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vinney12

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A patient who is newly diagnosed with Parkinson's disease is prescribed levodopa Dopar. The patient asks the nurse about drugs to prevent disease progression. What will the nurse tell this patient?
 
  a. Levodopa may prevent disease progres-sion in higher doses and is safe to use for this purpose.
  b. MAO-B inhibitors and dopamine agon-ists have both shown neuroprotective ef-fects in human studies.
  c. Vitamin E has been shown to delay neu-ron degeneration and may be used as ad-junctive therapy.
  d. While some drugs show promise, there are no studies that have proven a neuro-protective effect.

Question 2

A nurse is discussing various ways to obtain a medical abortion with a patient. Which statement by the patient best demonstrates understanding of mifepristone (RU 486) Mifeprex? This drug is most effective if I use it:
 
  a. before the first missed menstrual period.
  b. the day after unprotected intercourse.
  c. within 7 weeks of conception.
  d. immediately after ovulation.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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To date, there is no definitive proof that any drug can protect dopaminergic neurons from pro-gressive degeneration. Levodopa has shown neuroprotective effects, but studies have demon-strated toxic effects in the doses required for this purpose. MAO-B inhibitors have shown bene-fits, but only in animal studies. Vitamin E was once theorized to offer this protection, but recent studies have provided good evidence that this is not the case.

Answer to Question 2

C
Mifepristone is most effective if it is used within 7 weeks of conception. The timing specified in the other responses is incorrect.


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vinney12

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Reply #2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 23, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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