1. Question: L. J. is a 55-year-old male who attended a funeral and found himself laughing during the service, but later that evening he was irritated
... [Show More] with himself for what he had done. His wife said this was abnormal behavior and took him to his doctor to be evaluated. After L. J.’s MRI was reviewed, he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. Which medication is recommended to help L. J. with his emotional outbursts? 2. Question: When can buprenorphine be initiated in a patient who is suffering from an opioid overdose? 3. Question:Of the following neurotransmitters, which one(s) are known to be severely disrupted in the disease Dementia with Lewy Bodies? 4. Question: Choose the correct statement regarding medications used for alcoholism A . Disulfiram: NMDA receptor antagonist & GABAA agonist 5. Question:Patient is a 75-year-old female with a confirmed diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. She is currently on Donepezil 10 mg daily. She is accompanied to your clinic today by her daughter, who informs you that her mother has recently had an increase in depressive symptoms. She has no history of mood disorders. She has a history of hypertension and tonic-clonic seizures, but both are controlled. Assuming this patient will be thoroughly evaluated for the diagnosis of depression, what would you recommend as initial therapy? 6. Question: Which neurotransmitters are likely involved in the pathophysiology of withdrawal seizures? 7. Question;Which medication below should be routine for all suspected cases of alcohol intoxication and dependence? 8. Question:T. C. is an 88-year-old male who is diagnosed at your clinic with Dementia with Lewy Bodies. He currently has some debilitating gait issues, which makes his quality of life very poor. His memory is still intact with minor deficits. Which medication would likely benefit T. C. as his initial therapy? 9. Question:In the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Disease, there are certain proteins that lead to the plaques and tangles that result in this progressive, irreversible brain disorder. Choose the appropriate protein with its corresponding pathology. 10. Question; T. K. is a 72-year-old female who has suffered many strokes in the past, likely due to uncontrolled hypertension and hyperlipidemia. She has now been diagnosed with vascular dementia due to memory loss and motor system slowing. What is the recommended treatment for T. k 11. Question; Which of the following alcohol screening tools lack sensitivity to detect hazardous/problem drinking? 12. Question:Which enzyme does disulfiram inhibit leading to a build-up of the ethanol metabolite acetaldehyde? 13. Question:Which of the following drugs in the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease requires 14. Question: If a patient is being managed for chronic pain and is not getting better after months of therapy with multiple agents (i.e., NSAIDs with opioids, muscle relaxants with NSAIDs, etc.), what should be your next step in helping the patient? 15. Question:Choose the correct statement regarding an anti-ADHD medication and its respectful mechanism of action 16. Question:Of the following neurotransmitters, which ones play a critical role in modulating attention in ADHD? 17. Question:Which medication below would you use in addition to benzodiazepine treatment if the patient is experiencing psychosis during alcohol withdrawal delirium? 18. Question: If a patient suffers from a multitude of small strokes and later begins experiencing mood disturbances in an acute fashion that sometimes resolve, from what type of dementia would you think that patient may suffer? 19. Question:What is the difference between Ritalin and Focalin? 20. Question:The patient is a 16-year-old girl with a past history of substance use disorder. She has been known to abuse prescription opioids and smokes one pack of cigarettes every day. She has been in and out of recovery for the past year. During her last admission into a recovery center, she was diagnosed with ADHD, which may have contributed to her addictive personality. She presents to your clinic today to initiate pharmacotherapy for her new diagnosis. What would you recommend in this patient? Her current weight is 55 kg. 21. Question: Select the correct description of a somatoform disorder. 22. Question:FILL IN THE BLANK: is the main neurotransmitter behind reward systems in the brain, which usually leads to addiction when altered in any way. 23. Question: Of the following medications, which one is contraindicated with stimulants such as Ritalin or Adderall? 24. Question: A new patient presents to your clinic today. The patient is a 13-year-old boy who complains that he has no interest in anything. The patient states, “I just want to sleep more than I normally do, and I don’t care much for playing my video games anymore.” His mother states he cannot focus on anything for more than a few minutes at a time, and that he often gets in trouble at school because he cannot sit still. What would you recommend at this time? 25. Question:The experience of pain is ALWAYS subjective 26. Question;E. B., a 55-year-old female, is a patient at your clinic today who has a past medical history significant for breast cancer, hypertension, hepatic cirrhosis, type 2 diabetes, and a recent diagnosis of alcohol use disorder. She has no known drug allergies. She states she is ready to quit drinking but fears the cravings that it may bring [Show Less]