out of the text book pharmacology

Question 1

Minor tranquilizers are the same drugs as major tranquilizers, but are given at a lower dose. True or false?

Answer 1

false

Question 2

Describe several different ways in which benzodiazepine drugs exert a therapeutic effect

Answer 2

bind to several specific types of receptor sites in the brain to provide sedation. They affect thought processes, and they affect emotional behaviour by their action in the limbic system of the brain

Question 3

Antipsychotic drugs are also known by what two other names?

Answer 3

Neuroleptic drugs
major tranquilizer drugs
antipsychotic drugs

Question 4

Describe the symptoms of tardive dyskinesia that occur due to antipsychotic drugs

Answer 4

involuntary, repetitive movements of the face (grimacing, smacking the lips, chewing, blinking the eyes, sticking out the tongue, rocking back and forth, marching in place, humming, or grunting. Can also include athetoid movements of arms, legs, and fingers

Question 5

What different categories of drugs are used to treat manic-depressive disorder?

Answer 5

antipsychotic
anticonvulsant
antidepressant

Question 6

What categories of drugs are used to treat PTSD?

Answer 6

SSRI

SNRI

Question 7

What is unique about the drug-delivery technology of Concerta?

Answer 7

One end of the tablet contains a tiny, laser-drilled hole through which one quarter of the drug’s daily dose is released immediately other end absorbs fluid from the intestine and expands internally, slowly forcing the rest of the drug dose through the hole over the next 12 hours.