NSG 552- psychopharmacology Quiz #1 Questions and Correct Answers the Latest Update and Recommended Version
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NSG 552
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NSG 552
The study of the use of psychotropic medications in the treatment of psychiatric disorders:
→ Psychopharmacology
The study of what the body does to drugs:
→ Pharmacokinetics
The study of what the drugs does to the body:
→ Pharmacodynamics
Involves the absorption, distribution, metabolis...
NSG 552- psychopharmacology Quiz #1
Questions and Correct Answers the Latest
Update and Recommended Version
The study of the use of psychotropic medications in the treatment of psychiatric disorders:
→ Psychopharmacology
The study of what the body does to drugs:
→ Pharmacokinetics
The study of what the drugs does to the body:
→ Pharmacodynamics
Involves the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of meds:
→ First Pass Metabolism (C.Y.P. 450)
Increase serum levels of other drugs that are substrates of that enzyme:
→ Enzyme inhibitors will slow down metabolism causing toxic levels
Decreases serum levels of other drugs that are substrates of that enzyme:
→ Enzyme inducers cause fast metabolism and create subtherapeutic drug levels
Part of the brain that regulates powerful emotions such as fear, rage, sexual desires:
Decrease dopamine in this pathway is associated with negative symptoms:
→ Mesocortical Pathway
Decrease dopamine in this pathway produces motor symptoms:
→ Nigrostriatal Pathway
Main inhibitory neurotransmitter that induces calmness and relaxation:
→ Gamma- aminobutyric acid (GABA), Off switch
Main excitatory neurotransmitter:
→ Glutamate, On Switch
Major organ that breaks down drugs in the body:
→ Liver
Electrolyte imbalance commonly associated with psychotropic medication use:
→ Hyponatremia
The time needed to clear 50% if drugs from the plasma:
→ Half-life
The process of becoming desensitized and less responsive to a particular medication dose
overtime necessitating an increase:
→ Tolerance
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