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A patient diagnosed with panic disorder is placed on a tricyclic antidepressant. The patient asks a nurse when the medication will take full effect. The nurse's best response would be which of the following time frames?
 
  a. 3 to 7 days
  b. 1 to 3 weeks
  c. 1 to 2 months
  d. 6 months

Question 2

A nurse is providing education to nurses in the psychiatric unit on antidepressant medications. To evaluate their learning, the educator asks one of the nurses, How does fluoxetine (Prozac) achieve its effects?
 
  The nurse would be correct to state that fluoxetine (Prozac) achieves its effects by which of the following mechanisms of action?
  a. Selectively inhibiting serotonin reuptake
  b. Blocking the uptake of monoamines
  c. Inhibiting monoamine oxidase-A in nerve terminals
  d. Direct stimulation of serotonin receptors


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

ANS: C
Tricyclic antidepressants, similar to other classes of antidepressants, have initial responses that develop in approximately 1 to 3 weeks. Maximal responses may take up to 1 to 2 months to develop.
These time frames are incorrect.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Fluoxetine produces selective inhibition of serotonin reuptake and intensifies transmission at serotonergic synapses.
Fluoxetine does not act by blocking uptake of monoamines or inhibiting monoamine oxidase-A nerve terminals, nor does it directly stimulate serotonin receptors.


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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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