Deck 9: Treatment of Personality Disorders

Question 1

Which of the following medications is a combination of memantine and donepezil?

A) Cognex
B) Aricept
C) Namzaric
D) Exelon

Answer 1

Namzaric

Question 2

Providing a controlled/monitored environment for AD patients may help to reduce confusion and agitation.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Research suggests that all of the following neurotransmitters have been implicated in AD dementia except:

A) norepinephrine
B) serotonin
C) dopamine
D) acetylcholine

Answer 3

norepinephrine

Question 4

Which of the following belongs to a newer class of AD drug that is known as an N-methyl-D-asparate receptor antagonist?

A) Reminyl
B) Aricept
C) Namenda
D) None of these

Question 5

The typical dose for a patient taking Aricept is ____ mg.

A) 5-10
B) 10-20
C) 75-100
D) None of these

Question 6

Vascular dementia accounts for about 20% of all dementias.

Question 7

The average cost for caring for an AD patient over his/her lifetime is about $250,000.

Question 8

Alzheimer's accounts for approximately 80% of all irreversible dementias

Question 9

Most medications used to treat dementia and AD fall into the cholinesterase inhibitor classification.

Question 10

Common side effects with AD drugs include all of the following except:

A) nausea
B) diarrhea
C) blurred vision
D) vomiting

Question 11

AD may have a genetic/familial pattern.

Question 12

Beta-amyloid can be detected on scans and removed surgically.

Question 13

AD accounts for about ____ of all irreversible dementias.

A) 50%
B) 60%
C) 70%
D) None of these

Question 14

There are currently several medications that cure AD.

Question 15

AD cannot be detected on most scans, but autopsy reveals a deficit in brain presynaptic cholinergic systems.

Question 16

Most medications for AD and dementia are major tranquilizers that reduce dopamine.

Question 17

Researchers place the total cost of AD worldwide to be more than __.

A) 600 billion
B) 100 billion
C) 85 billion
D) 76 billion

Question 18

AD affects approximately _____ Americans.

A) 1 in 5
B) 1 in 10
C) 1 in 45
D) 1 in 50

Question 19

Untreated syphilis can cause dementia.

Question 20

Alzheimer's Disease or AD is the most common type of dementia

Question 21

Which of the following has been associated with liver toxicity?

A) tacrine
B) donepezil
C) galantamine
D) memantine

Question 22

Agitated AD patients who also present with psychotic symptoms are often placed on ____:

A) tranquilizers
B) antidepressants
C) benzodiazepines
D) atypical antipsychotics

Question 23

Which of the following is a selective inhibitor of MAO?

A) tacrine
B) galantamine
C) rivastigmine
D) None of these

Question 24

Depressed AD patients would benefit most from ________ type antidepressants.

A) SSRIs or SPARIs
B) SNRIs
C) MAOIs
D) None of these