The patient is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The patient's wife asks the nurse how taking medicine will help her husband. What is the best response by the nurse?
1. "The medications will help prevent muscle wasting in your husband."
2. "The medications will boost your husband's appetite and energy."
3. "The medications will balance serotonin and acetylcholine in your husband's brain."
4. "The medications will help your husband to eat and walk."
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Rationale 1: Medications do not prevent muscle wasting.
Rationale 2: Medications do not boost appetite or energy.
Rationale 3: The medications help restore balance between dopamine, not serotonin, and acetylcholine.
Rationale 4: The goal of pharmacotherapy for Parkinson's disease is to increase the ability of the patient to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) such as walking, eating, dressing, and bathing.
Global Rationale: The goal of pharmacotherapy for Parkinson's disease is to increase the ability of the patient to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) such as walking, eating, dressing, and bathing. Medications do not prevent muscle wasting. Medications do not boost appetite or energy. The medications help restore balance between dopamine, not serotonin, and acetylcholine.
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