)
What can happen when TCAs and MAOIs are combined? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Increased norepinephrine causing a hypertensive
crisis (flushing, explosive headache in the back of head)
How to treat hypertensive crisis from MAOI and TCA combo - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Phentolamine
EXAM | NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ | 100%
CORRECT | 2024 UPDATE!!
What alpha 2 delta ligands are approved for neuropathic pain tx? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Lyrica and gabapentin
What to prescribe for Tourette's - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Risperdal
Why dose cimetidine, zantac, and omeprazole 2 hours apart from
Risperdal? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > They are inhibitors and will
decrease the absorption of Risperdal in liver
Substance abuse neurotransmitters - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
decrease in opioid neuropeptides
Alcohol abuse neurotransmitters - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > increase
in GABA and dopamine and decrease in serotonin
,Depression neurotransmitters - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > decrease in
serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine
sleep neurotransmitters - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > low serotonin
causes insomnia (Melatonin is pre-cursor)
Schizophrenia neurotransmitters - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > increased
dopamine and decreased serotonin
negative symptoms of schizophrenia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
disturbance of affect, blunting (severe reduction in the intensity of
affect expression), flat affect, inappropriate affect (might laugh
hysterically while describing someones death)
positive symptoms of schizophrenia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Delusions of reference, delusions of persecution, delusions of grandeur,
thought broadcasting, though insertion, hallucinations, disorganized
thought, disorganized behavior, catatonia
Side effects of atypical antipsychotics - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Risk
of metabolic syndrome: increased weight, blood glucose, triglycerides,
and insulin resistance
Zyprexa (Olanzapine) side effect - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Excessive
weight gain
,Seroquel side effects - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > weight gain and
sedation; cataracts (assess with slit lamp)
Thorazine (chlorpromazine) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > corneal
deposits
Geodon (ziprasidone) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > weight neutral, take
with food, monitor for QT prolongation
Latuda (lurasidone) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > eat with med 360
calories
Risperdal and Reglan - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Reglan is a D2
dopamine antagonist and should be avoided with Risperdal for 2 hours.
It decreases the absorption of the Risperdal.
First line antipsychotic in children - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Risperdal
(max 3 mg/day)
arcus senilis - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > gray-white arc or circle around
the limbus of the iris that is common with aging; hyperlipidemia
, Protection of ischemic injuries - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > atypical
antipsychotics
Ages of Schizophrenia - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 18-25 males
25-35 females
Celexa and Lexapro side effect - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Prolonged
QT interval
Effexor side effect - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > elevated bp
false positives - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > benzos- zoloft
what to avoid with MAOIs - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Tyramine (aged
cheese, wine, pickled herring)
What can happen when TCAs and MAOIs are combined? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Increased norepinephrine causing a hypertensive
crisis (flushing, explosive headache in the back of head)
How to treat hypertensive crisis from MAOI and TCA combo - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Phentolamine
