Central Nervous System drugs

Question 1

a branch of medical science and a study of drugs that deals with the action of drugs that alter processes controlled by the nervous system

Answer 1

NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Question 2

One part of nervous system that includes our brain and spinal cord

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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question 3

A medicines that include sedatives, tranquilizers, and hypnotics where this drug is used for psychiatric disorders, suppression of seizures, relief of pain, production of anesthesia

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CNS DRUGS

Question 4

CNS contains how many compounds that serve as neurotransmitters?

Answer 4

21

Question 5

It protects the brain from injury or infections where it delay or prevents the entry of drugs into the brain and passage is limited to lipid-soluble agents or via specific transport systems

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BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER

Question 6

A condition where a person has differences in brain development and brain activity that affects attention where they have inability to concentrate and hyperactive

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ADHD

Question 7

A condition where a person has a severe drowsiness and sudden attacks of sleep. they can fall asleep during normal waking activities and unable to move and may collapse

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NARCOLEPSY

Question 8

It stimulate the release of NE and DA from the brain and SNS

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AMPHETAMINES

Question 9

It is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorder
that makes a person to have uncontrollable movements, such as shaking, stiffness, and difficulty with balance and coordination

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PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Question 10

A known crisis that you cant mix MAOI with Tyramine rich food because it will increase your NE which may cause?

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HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS

Question 11

It is a group of disorders where brain activity becomes abnormal by excessive excitablility of neurons in the CNS, causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, and sometimes loss of awareness. characterized

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EPILEPSY

Question 12

a sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain and a general term that applies to all types of epileptic events

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SEIZURE

Question 13

An abnormal motor phenomenon that might happen because of sudden fever spike, tetanus, or very low blood sugar

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CONVULSION

Question 14

2 types of seizures

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PARTIAL AND GENERALIZED SEIZURES

Question 15

A sudden, involuntary movement or contraction in one or more muscles
where is often painful and decreases level of functioning

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MUSCLE SPASM

Question 16

It blocks neuromuscular transmission at the neuromuscular junction by
disrupting the transmission of nerve
impulses at the motor end plate, causing paralysis of the affected skeletal muscles or relaxes the skeletal muscles

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NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING DRUGS

Question 17

A drug that competes with ACh to prevent muscle from contracting, one of the thing you can use to it is that it prevents muscle injury during ECT

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NON DEPOLARIZING BLOCKING DRUGS

Question 18

Withdrawing from a substance that has
the potential to cause addiction can cause what? This is where the crack babies can develop when a baby withdraws from certain drugs he/she was exposed to in the womb before birth

Answer 18

ABSTINENCE SYNDROME

Question 19

Effects of withdrawal usually start within 4 to 12 hr of the last intake
of alcohol (TRUE OR FALSE)

Answer 19

TRUE

Question 20

One of addiction where you are craving for a certain medicine that relieves pain and manifestations are non-life-threatening, although suicidal imagination or idea may occur.

Answer 20

OPIOID ADDICTION