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TTC Chapter 8 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What drug is an agent for MS and relieves muscle spasticity? | baclofen- Lioresal |
| Which antiparkison agent is also used to dry up breast milk in feeding mothers? | bromocriptine |
| Which drug produces a ghost tablet? | Concerta |
| Which anticonvulsant most likely affects the GABA process? | Valium |
| Which drug has the primary side effect of depression once it has worn off? | Adderall |
| This drug is given once daily for Alzheimer's diease | Aricept |
| This is the drug of choice for absence seizures | ethosuximide- Zarontin |
| Which aniticon. is frequently used to teat neuropathic pain but does not appear to act via the GABA receptors? | gabapentin- Neurontin |
| This OTC drug has shown to improve the cognitive function and social behavior of Alzheimer patients | Ginko |
| This is the only drug that has been able to delay disability in patients with MS. | interferon beta 1a |
| Which drug has a box warning about fatal rashes? | Lamictal |
| This is a dopamine precursor that is used to treat Parkinson's disease | levadopa |
| What drug shows evidence that it slows down the progression of Alzheimer's? | Namenda |
| Which drug is metabolized to phenobarbital? | primidone- Mysoline |
| What anticons are most likely to interact with other drugs that a patient may be taking and have a side effect of a potentially fatal rash? | Dilantin and Luminal |
| This drug is a combination drug that contains levodopa plus an inhibitor of peripheral levodopa metabolism | Sinemet |
| This is the first line anticonvulsant for atonic and myclonic seizures | valproic acid- Depakene |
| This is a popular drug because it has no reported significant drug interactions and works well as an adjunctive therapy and is less sedating in other agents | gabapentin- Neurontin |
| This antiparkinson agent is associated with the on/off phenomenon | levodopa |
| Ths is the most commonly used drug in Parkinson's disease | Sinemet |
| Which drug has an oral liquid form, used for all types of seizures and is recommended to store upside down? | Dilantin |
| What drug is used to treat ALS (Lou Gherig's Disease)? | riluzole- Riultek |
| These drugs are the first line anticons. for partial seizures | Tegretol and Dilantin |
| Do not take asprin products while on these medications | Depakene and Depakote |
| These drugs are used for MS | interferon beta 1a and mitroxantrone |
| These drugs should be swallowed whole or sprinkled over soft food without chewing | Adderall, Focalin, Depakote, Ritalin, Topamax |
| What class is valproic acid and what is it used for? | anticonvulsant, seizures, bipolar and migraines |
| In Parkinson’s disease, what neurotransmitter causes a deficiency in the nigrostatial pathway in the brain? | Dopamine |
| Carbadopa is an inhibitor of what peripherally metabolized? | levodopa |
| Atomoxitine (Straterra) is used to treat what? | ADHD, and is non-controlled |
| What is tacrine (Cognex) used to treat, and when is it used? | Alzheimers, 4 times a day |
| Alzheimer patients who have agitation and sleep disorders should be treated with what kind of drugs? | short-acting benzodiazipines |
| Black box warnings are put on by who? | FDA |
| Resting tremors, rigidity and akinesia are characteristics of what disease? | Parkinson's |
| This is a serious disorder involving continuous tonic-clonic convulsions, with or without a return to consciousness, that last at least 30 minutes | status epilepticus |
| Blank stare, rotating eyes, uncontrolled facail movments, chewing, rapid eye blinking are characteristics of what type of seizure? | absence (petit mal) |
| These medications can interact with each other or alter the metabolsm of other drugs | antiepileptic drugs |
| Concentric round bodies found in the midbrain of Parkinson patients | Lewy bodies |
| Acetocholinterase inhibitors (ACh) are used to treat what disease? | Myasthenia Gravis |
| Absence of movement | akinesia |
| Depression is part of the disease profile of this disorder | Alzheimers |
| The two types of seizures are | partial or generalized |
| This disorder is charact. by weakness and fatigability, due to the reduction of ACh receptors at the neuromuscular junction | Myasthenia Gravis |
| Alzheimers is a degenerative disorder of the brain that leads to what? | dementia |
| The most important concept in treating epilepsy is to begin with? | monotherapy (using a single drug) |
| These type of seizures involve both hemispheres fo the brain simultaneously and have no local origin | generalized seizures |
| With this disorder, 30% of it's patients are poorly controlled with medications | epilepsy |
| The goals f anticonvulsants/epilepsy are: | to control seizures or reduce their frequency so that the patient can live a normal life, to prevent emotional and behavioral changes that may result for the seizures |
| The only approved indication of this drug is for seizures | clonazepam- Klonopin |
| Convulsions are caused by what type of muscles? | voluntary |
| Most commonly known type of seizure | partial |
| What neurotransmitters play the greatest role in seizures | Glutamate and GABA |
| What are some causes of seizures | alcohol withdrawl, cardiovascular disease, congenital disorders, electric shock, epilepsy, trauma or injury |
| Drug of choice for all seizures except absence seizures | Dilantin |
| Newer drugs for epilepsy are more what? | seizure specific |
| This ghost tablet affect of Concerta happens through this system | Oros system |
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