week 5 pharmacology (ATI) Neurological System – Flashcards
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A health care professiomnl is caring fro a patient who is about to begin taking amphetamine sulfate (Addrall). The health care professional should monitor the patient for which of the following adverse effects?
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Trachycardia
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A health care professional is talking to a patient and her family about how methylphenidate (Ritalin) will help manage attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Which of the following therapeutic effects should they expect?
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increased focus
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A health care professional is talking to a patient about begining sumatriptan (Imitrex) therapy to treat migrain headaches. The health care professional should advise the patient to watch for which of the following adverse effect?
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chest pains
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A health care professional is reviewing th emedical record of a patient who has a newly diagnosed seizure disorder. The patient is to begin taking both valproic acid (Depakote) and phenytoin (Dilantin). The health care professional should recognize that which of the following can occur as a result of a drug interaction between valproic acid and phenytoin?
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Phenytoin toxicity
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A health care professional is care for a patient who i about to begin taking dantrolene (Dantrium) for skeletal muscle spasms. The health care professional should recognize that of the following laboratory test requires monitoring?
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Liver function
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Because of the potential for adverse effects, which of the following should a health care professional recommend for patients who begin taking carbamazepine (Tegretol)?
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Begin taking at a low dose
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For which of the following should a health care professional monitor a patient who is taking donepezil (Aricept) for Alzheimer's disease?
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Nausea
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Which of th efollowng information should a health care professional include when talking to a patient about baclofen (Lioresal)?
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Avoid driving until the drug's effect are evident
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A patient is taking selegiline (Eldepryl) to treat Parkinsons disease. The provider is considering the use of analgesics for the patient but should be awear that a drug intreaction between selegiline and meperidine (Demerol) can result in which of the following?
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Muscle rigidity
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A health care professional is careing for a patient who is about to begin taking pramipexole (Mirapex) to treat Parkinson's disease. The health care proessional should recognize that which of the following laboratory test require monitoring?
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Creatine phosphokinase (CPK)
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Which of the following findings should alert a health care professional that a pateint is deleoping a potentially serious adverse reaction to interferon beta-1b (Betaseron)
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Fatigue
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A heath care professional is caring for a patient who is about to begin taking dantrolene (Dantrium) for skeletal muscle spasms. The health care professional should tell the patient to report which of the following adverse effects?
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Diarrhea
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A health care professional is carign for a patient who is reciving thiopental (Pentothal). Which of the following shoukd the health care professional monitor?
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Respiratory deprssion
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Anesthetist often administer midazolam (Versed) during induction of anesthesia because of which of the following pharmacological actions?
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causes amnesia
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A health care professional is caring for a patent who is taking zolpidem (Ambien). The patient has a history of benzodiazepine abuse and reports insomnia. The health care professional should caution the patient that the drug can cause
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memory imparment
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A health care professional is talking to a patient who is newly diagnosed with Parkinson's diease about how levodopa/carbidopa (Sinemet) will help control her symptoms. With which of the following mechanisms is the drugs effective in treating the disorder?
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Increasre available dopamine in the brain
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a health care professional should include which of the following instructions when talking with a patient about taking levodopa/ carbidopa (Sinement) to treat Parkinson's disease?
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Change position slowly to prevent orthostatic hypotension.
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A health care professional is talking to a patient who is about to begi taking valproic acid (Depakote) for a newly diagnosed seizure disorder. He should tell the patient to watch for which of the following adverse effects? (Select all that apply)
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-Rash -Drowsiness
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A health care professional is talking with a patient who is to begin taking valproic acid (Depakote) to treat a seizure disorder. He should advise the patient to monitor for which of the following adverse effects?
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Jaundice
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A health care professional administers entanyl (Sublimaze) to a patient to reduce pain. which of the following grugs should she have available to reverse the effects of fentanyl?
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Naloxone
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While talking with a patient and his family about taking memantine (Namenda) for Alzheimer's diease, the health care professional should include which of the following instructions?
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Notify the health care professional before taking over-the-counter antacids.
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An anesthetist is about ti administer lidoaine (Xylocaine) as part of the protocol for spinal anesthesia for a patient who is undergoing a surgical procedure. The health care professioal should be aweare that the patient chould develop which of the following potentially serious effects?
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Hypotension
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When talking with a patient about temazepam (Restoril), which of the following instructions should the helth care professional include? (SATA)
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- Avoid alchol and other depressants - Take the drug 30 minutes before bedtime - Taper the drug slowly to prevent withdrawl symptoms
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A health care prtofessional is talking to a patient about the adverse effect of interferon beta-1a (Avonex). To help minimize these effects, she should tel the patient to
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Premedicate with acetaminophen (Tylenol)
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When talking to a patient about taking modafinil (Provigil) to treat narcolepsy, which of the following instructions should the heath care professional include?
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Take the drug in the morning
