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Psychotropic Medications Medcomm Quiz Questions
Question 1 of 5
The nurse administers a medication that potentiates the action of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Which effect would be expected?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse instructs a patient taking a drug that inhibits monoamine oxidase (MAO) to avoid certain foods and drugs because of the risk of:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
Consider these medications: carbamazepine (Tegretol) lamotrigine (Lamictal) gabapentin (Neurontin). Which medication below also belongs with this group?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
Individuals with Hallucinogen Dependency can spend many hours and even days recovering from the effects of the drug. Some hallucinogens - such as MDMA - are often associated with physical 'hangover' symptoms. Which of the following are MDMA hangovers?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
In aversion therapy, clients are given their drug followed immediately by another drug that causes unpleasant physiological reactions such as nausea and sickness. Rather than physically administering these drugs in order to form an aversive conditioned response, the client imagines taking their drug followed by imagining some upsetting or repulsive consequence. This variant on aversion therapy is known as:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.