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torybrooks

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A client with longstanding schizophrenia has been treated with typical antipsychotics for many years. These drugs achieve therapeutic effect by blocking what?
 
  A) Serotonin receptors
  B) Monoamine oxidase
  C) Dopamine and serotonin receptors
  D) Dopamine receptors

Question 2

A 50-year-old resident of a group home has been taking typical antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia. The nurse should be most aware of what hazard associated with these drugs?
 
  A) Accidental overdosage as a result of the narrow therapeutic range
  B) Extrapyramidal symptoms and tardive dyskinesia
  C) Serotonin syndrome
  D) Auditory and visual hallucinations


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momtoalll

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
Feedback:
Typical or traditional antipsychotic agents (neuroleptics) block dopamine receptors in the brain, thus altering the release and turnover of dopamine.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
Feedback:
The greatest hazard of typical antipsychotics involves adverse effects, such as extrapyramidal symptoms (EPSs) and tardive dyskinesia. Risk of EPSs and other movement disorders is highest for clients who use older, high-potency neuroleptics, such as haloperidol or perphenazine, for long periods.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Gracias!

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