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Centrally acting anticholinergics used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease control symptoms by:
 
  1. blocking cholinergic receptors.
  2. activating dopamine receptors.
  3. preventing the destruction of dopamine in the central nervous system.
  4. increasing the synthesis of dopamine.

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A patient on levodopa for Parkinson's disease tells the nurse, I just began taking a medication for severe depression. The nurse should ask the patient which antidepressant was prescribed because:
 
  1. some antidepressants can make the levodopa levels higher and produce toxicity.
  2. the levodopa will increase the effects of the antidepressant.
  3. carbohydrates should be avoided when taking levodopa and an antidepressant concurrently.
  4. a hypertensive crisis can occur when certain antidepressants are taken concurrent with levodopa.



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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