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NUR 635 - Midterm Exam 2023-2024
Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease - ANSWER Bromocriptine
What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors, such as sleep driving? - ANSWER Ambien
Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or "mad as a hatter" - ANSWER Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion - ANSWER Pharmacokinetics
Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis - ANSWER Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore levels should be monitored frequently - ANSWER Lithium
The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children, adolescents, and young adults - ANSWER SSRIs/SNRIs
The antidote for organophosphate poisoning - ANSWER Atropine
This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementiaANSWER Antipsychotics
In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more sensitive to CNS drugs - ANSWER Blood Brain Barrier
Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a drugANSWER First trimester
Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular events - ANSWER Beta-blockers
Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and are often used in treatment of Alzheimer's Disease - ANSWER Cholinesterase inhibitors
Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and worm-like movements of the tongue - ANSWER Tardive Dyskinesia
Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activatedANSWER Beta 2 Receptors