Central Nervous System drugs

Question 1

THIS ANESTHESIA IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING AXONAL CONDUCTION?

Answer 1

Local Anesthesia

Question 2

IT IS USE TO TREAT RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION

Answer 2

Xanthine and Doxapram

Question 3

COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder) HAS TWO KINDS. WHAT ARE THOSE?

Answer 3

Emphysema -when alveoli do not expand anymore
Chronic Bronchitis - when bronchi swells and producing large amount of secretions.

This two causes obstruction of air both in and out.

Question 4

WHY IS THE NURSING INTERVENSION TO A COPD PATIENT IS TO GIVE ONLY 3L OF OXYGENATION, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF IT EXCEEDS 3L?

Answer 4

Because if it exceeds 3L, the patient might loose its respiratory drive but it depends if the patient is in the medical ward.

Question 5

PARKINSON’S DISEASE AFFECTS THE _____ SYSTEM WHICH INFLUENCES MOVEMENT.

Answer 5

Extrapyramidal System

Question 6

WHY CARBIDOPA ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE WITH LEVODOPA?

Answer 6

Because Carbidopa is useless without Levodopa. Carbidopa supports Levodopa.

Question 7

DOPAMINERGIC DRUGS MOSTLY CAUSE ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION. TRUE OR FALSE.

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

WHAT IS TDM?

Answer 8

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring- to check the amount/serum level of drugs in the patient’s blood to confirm that the patient is not overdosing.

Question 9

WHAT IS GRAND MAL SEIZURE AND ABSENT/PETITE MAL SEIZURE?

Answer 9

Grand Mal is the Tonic-Clonic seizure where there are violent muscle contractions.
Absent/Petite Mal seizures is for children. They are usually blank staring or sometimes they are doing lip smacking.

Question 10

WHEN YOU SEE A PERSON THAT IS HAVING A SEIZURE, AS A STUDENT NURSE, WHY DO YOU NEED TO TURN THE PATIENT INTO SIDE LYING POSITION?

Answer 10

It is to avoid the patient from choking on its own secretions.

Question 11

WHEN YOU MONITOR THE TIME OF THE SEIZURE AND YOU NOTICE THAT IT WAS LAST FOR ABOUT 2-5 minutes SEIZURES, WHAT IS THE INDICATION OF IT?

Answer 11

When the seizures last for about 2-5 minutes it is a ‘Status Epilepticus’ wherein it is considered as emergency problem.

Question 12

P_____ CAN BE USED AS DAYTIME SEDATIVE “SLEEPING PILLS”. IT IS ALSO A CNS DEPRESSANT.

Answer 12

Phenobarbital

Question 13

WHAT IS THE THERAPEUTIC CLASSIFICATION OF BENZODIAZEPINES?

Answer 13

Sedative Hypnotic
(commonly use as anti-anxiety medication)

Question 14

WHAT IS MUSCLE SPASM?

Answer 14

Involuntary contractions of a muscle or muscle group.

Question 15

WHAT ARE THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF VALPROIC ACID?

Answer 15

Suppressing Sodium
Suppressing Calcium
Increasing the effects of GABA

Question 16

GIVE 3 MONOAMINES THAT ARE VERY GOOD IN PLAYING MOTOR ROLES RESPONSES TO OUR BODY.

Answer 16

Dopamine
Epinephrine
Serotonin

Question 17

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOCCAL/PARTIAL SEIZURES AND GENERAL SEIZURES?

Answer 17

Focal/Partial Seizures means only one portion of the brain is having DIFFERENT electrical conduction or electrical activity.

General Seizures means the whole brain is having DIFFERENT electrical activity

Question 18

IT IS USED FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, SUPPRESSION OFSEIZURES, RELEIF OF PAIN, PRODUCTION OF ANESTHESIA

Answer 18

CNS Drugs

Question 19

IT IS A DEPOLARIZING BLOCKING DRUGS THAT ACTS LIKE ACETYLCHOLINE BUT NOT INACTIVATED BY ACHe

Answer 19

Succinylcholine

Question 20

WHAT IS A BLODD BRAIN BARRIER?

Answer 20

It limits the passage of many of solutes and even water across the body fluids or brain mass. It also protects the brain from injury. However, it can become a significant obstacle to the entry of the therapeutic agents.