NURS 660 - Psychopharmacology & Advanced Mental Health
Exam 3
Question:
Types of pain that is treated with psychiatric medication
Answer:
protracted pain (mix of nociceptive and central pain and chronic pain (central)
Question:
effect of how antidepressants migrate pain - Direct (way you think about pain)
Answer:
increase in supraspinal inhibition and decrease peripheral and central desensitization
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effect of how antidepressants migrate pain- Indirect (way you feel about pain)
Answer:
modulate limbic activity and prefrontal structures
Question:
What is mincitolapram
Answer:
SNRI prescribed to treat fibromyalgia
Question:
Antidote for alprazolam
Answer:
flumazenil
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MOA of pregabalin
Answer:
- alter GABA metabolism
- bind to subunit of voltage-gated Ca channel to reduce NT release
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Question:
What is the antagonist of caffeine?
Answer:
adenosine
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s/s general anxiety disorder -4
Answer:
excessive worrying, increased arousal, increased tiredness and irritability
Question:
Arears of brain that are involved with fear, anxiety and fight or flight
Answer:
amygdala and hippocampus
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MOA of modafinil
Answer:
Non-amphetamine stimulant > enhances dopaminergic signaling; enhances tonic dopamine firing (1st line tx for narcolepsy)
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