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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 dementia ANSWER 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 drug ANSWER 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 activated ANSWER Beta 2 Receptors