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1. A patient has recurrent cluster headaches days each
and asks about abortive therapy. Which about
therapy is effective for a majority of patients 2 months
with cluster headaches? apart.
a. Lithium Which
b. NSAIDs diagnostic
c. Oxygen testing will
d. Verapamil the
provider
2. A patient reports recurrent headaches order
occurring 1 or 2 times per month that initially?
generally occur with weather changes or a. Lumbar
when sleep patterns are disrupted and puncture
describes them as severe, with throbbing on
one side of the head and sometimes
accompanied by nausea. What is the
recommended treatment for this type of
headache?
a. Gabapentin
b. Propranolol
c. Rizatriptan
d. Topiramate
3. Which medication is NOT useful in
treating ten- sion-type headaches?
a. Antiemetics
b. Lithium
c. Muscle relaxants
d. NSAIDse. Oxygen
4. A patient reports two episodes of visual
disturbances and eye pain that lasted 1 to 2
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C. Oxygen
c. Rizatriptan
b. Lithium
b. Magnetic resonance imaging
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b. Magnetic resonance imaging
c. Optical Coherence Tomography
d. Visual evoked potential
5. A patient with Parkinson's disease (PD) has a. Amantadine
been tak- ing carbidopa-levodopa (Sinemet)
with good results but develops increased
dyskinesia. Which drug will be added to this
patient's regimen to help control this
symptom?
a. Amantadine
b. Benztropine
c. Ropinirole
d. Tolcapone
c. Hyperphonia
6. All of the following are common symptoms
seen in patients with Parkinson's disease
except:
a. Bradykinesia
b. Festination
c. Hyperphonia
d. Rigidity
e. Symmetric tremor
7. Which drug is used to treat patients with focal epilepsy a.
Carbamazepine
and complex partial seizures?
a. Carbamazepine
b. Ethosuximide
c. Lamotrigine
d. Topiramate
8. A patient develops a gait disorder and the patient's
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spouse reports noticing recent personality c. Examination of the
changes. The provider suspects a brain lesion. optic fundi
Which evaluation is especially important in the
initial physical examina-
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