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NURS 660 EXAM 3 | QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWER S |
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Question : What is the medication that is the antidote for
alprazolam?
CORRECT ANSWER : flumazenil
Question : What is the MOA of pregabalin that makes it
alleviate pain for people with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue?
CORRECT ANSWER : binds to the alpha 2 delta sub-
units of voltage sensitive calcium channels
Question : What is an antagonist of caffeine
CORRECT ANSWER : adenosine
Question : 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?
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CORRECT ANSWER : GAD; Panic Disorder
Question : 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 ANSWER : Panic disorder
Question : 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 ANSWER : amygdala and hippocampus
Question : MOA of modafinil (Provigil). How does it
promote normal wakefulness
CORRECT ANSWER : histamine, NE at alpha
adrenergic receptor sites, dopamine at D2 receptors
Question : What is the MOA of eszopiclone? What
receptors does it act on?
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CORRECT ANSWER : Binds to GABA receptors to
increase GABA to increase sleepiness
Question : Which would be the first line appropriate
pharmacological agent for PTSD?
CORRECT ANSWER : Paroxetine
Question : What mediation is used to alleviate to help
cognitive pain and physical symptoms in fibromyalgia?
CORRECT ANSWER : Milnacepran (Savella)
Question : With the difficulty breathing is related
hypothetically to the activation of what area of the brain?
CORRECT ANSWER : parabrachial nucleous
Question : What medications are good for falling asleep
"sleep induction" and are not addictive?
CORRECT ANSWER: Suvorexant (Belsmora)
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Question : Know the MOA of buspirone. Which receptor
does it primarily act upon?
CORRECT ANSWER : serotonin 1a 5HT1A partial
agonist
Question : How does melatonin improve sleep? What
receptors does it act on? Agonist or antatonist?
CORRECT ANSWER : Secreted by the pineal glad to
attach to receptors in the suprachiasmic nucleus to regulate the circadian rhythm; agonist
Question : Current dx of generalized anxiety disorder
(GAD), difficulty concentrating as well as problems falling asleep. She gets very angry over basic things and is very moody in general, excessive stressful reactions, concentrate, irritability. What is going on in her brain?
CORRECT ANSWER : a. Dysfunction of amygdale and
CTSC (serotonin/nor-einephrine)
Question : Pt is coming in for detox with a long hx of
alcohol abuse, HTN, and cirrhosis. He reports 12 beers