Nurs 660 Exam 1- Sum 2019 Questions (21 Terms) With Verified Definitions Updated 2024

Clozapine must be stopped slowly over _________ weeks, to minimize what symptoms? {Ans: 4 weeks; rebound psychosis and anticholinergic rebound}Why should a patient not be maintained on 2 antipsychotics? {Ans: All antipsychotics suppress dopamine and there is an increased risk of side effects}If switching from a pine to a done, the pine should be stopped slowly over: A. 3-7 days B. 14 days B. 3-4 wks {Ans: B}Switching between similar drugs is preferred, i.e. pine to pine or done to done. When titrating between same type drugs what time period should this be done over? A. 3 days B. 7 days C. 2 weeks D. 1 month {Ans: 7 days}When switching to ariprazole why should you taper up slowly? {Ans: It will replace the other drug at the D2 reeptor site immediately causing withdrawal from the first drug.} {Ans: }If there is too much dopamine in the basal ganglia causes what type of movements? {Ans: chorea, dyskinesia and tics}dopamine hypothesis- nigrostriatal pathway {Ans: The nigrostriatal dopamine pathway that projects from the substantia nigra to the basal ganglia or striatum, is part of the extrapyramidal nervous system and controls motor function and movement.}Hyperactivity