The patient receives quetiapine (Seroquel) and asks the nurse how the medication works. What is the best response by the nurse?
1. "Quetiapine (Seroquel) decreases norepinephrine in your brain and that decreases your auditory hallucinations."
2. "Quetiapine (Seroquel) increases norepinephrine in your brain and that decreases your feelings of depression."
3. "Quetiapine (Seroquel) decreases dopamine in your brain and that decreases your symptoms."
4. "Quetiapine (Seroquel) increases dopamine in your brain and that helps you to think more clearly."
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale: Quetiapine (Seroquel) acts by interfering with the binding of dopamine to its receptors in the brain. Quetiapine (Seroquel) does not increase dopamine in the brain. Quetiapine (Seroquel) does not decrease norepinephrine in the brain. Quetiapine (Seroquel) does not increase norepinephrine in the brain.
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