Exam 3 Practice Questions Flashcards
- What is happening physiologically to cause loss of movement in Parkinson’s disease (PD)?
a. Loss Ach in the substantia nigra
b. Loss of DA in the substantia nigra
c. Loss of 5 HT in the raphe
d. Loss of Ach in the VTA
b. Loss of DA in the substantia nigra
- True or False: DA metabolites can cause PD
True
Answer: Due to the oxidative damage done on DA neurons causing cell death
- What are the hallmark sx of PD? Select all
a. Difficulty swallowing
b. Bradykinesia
c. Muscle rigidity
d. Weight loss
e. Resting tremor
f. micrographia
g. Postural instability
h. Quiet speech
i. Constipation
b. Bradykinesia
c. Muscle rigidity
e. Resting tremor
g. Postural instability
Answer: the others are just other sx of PD
- What is the basal ganglia’s output to the thalamus?
a. Striatum Caudate
b. Substantia nigra
c. Globus Pallidus GPi
d. Motor cortex
e. Globus Pallidus GPe
c. Globus Pallidus GPi
Answer: it goes from SN -> striatum -> basal ganglia GPi -> Thalamus -> cortex -> movement. It’s also in her picture she gave. She also mentioned just the globus pallidus, so unsure of if you need to know if it is GPi or not but decided I should mention it
- True or False: The d2 receptor pathway has a direct beneficial effect on treating PD.
False.
Answer: It has an indirect pathway and it gives more advantages to treating PD than D1
- If we want there to be movement, which of these has to occur?
a. Inhibition of the thalamus
b. A gabaergic signal output from the basal ganglia
c. A gabaergic signal output to the basal ganglia from the striatum
d. A glutaminergic signal output to the basal ganglia
c. A gabaergic signal output to the basal ganglia from the striatum
Answer: A B and D are the same thing in a sense. A gabaergic signal form the basal ganglia will inhibit the thalamus causing there to be no movement (no glutaminergic output from thalamus). If we have a glutaminergic signal to the basal ganglia then that is activating to allow for a gabaergic signal to the thalamus, inhibiting it. If we had a gabaergic output then it would inhibit the basal ganglia and allow the thalamus to send signals to the motor cortex.
- What are the parts of the basal ganglia?
Striatum (caudate, putamen), Globus pallidus (GPe, GPi), Substantia nigra (SNc, SNr), subthalamic nucleus
- What is the use of adding Carbidopa in conjunction with L-DOPA
a. It works in an additive way with DA to help reduce PD by acting in the brain
b. It increases DA in the periphery and the brain to allow for better drug therapy
c. It is a DA agonist which would help the sx
d. It inhibits AADC which prevents breakdown of L-dopa in the periphery and allows it to enter the BBB
d. It inhibits AADC which prevents breakdown of L-dopa in the periphery and allows it to enter the BBB
Answer: It doesn’t cross the BBB so it will allow for L-dopa to be converted there. AADC is the enzyme that converts L-dopa to DA and it prevents DA conversion in the periphery
- Which COMT inhibitor has both a central and peripheral effect?
a. Entacapone
b. Tolcapone
c. Selegiline
d. Carbidopa
b. Tolcapone
Answer: it isn’t used as often due to it’s hepatotoxicity and but entacapone doesn’t cross the BBB so MAOis might be more useful to inhibit DA degradation in the brain
- Which of these is a NOT an advantage of DA agonists
a. Don’t need conversion
b. No free radical metabolites with the DA agonist metabolites
c. Not active in normal release characteristics
d. There can be specificity for the DA receptor subtypes
c. Not active in normal release characteristics
Answer: it doesn’t have the same release as DA which releases at the right time to initiate the movement circuit;
- Bromocriptine and Apomorphine both have activity at the D1R and D2R but apomorphine is not considered an ergot alkaloid DA agonist because
a. It doesn’t cause the same ADRs as bromocriptine
b. It is a full agonist at d1R while bromocriptine is a partial agonist
c. It is specific for D2Rs
d. It’s administered SC
a. It doesn’t cause the same ADRs as bromocriptine
Answer: bromocriptine causes the ergotism vasoconstriction in the periphery while apomorphine does not
- Assign the numbers to the metabolism: choices are MAO, COMT, Aldehyde dehydrogenase (AD)
- COMT 2. MAO 3. MAO 4. COMT 5. AD 6. AD 7. COMT
Answer: major urinary metabolite is HVA which undergoes all of those. Minor is DOPAC which doesn’t go through COMT metabolism. The other two are to get to NE (DABH) and Epi (DABH then PENT)
- Which of these DA agonist undergoes O glucoronidation and sulfation AND has a patch formulation
a. Neupro
b. Apokyn
c. Mirapex
d. Requip
a. Neupro
Answer: can be neuroprotective in the sense that it doesn’t form oxidative metabolites and DA is being taken out of the picture (not enough evidence); n-depropylation and then conjugation can occur first; main conjugation is sulfation
Which of these drugs can be metabolized by CYP1a2?
a. Selegiline
b. Neupro
c. Stalevo
d. Rasagiline
d. Rasagiline
Answer: may be neuroprotective as well due to the slow metabolism of DA to toxic metabolites
- Amantadine enters the BBB due to:
a. It is unionized and lipophilic
b. It’s structure is caged like so it is able to enter the BBB
c. It has low pKa that allows it go into the BBB
d. It has a transporter
b. It’s structure is caged like so it is able to enter the BBB
Answer: it is ionized due to a pKa of 11 but bc of it’s structure it is lipophilic enough to go in
- JK is a 57 YOF presenting with a pill rolling motion in her hands that don’t bother her while sleeping and rigidity in her arms. She denies taking any medications at the moment. What diagnostic criteria do you place her in?
a. Clinically probable for PD
b. Clinically definite for PD
c. Clinically possible for PD
d. Clinically possible for EPS
a. Clinically probable for PD
Answer: JK is presenting with 2 of the 3 cardinal diagnostic sx of PD without pharmacotherapy. If she was presenting with 3 of the cardinal sx without pharmacotherapy she would still be clinically possible
- Which drug causes the most motor complications such as dyskinesias?
a. Comtan
b. Symmetrel
c. Congentin
d. Sinemet
d. Sinemet
Answer: That is L-Dopa and carbidopa; levodopa causes the most motor complications
- In younger patients, why isn’t L-Dopa considered first line? Select all
a. Want to save the best for last
b. It is the worst agent to use for symptom control
c. It has increased motor complications in long term patients
d. It is not as effective as an MAO B inhibitor
e. It is the gold standard
f. It is not as effective as amantadine
a. Want to save the best for last
c. It has increased motor complications in long term patients
Answer: in older pts (>65) it is first line; due to dyskinesias with long term use we want to reserve it for later and to avoid a subtherapeutic effect with long term use; it is the best for symptom control action. MAO B inhibitor is the first line but not better than L-Dopa. It is the gold standard but that is not why it isn’t first line
- Which of these is a rescue treatment for the freezing that often occurs in advanced PD?
a. Pardolel
b. Neupro
c. Requip
d. Mirapex
e. Apokyn
e. Apokyn
- True or False. Cholinergic neurons are the only neurons that are affected in Alzeimer’s disease.
False.
Answer: they are just the most vulnerable and likely, not the only ones
- Which of the following is not a risk factor for developing alzeimer’s?
a. Down Syndrome
b. Intake of omega 3 fatty acids
c. Hypertension
d. High insulin use
e. Low education level/IQ
f. Hypercholesteremia
b. Intake of omega 3 fatty acids
Answer: may help actually along with Vit C,D, and E, but it isn’t proven
- Which of these drugs is not a cholinesterase inhibitor?
a. Aricept
b. Exelon
c. Razadyne
d. Namenda
d. Namenda
Answer: It is NMDA antagonist that blocks the leaky glutamate channels causing exocitotoxicity. It can be overcome by normal glutamate function
- Which drug has pseduoirreversibility due to its carbamate functional group?
a. Tacrine
b. Donezepil
c. Rivastigmine
d. galantamine
c. Rivastigmine
answer: the carbamylation of rivastigmine causes slow hydrolysis of the bound AchE which lasts 10 hours
Match the numbers with the metabolism. For #5 name the active metabolite. N-dealkylation, FMO facilitated N-oxidation, O-demethylation, aromatic hydroxylation
- O-demethylation
- N-dealkylation
- FMO facilitated N-oxidation
- Aromatic hydroxylation
- 1 (O-demethylation)