Which of the following categories of drugs speed up the cell processes and make it easier for nerve cells to transmit messages?
A. CNS exciters
B. CNS agitators
C. CNS stimulants
D. CNS activators
Answer: C
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1. Many antihypertensive medications have similar names so the patient could have confused the drugs. 2. Older women often decrease oral fluid intake, which would change response to the drug. 3. The older pancreas cannot supply enzymes to metabolize the drugs as early in the digestive system. 4. Changes in the blood-brain barrier may make older patients more sensitive to some side effects.
Which type of program is likely to have the MOST lasting effect of avoiding relapse?
a. behavioral reeducation b. nicotine replacement c. intensive psychoanalysis d. self-help support group
Pain that is severe and constant or unrelenting and which is unrelieved by usual pain management measures is described as:
a. acute. b. chronic. c. severe. d. physical.
The parasympathetic branch of the autonomic system stimulates digestion, slows the heart, and has other effects associated with a _______ physiological state.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).