NURS 660 EXAM 3 (Guaranteed Pass!)

What is the medication that is the antidote for alprazolam? correct answers flumazenil What is the MOA of pregabalin that makes it alleviate pain for people with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue? correct answers binds to the alpha 2 delta sub-units of voltage sensitive calcium channels What is an antagonist of caffeine correct answers adenosine 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? correct answers GAD; Panic Disorder 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 answers Panic disorder 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 answers amygdala and hippocampus MOA of modafinil (Provigil). How does it promote normal wakefulness correct answers histamine, NE at alpha adrenergic receptor sites, dopamine at D2 receptors What is the MOA of eszopiclone? What receptors does it act on? correct answers Binds to GABA receptors to increase GABA to increase sleepiness Which would be the first line appropriate pharmacological agent for PTSD? correct answers Paroxetine What mediation is used to alleviate to help cognitive pain and physical symptoms in fibromyalgia? correct answers Milnacepran (Savella) With the difficulty breathing is related hypothetically to the activation of what area of the brain? correct answers parabrachial nucleous What medications are good for falling asleep "sleep induction" and are not addictive? correct answers Suvorexant (Belsmora) Know the MOA of buspirone. Which receptor does it primarily act upon? correct answers serotonin 1a 5HT1A partial agonist How does melatonin improve sleep? What receptors does it act on? Agonist or antatonist? correct answers Secreted by the pineal glad to attach to receptors in the suprachiasmic nucleus to regulate the circadian rhythm; agonist