NRNP 6675 FINAL NEWEST 2025-2026
VERSION EXAMS With
Comprehensive Questions and Well
Explained Correct Answers GRADED
A+
Professional Academic Assistance Services
Services Offered
Proctored Exam Assistance
Online Class Management (Full Course Support)
Exam Preparation & Study Materials
Assignments and Coursework Support
Essays and Research Papers
Discussion Posts and Replies
The 1/2 life of lithium is about? - correct ans:24 hours
,Fluoxetine is the SSRI with the ______ WD risk? - correct ans:lowest due to long half life
What antipsychotics are good for pts who miss doses of their meds? - correct ans:Antipsychotics with
long half-lives:
1. Cariprazine(Vrylar): (2-4 days-active metabolites up to 3 weeks)
2. Abilify (3 days)
3. Brexipiprazole (4 days)
4. Pimozide (4-5 days)
5. Pimavanserin (2 days, active metabolites 8 days)
Disulfiram's alcohol interactions persist for up to how long after the medication is stopped? - correct
ans:LONG Half life--2-3 days
persist up to 2 weeks following stopping
What is the only TCA with a long half life? - correct ans:Protriptyline (Vivactil)
Most psychotropics have a medium range 1/2 life of approx? - correct ans:24 hours
what does "steady state" mean in relation to 1/2 life? - correct ans:steady state means that you are
eliminating the drug at the same overall rate that you are ingesting it
Lithium reaches its 'steady state' when? - correct ans:5 half lives
example:
Day 1: Start pt on Lithium 600 mg daily
Day 2: (24 hours later) the amount left in his body is 300 mg (day 2 min) because 24 hours has passed--
one 1/2 life--therefore the pt has excreted 1/2 of the initial amount.
, THEN the pt takes his 2nd dose of 600 mg on DAY 2-resulting in a max dose of 900 (300 mg left in body +
600 mg of 2nd dose).
DAY 3: starts off with 450 mg (1/2 of the 900 mg in pt's system) and after taking the day 3 600 mg dose,
the pt now has a total of 1050 mg.
Due to the steady state of Lithium, when do we draw a blood level? - correct ans:5 half lives
if you check any earlier, the trough level will underestimate the actual level the pt is on after achieving
steady state
Fluoxetine has a half life of about? - correct ans:2 weeks 1/2 life
take 2.5 months to achieve steady state
Most psychotropic medications operate in this fashion: - correct ans:"when you double the dose, the
serum dose doubles."
*minus three SRIs and three anticonvulsants (Fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paxil, gabapentin, valproate and
carbamazepine)
_________induces it's own metabolism, hastening excretion and shortening it's half life - correct ans:A.
Carbamazepine (Tegretol)
*this effect begins to "rev up" after 2-4 weeks--which is why a carbamazepine level is so important on
obtaining 1-2 months after starting Tegretol.
Carbamazepine (Tegretol) level should be checked how soon after starting to take this med? - correct
ans:1-2 months due to Tegretol inducing it's own metabolism, hastening excretion and shortening it's
half life.
_____ has trouble getting a "serum" level because it binds to proteins that render it therapeutically
inactive? - correct ans:A. Valproate Acid (Depakote)
VERSION EXAMS With
Comprehensive Questions and Well
Explained Correct Answers GRADED
A+
Professional Academic Assistance Services
Services Offered
Proctored Exam Assistance
Online Class Management (Full Course Support)
Exam Preparation & Study Materials
Assignments and Coursework Support
Essays and Research Papers
Discussion Posts and Replies
The 1/2 life of lithium is about? - correct ans:24 hours
,Fluoxetine is the SSRI with the ______ WD risk? - correct ans:lowest due to long half life
What antipsychotics are good for pts who miss doses of their meds? - correct ans:Antipsychotics with
long half-lives:
1. Cariprazine(Vrylar): (2-4 days-active metabolites up to 3 weeks)
2. Abilify (3 days)
3. Brexipiprazole (4 days)
4. Pimozide (4-5 days)
5. Pimavanserin (2 days, active metabolites 8 days)
Disulfiram's alcohol interactions persist for up to how long after the medication is stopped? - correct
ans:LONG Half life--2-3 days
persist up to 2 weeks following stopping
What is the only TCA with a long half life? - correct ans:Protriptyline (Vivactil)
Most psychotropics have a medium range 1/2 life of approx? - correct ans:24 hours
what does "steady state" mean in relation to 1/2 life? - correct ans:steady state means that you are
eliminating the drug at the same overall rate that you are ingesting it
Lithium reaches its 'steady state' when? - correct ans:5 half lives
example:
Day 1: Start pt on Lithium 600 mg daily
Day 2: (24 hours later) the amount left in his body is 300 mg (day 2 min) because 24 hours has passed--
one 1/2 life--therefore the pt has excreted 1/2 of the initial amount.
, THEN the pt takes his 2nd dose of 600 mg on DAY 2-resulting in a max dose of 900 (300 mg left in body +
600 mg of 2nd dose).
DAY 3: starts off with 450 mg (1/2 of the 900 mg in pt's system) and after taking the day 3 600 mg dose,
the pt now has a total of 1050 mg.
Due to the steady state of Lithium, when do we draw a blood level? - correct ans:5 half lives
if you check any earlier, the trough level will underestimate the actual level the pt is on after achieving
steady state
Fluoxetine has a half life of about? - correct ans:2 weeks 1/2 life
take 2.5 months to achieve steady state
Most psychotropic medications operate in this fashion: - correct ans:"when you double the dose, the
serum dose doubles."
*minus three SRIs and three anticonvulsants (Fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paxil, gabapentin, valproate and
carbamazepine)
_________induces it's own metabolism, hastening excretion and shortening it's half life - correct ans:A.
Carbamazepine (Tegretol)
*this effect begins to "rev up" after 2-4 weeks--which is why a carbamazepine level is so important on
obtaining 1-2 months after starting Tegretol.
Carbamazepine (Tegretol) level should be checked how soon after starting to take this med? - correct
ans:1-2 months due to Tegretol inducing it's own metabolism, hastening excretion and shortening it's
half life.
_____ has trouble getting a "serum" level because it binds to proteins that render it therapeutically
inactive? - correct ans:A. Valproate Acid (Depakote)
