BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS - TYPICAL ATYPICAL ANTI-PSYCHOTIC DRUGS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.docx

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS -
TYPICAL/ATYPICAL ANTI-PSYCHOTIC
DRUGS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
How can a antipsychotic drug be taken? - - -
correct answer ✅-pill, syrup or via an injection


How do antipsychotic drugs work? - - -
correct answer ✅-work by reducing dopaminergic transmission
(reducing the action of dopamine in the brain)
- two types of antipsychotics - the typical (older /traditional
/conventional) drugs and the atypical (Newer/second generation)
drugs


Examples of typical anti-psychotic drugs - - -
correct answer ✅Chlorpromazine
Haloperidol


Chlorpromazine - - -
correct answer ✅-typical/first generation antipsychotic developed
in the 1950's
-if taken orally it is administered throughout the day up to
maximum of 400-800mg

, BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS -
TYPICAL/ATYPICAL ANTI-PSYCHOTIC
DRUGS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
-as well as having antipsychotic properties, it is an effective sedative
so can be used to calm patients


Haloperidol - - -
correct answer ✅-typical/first generation drug and work similarly
to chlorpromazine
-however, it is 50 times more potent so less is needed for an
effective dose
-it has stronger side effects


What are both of these drugs for? - - -
correct answer ✅-both of these drugs are used to combat the
positive symptoms of schizophrenia (hallucinations and delusions)
-work by reducing the activity of dopamine in the brain and so
reduce symptoms
-known as dopamine antagonists (inhibits the action of dopamine)
-they work by binding to D2 receptors on the post-synaptic neuron
and block dopamine from transferring to the next neuron