NUR 635 Midterm Exam (GRADED A) Questions and
Answers (100% Correct Elaborations)
Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's
Disease
Bromocriptine
What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors,
such as sleep driving?
Ambien
Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or "mad as a
hatter"
Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion
Pharmacokinetics
Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis
Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
,This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore
levels should be monitored frequently
Lithium
The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children, adolescents,
and young adults
SSRIs/SNRIs
The antidote for organophosphate poisoning
Atropine
This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia
Antipsychotics
In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more sensitive to
CNS drugs
Blood Brain Barrier
Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a drug
, First trimester
Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular
events
Beta-blockers
Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and are often used in
treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Cholinesterase inhibitors
Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and worm-like
movements of the tongue
Tardive Dyskinesia
Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activated
Beta 2 Receptors
This drug has led to the death of children in ultrarapid metabolizers as 10% of the
drug is converted to morphine
Codeine
Answers (100% Correct Elaborations)
Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's
Disease
Bromocriptine
What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors,
such as sleep driving?
Ambien
Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or "mad as a
hatter"
Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion
Pharmacokinetics
Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis
Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
,This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore
levels should be monitored frequently
Lithium
The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children, adolescents,
and young adults
SSRIs/SNRIs
The antidote for organophosphate poisoning
Atropine
This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia
Antipsychotics
In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more sensitive to
CNS drugs
Blood Brain Barrier
Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a drug
, First trimester
Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular
events
Beta-blockers
Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and are often used in
treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Cholinesterase inhibitors
Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and worm-like
movements of the tongue
Tardive Dyskinesia
Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activated
Beta 2 Receptors
This drug has led to the death of children in ultrarapid metabolizers as 10% of the
drug is converted to morphine
Codeine
