NURS 660 EXAM 3 EXAM WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
1. What is the medication that is the antidote for alprazolam? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSflumazenil
2. What is the MOA of pregabalin that makes it alleviate pain for people with
fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue? - CORRECT-ANSWERSbinds to the alpha
2 delta sub-units of voltage sensitive calcium channels
3. What is an antagonist of caffeine - CORRECT-ANSWERSadenosine
4. Diagnose this pt: Patient comes in with a CC of anxiety. She has been
excessively worrying, increased arousal, increased tiredness and irritability.
What is the primary and least likely diagnosis? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSGAD; Panic Disorder
, 5. Somebody w/ anxiety worries about having a panic attack, in addition has
mood changes to avoid things in order to not have a panic attack. -
CORRECT-ANSWERSPanic disorder
6. A woman was raped, and continues to have fear of opposite sex on her way
to parking garage. Which two areas of the brain are involved? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSamygdala and hippocampus
7. MOA of modafinil (Provigil). How does it promote normal wakefulness -
CORRECT-ANSWERShistamine, NE at alpha adrenergic receptor sites,
dopamine at D2 receptors
8. What is the MOA of eszopiclone? What receptors does it act on? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSBinds to GABA receptors to increase GABA to
increase sleepiness
9. Which would be the first line appropriate pharmacological agent for PTSD?
- CORRECT-ANSWERSParoxetine
10.What mediation is used to alleviate to help cognitive pain and physical
symptoms in fibromyalgia? - CORRECT-ANSWERSMilnacepran (Savella)
11.With the difficulty breathing is related hypothetically to the activation of
what area of the brain? - CORRECT-ANSWERSparabrachial nucleous
12.What medications are good for falling asleep "sleep induction" and are not
addictive? - CORRECT-ANSWERSSuvorexant (Belsmora)
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
1. What is the medication that is the antidote for alprazolam? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSflumazenil
2. What is the MOA of pregabalin that makes it alleviate pain for people with
fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue? - CORRECT-ANSWERSbinds to the alpha
2 delta sub-units of voltage sensitive calcium channels
3. What is an antagonist of caffeine - CORRECT-ANSWERSadenosine
4. Diagnose this pt: Patient comes in with a CC of anxiety. She has been
excessively worrying, increased arousal, increased tiredness and irritability.
What is the primary and least likely diagnosis? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSGAD; Panic Disorder
, 5. Somebody w/ anxiety worries about having a panic attack, in addition has
mood changes to avoid things in order to not have a panic attack. -
CORRECT-ANSWERSPanic disorder
6. A woman was raped, and continues to have fear of opposite sex on her way
to parking garage. Which two areas of the brain are involved? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSamygdala and hippocampus
7. MOA of modafinil (Provigil). How does it promote normal wakefulness -
CORRECT-ANSWERShistamine, NE at alpha adrenergic receptor sites,
dopamine at D2 receptors
8. What is the MOA of eszopiclone? What receptors does it act on? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSBinds to GABA receptors to increase GABA to
increase sleepiness
9. Which would be the first line appropriate pharmacological agent for PTSD?
- CORRECT-ANSWERSParoxetine
10.What mediation is used to alleviate to help cognitive pain and physical
symptoms in fibromyalgia? - CORRECT-ANSWERSMilnacepran (Savella)
11.With the difficulty breathing is related hypothetically to the activation of
what area of the brain? - CORRECT-ANSWERSparabrachial nucleous
12.What medications are good for falling asleep "sleep induction" and are not
addictive? - CORRECT-ANSWERSSuvorexant (Belsmora)
