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PMHNP Boards EXAM /REAL VERSION/ UPDATED TESTBANK Which cytochrome (CYP) enzyme is implicated as a tobacco inducer when an individual is treated on clozapine? - CORRECT ANSWER CYP1A2, When an individual is tx with clozapine and decreases tobacco (smoking only not patches or gum) use, the clozapine level will increase, as the tobacco is an inducer to the clozapine, and the patent no longer needs the higher dose of clozapine. The risk of bleeding on SSRI, NSAIDS, or aspirin, is an example of? - CORRECT ANSWER Pharmacodynamics What is Pharmacokinetics verses Pharmacodynamics? - CORRECT ANSWER Pharmacokinetics (PK) what the body does to the drug (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. Pharmacodynamics (PD) is how the drug affects the body. What are benztropine (Cogentin) and trihexyphenidyl (Artane)? - CORRECT ANSWER Anticholinergic mediation used for extrapyramidal side effects (EPS). What direct-acting dopamine receptor agonist is recommended to be used in the tx of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) to help lower the dopamine receptor blockade? - CORRECT ANSWER bromocriptine (Parlodel) is recommended as a direct acting dopamine receptor agonist to help decrease the dopamine blockade. And Dantrolene , a muscle relaxant. What is dantrolene (Dantrium) ? - CORRECT ANSWER A muscle relaxant A mood stabilizer most associated with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (a potentially life-threatening rash red or purple rash that spreads and forms blisters leading to skin eventually dies and peels off)? - CORRECT ANSWER lamotrigine (Lamictal) Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) works by? - CORRECT ANSWER GABA is a inhibitory neurotransmitter. GABA decreases brain activity. Increasing GABA decreases anxiety and can induce a drowsy or calming effect.