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stephzh

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Patient teaching must include education about obtaining appropriate diagnostic tests with antipsychotic medication. Using your knowledge of antipsychotic medications,
 
  which medication has the life-threatening side effect of agranulocytosis and pharmacists may only dispense enough of the medication until the next WBC has been obtained?
  A) Clozapine
  B) Olanzapine
  C) Quetiapine
  D) Resperidone

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The second-generation antipsychotic medications are effective in treating both the overt psychotic symptoms and the social apathy or negative symptoms that typically characterize schizophrenia.
 
  Using your knowledge of second-generation antipsychotic medications, what is an adverse effect of second-generation antipsychotics that needs to be included in patient teaching?
  A) Hypoglycemia
  B) Metabolic syndrome
  C) Weight loss
  D) Dystonia


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Cheesycrackers

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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B


stephzh

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
:D TYSM

kthug

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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