Central Nervous System drugs

Question 1

study of drugs that alter the process controlled by the nervous system.

Answer 1

Neuropharmacology

Question 2

conducting an action potential down the axon of the neuron

Answer 2

AXONAL CONDUCTION

Question 3

the method by which information is transferred between postsynaptic cells and neurons

Answer 3

synaptic transmission

Question 4

how many CNS drug compounds serve as neurotransmitters

Answer 4

21 compounds

Question 5

Are CNS drugs used?

Answer 5

they are used for psychiatric disorders, suppression of seizures, pain relief, and anesthesia production.

Question 6

CNS drugs that are good at playing role in many motor responses in our body

Answer 6

MONOAMINE

Question 7

This barrier impedes the entry of drugs into the brain.

Answer 7

Blood-brain Barrier

Question 8

it is a disease that slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by tremors, rigidity, postural instability, and slowed movement.

Answer 8

PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Question 9

it is a goal that

-improve the patient’s ability to carry out activities of daily life
-improves bradykinesia, gait disturbance, and postural instability.

Answer 9

therapeutic goal

Question 10

Before administering medications for Parkinson’s disease, the patient must first conduct a nursing assessment called?

Answer 10

Assess motor symptoms

Question 11

it is a seizure in that excitation undergoes limited spread from the focus to adjacent cortical areas

Answer 11

partial seizures

Question 12

What CNS medication uses sodium and calcium influx suppression as one of its mechanisms?

Answer 12

Anti-Epileptic Drug

Question 13

it’s a drug that treats respiratory depression caused by drug overdose and COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

Answer 13

doxapram

Question 14

is a medication that is used to stop and prevent seizures. The anticonvulsant or anti-epileptic drug is the term used to describe this drug. It also helps to ease some types of nerve pain (such as trigeminal neuralgia).

Answer 14

Carbamazepine

Question 15

its a kind of CNS drug that treats narcolepsy

Answer 15

Methylphenidate and modafinil

Question 16

its a type of seizure that excitation spreads widely throughout both hemispheres of the brain

Answer 16

generalized seizures

Question 17

it is a drug that is used for the treatment of malignant hyperthermia and is used to help relax certain muscles in our body

Answer 17

dantrolene sodium

Question 18

When a client abruptly stops using a substance on which they are physically dependent, they develop this substance abuse or syndrome.

Answer 18

Abstinence syndrome

Question 19

It’s a common drug that are two medications that are combined and used to manage the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

Answer 19

Carbidopa-levodopa.

Question 20

It’s a group of disorders characterized by excessive excitability of neurons in the CNS.

Answer 20

EPILEPSY