Central Nervous System drugs

Question 1

A drug that is used for psychiatric disorders, suppression of seizures, relief of pain, and production of anesthesia.

Answer 1

Central Nervous System Drugs

Question 2

A dysregulation of the transmitters serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. Indicates hyperactivity, inability to concentrate, and inatentiveness.

Answer 2

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Question 3

A drug that is given to increase child’s attention span and cognitive performance.

Answer 3

Methylphenidate

Question 4

A drug that is used for treatment of respiratory depression caused by drug overdosed and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Answer 4

Doxapram

Question 5

A disease that is slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by tremor, rigidity, postural instablity and slowed movement.
It affects the extrapyramidal system which influences movement.

Answer 5

Parkinson’s Disease

Question 6

A group of disorders characterized by excessive excitability of neurons in the CNS.

Answer 6

Epilepsy

Question 7

A type of seizure in which excitation undegoes limited spread from the focus to adjacent cortical areas.

Answer 7

Partial Seizures

Question 8

A type of seizure in which excitation spreads widely throughout both hemispheres of the brain.

Answer 8

General Seizures

Question 9

What traditional antiepileptic medication works on all type of seizures?

Answer 9

Valproic Acid (Depakote)

Question 10

What are the 4 anti-epileptic drugs mechanism?

Answer 10

1. Suppression of Sodium
2. Suppression of Calcium Influx
3. Antagonism of Gluatamate
4. Potetiation of GABA

Question 11

A drug that is most commonly prescribed anticonvulsant drug. Also, stabilize nerve cells to keep them from getting overexcited by increasing influx of sodium ions.

Answer 11

Phenytion

Question 11

A drug that is most commonly prescribed anticonvulsant drug. Also, stabilize nerve cells to keep them from getting overexcited by increasing influx of sodium ions.

Answer 11

Phenytion

Question 12

How many mcg/mL of Phenytion is needed in monitoring blood levels?

Answer 12

10 - 20 mcg/mL

Question 13

A drug that is under Barbiturates which is effective against partial seizures and generalized tonic-clonic seizures but not absence of seizures.
It can be also used as daytime sedative “sleeping pills”

Answer 13

Phenobarbital

Question 14

A drug that is under Iminostilbenes which suppresses neuronal discharge by delaying recovery of sodium channels and has fewer side effects than phenytion and phenobarbital.

Answer 14

Carbamazipine

Question 14

A drug that increases GABA in the brain and used for treatment of pain from diabetic neuropathy.

Answer 14

Gabapentin

Question 15

Used for treatment of acute muscle spasms by anxiety, pain, and trauma. Treat spasticity from conditions as MS and cerebral palsy.

Answer 15

1. Carisoprodol
2. Chlorphenesin
3. Metaxalon
4. Tizanidine

Question 16

Used for treatment of malignant hyperthermia (complication of anesthesia causing muscle rigidity and high fever).

Answer 16

Dantrolene Sodium

Question 17

A drug that produces less sedation and less peripheral muscle weakness than dantrolene. Most common adverse effect is transient drowsiness.

Answer 17

Baclofen

Question 18

Drugs that relaxes skeletal muscles by disrupting the transmission of nerve impulses at the motor end plate.

Answer 18

Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs