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NU 641 Exam 3 with precise detailed solutions ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Terms in this set (77) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Original

drugs used for parkinson's ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




dopaminergic
anticholinergic

levodopa - how is it used and why combined with carbidopa ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




how used: as dopamine replacement in parkinsons undergoes conversion to DA in brain and
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activates DA receptors. ||//\\|| ||//\\||




why: blocks destruction of levodopa in periphery to decrease amount of decarboxylation so
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more drug can enter CNS and increase dopamine synthesis (ties up vitamin b 6)
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patient education levodopa ||//\\|| ||//\\||




avoid high protein meals delays drug ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




can have on/off period - tell MD
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N/V common take with fruits/veggies
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monitor cardiac s/s and renal/liver function ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




psychosis see MD ||//\\|| ||//\\||




what can't you combined levodopa with?
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antipsychotics decrease effectiveness ||//\\|| ||//\\||




MAO increase toxicity ||//\\|| ||//\\||




pramipexole - what is it used for? ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




- parkinsons as dopamine agonist in early stages of PD to improve motor function and
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combined with levodopa in advance stages to reduce fluctuations of motor control ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||

, - restless leg syndrome
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SE pramipexole
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nausea, dizziness, somulence, insomnia, constipation, hallucinations, SLEEP ATTACKS &
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IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS (screen for this) ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




has less sleep attacks than other agents
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what drug increases pramipexole levels? ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




cimetidine

what drug is used to treat n/v in apomorphine||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




trimethobenzamide (Tigan) 3 days before taking. Cannot combine with other antimetics risk ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




for postural hypotension and decrease effectiveness of drug.
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what is apomorphine used for? ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




acute hypomobility during off episodes in advance PD given by injection
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apomorphine SE ||//\\||




Severe N/V ||//\\||




Hypotension
hyper sexuality ||//\\||




cholinesterase agents for ALZ ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




donzepil
galantamine
rivastigmine

which alz med is irreversible inhibition? ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




rivastigmine

how do cholinesterase agents work ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




prevent breakdown of ACH and increase availability of ach at synapses. important for ALZ to
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improve symptoms because nerve cells are lost during this disease. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




cholinesterase SE ||//\\||




GI: n/v/dyspepsia/diarrhea
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dizziness/headache

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