Central Nervous System drugs

Question 1

The third step of Synaptic Transmission is?

Answer 1

The release of the neurotransmitter

Question 2

True or False?
When compared to adults, children are significantly vulnerable to CNS medications.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False?
When using drugs for a long time, your tolerance will increase.

Answer 3

False, It ‘decreased’ response occurring in the course of prolonged drug use

Question 4

True or False?
ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hypoactivity Disorder

Answer 4

False, It stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Question 5

True or False?
Typical appearance of Parkinson’s disease are:
Stooped posture, Rigidity, Forward tilt of trunk, Flexed elbows and wrists, Reduced arm swinging, Slightly flexed hips & knees, Trembling of extremities, Shuffling, short-stepped gait,…

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or False?
Modafinil is used for treatment of Parkinson’s disease

Answer 6

False, Modafinil is used for treatment of narcolepsy

Question 7

True or False?
Doxapram is used for treatment of respiratory depression caused by drug overdose and COPD

Answer 7

True

Question 8

How many liters of oxygen should we give to a patient that diagnosed with COPD?

Answer 8

3 liters

Question 9

True or False?
Anticholinergic Agents are drugs that block receptors for Ache

Answer 9

False, Anticholinergic Agents are drugs that block receptors for Ach

Question 10

True or False?
Convulsion is an abnormal motor phenomenon

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Give the 2 major type of seizure

Answer 11

Partial seizure and Generalized seizures

Question 12

True or False?
In case that you’ve seen a patient that is seizuring you must put a stainless spoon on his/her mouth to stop it

Answer 12

False, avoid putting anything in a patient/person’s mouth during seizure because it can choke the patient/person or it can break the teeth if stainless, but if it is plastic it can be broke into pieces that can swallowed and get choke.

Question 13

True or False?
Phenytoin is the most commonly prescribed anticonvulsant drug?

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or False?
Signs and symptoms of Phenytoin toxicity are:
- Nystagmus
- Sedation
- Ataxia
- Diplopia

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True or False?
Some people, especially actors using Phenobarbital to make them stay awake

Answer 15

False, Phenobarbital can be used as daytime sedative “sleeping pills”

Question 16

True or False?
Grapefruit juice should not be consumed as it can raise levels of the medicine carbamazepine.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or False?
Decrease the volume of anesthesia needed during surgery is one of the uses of non-depolarizing drugs.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or False?
If a pregnant women is using Heroin, does it cause a complications in a baby?

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or False?
From 2004 to 2012 the official estimates of drug users nationwide increase

Answer 19

False, it decrease from 6.7 during 2004 to 1.3 in 2012

Question 20

True or False?
ANS contains 21 compounds that serve as neurotransmitters

Answer 20

False, CNS contains 21 compounds that serve as neurotransmitters