NR546-FINALEXAM-PEARLS LATEST
UPDATE VERIFIED QUESTIONS &
DETAILED EXPLANATIONS GRADED
A+
Professional Academic Assistance Services
First line treatment for depression - Answer: SSRIs
Common side effect of SSRIs - Answer: sexual dysfunction
rapid cycling bipolar disorder - Answer: Minimum of 4 episodes
a year
Goal of antidepressant therapy - Answer: complete remission of
symptoms
Serotonin GI effects - Answer: Due to the fact that 90% of 5HT
receptors are located in GI tract
best tolerated SSRI - Answer: Escitalopram (Lexapro) also has
fewest CYP interactions
,Lithium levels - Answer: Can be increased by NSAIDS and ACE
inhibitors
Can be decreased by caffeine and mania
Unaffected by amiloride, furosemide, and sulindac
Lithium purpose - Answer: Effective treatment for manic
episodes, to prevent reoccurrence and to a lower degree is
effective in depressive episodes
Lamotrigine - Answer: Well tolerated except for the propensity
to cause a rash
Monoamines - Answer: dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin
Lamotrigine - Answer: Is a mood stabilizer
Lithium - Answer: Well established to prevent suicide in clients
with mood disorders
Lithium - Answer: Has a narrow therapeutic window and
requires law draws
, 1st line treatment for OCD - Answer: SSRIs are first line.
Benzodiazepines are not!!!
Primary action of hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD,mescaline,
psilocybin, and MDMA - Answer: Agonism of 5HT2A receptors
Hallucinogens may have additional actions at other serotonin
receptors (particularly 5HT1A and 5HT2C) and at other
neurotransmitter systems, and MDMA in particular also blocks
the serotonin transporter (SERT)
Controls appetite - Answer: hypothalamus serves as the brain
center that controls appetite by utilizing a complex set of circuits
and regulators. One formulation of how the hypothalamus does
this is the notion that there is a major appetite stimulating
pathway whose actions are mediated by two peptides
(neuropeptide Y and agouti-related protein)
Phentermine - Answer: Acts like amphetamine, blocking both
the dopamine transporter (DAT) and the norepinephrine
transporter (NET) and, at high doses, the vesicular monoamine
transporter (VMAT)
UPDATE VERIFIED QUESTIONS &
DETAILED EXPLANATIONS GRADED
A+
Professional Academic Assistance Services
First line treatment for depression - Answer: SSRIs
Common side effect of SSRIs - Answer: sexual dysfunction
rapid cycling bipolar disorder - Answer: Minimum of 4 episodes
a year
Goal of antidepressant therapy - Answer: complete remission of
symptoms
Serotonin GI effects - Answer: Due to the fact that 90% of 5HT
receptors are located in GI tract
best tolerated SSRI - Answer: Escitalopram (Lexapro) also has
fewest CYP interactions
,Lithium levels - Answer: Can be increased by NSAIDS and ACE
inhibitors
Can be decreased by caffeine and mania
Unaffected by amiloride, furosemide, and sulindac
Lithium purpose - Answer: Effective treatment for manic
episodes, to prevent reoccurrence and to a lower degree is
effective in depressive episodes
Lamotrigine - Answer: Well tolerated except for the propensity
to cause a rash
Monoamines - Answer: dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin
Lamotrigine - Answer: Is a mood stabilizer
Lithium - Answer: Well established to prevent suicide in clients
with mood disorders
Lithium - Answer: Has a narrow therapeutic window and
requires law draws
, 1st line treatment for OCD - Answer: SSRIs are first line.
Benzodiazepines are not!!!
Primary action of hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD,mescaline,
psilocybin, and MDMA - Answer: Agonism of 5HT2A receptors
Hallucinogens may have additional actions at other serotonin
receptors (particularly 5HT1A and 5HT2C) and at other
neurotransmitter systems, and MDMA in particular also blocks
the serotonin transporter (SERT)
Controls appetite - Answer: hypothalamus serves as the brain
center that controls appetite by utilizing a complex set of circuits
and regulators. One formulation of how the hypothalamus does
this is the notion that there is a major appetite stimulating
pathway whose actions are mediated by two peptides
(neuropeptide Y and agouti-related protein)
Phentermine - Answer: Acts like amphetamine, blocking both
the dopamine transporter (DAT) and the norepinephrine
transporter (NET) and, at high doses, the vesicular monoamine
transporter (VMAT)
