Deck 9: Treatment of Adhd and Disorders of Attention

Question 1

Researchers place the approximate annual cost of AD in the US to be about __.

A) 65 billion
B) 67 billion
C) 69 billion
D) 76 billion

Answer 1

67 billion

Question 2

AD affects approximately _____ Americans.

A) 1 in 5
B) 1 in 10
C) 1 in 45
D) 1 in 50

Answer 2

1 in 45

Question 3

Common side-effects with AD drugs include all of the following except:

A) nausea
B) diarrhea
C) blurred vision
D) vomiting

Answer 3

blurred vision

Question 4

Alzheimer's Disease or AD is the most common type of dementia

Question 5

Vascular dementia accounts for about 20% of all dementias.

Question 6

Beta-amyloid can be detected on scans and removed surgically.

Question 7

Most medications for AD and dementia are major tranquilizers that reduce dopamine.

Question 8

Which of the following medications may be more helpful for patients with Lewy Bodies dementia?

A) Cognex
B) Aricept
C) Namenda
D) Exelon

Question 9

Form of dementia may be caused by vitamin deficiencies.

Question 10

AD cannot be detected on most scans, but autopsy reveals a deficit in brain presynaptic cholinergic systems.

Question 11

Which of the following belongs to a newer class of AD drug that is known as an N-methyl-D-asparate receptor antagonist?

A) Reminyl
B) Aricept
C) Namenda
D) none of these

Question 12

Providing a controlled/monitored environment for AD patients may help to reduce confusion and agitation.

Question 13

The typical dose for a patient taking Aricept is ____ mg.

A) 5-10
B) 10-20
C) 75-100
D) none of these

Question 14

AD accounts for about ____ of all irreversible dementias.

A) 50%
B) 60%
C) 70%
D) none of these

Question 15

Which of the following is a selective inhibitor of MAO?

A) tacrine
B) galantamine
C) rivastigmine
D) none of these

Question 16

Alzheimer's accounts for approximately 75% of all irreversible dementias

Question 17

AD may have a genetic/familial pattern.

Question 18

Which of the following has been associated with liver toxicity?

A) tacrine
B) donepezil
C) galantamine
D) memantine

Question 19

Research suggests that all of the following neurotransmitters have been implicated in AD dementia except:

A) norepinephrine
B) serotonin
C) dopamine
D) acetylcholine

Question 20

Most medications used to treat dementia and AD fall into the cholinesterase inhibitor classification.
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Question 21

Agitated AD patients who also present with psychotic symptoms are often placed on ____:

A) tranquilizers
B) antidepressants
C) benzodiazepines
D) atypical antipsychotics

Question 22

Depressed AD patients would benefit most from ________ type antidepressants.

A) SSRIs
B) SNRIs
C) MAOIs
D) None of these