A client who is experiencing acute alcohol withdrawal has been given a dose of haloperidol (Haldol) to treat his increasing agitation. Which of the following effects would the nurse recognize as a tertiary effect of drug administration?
A) The client expresses an understanding of the drug's intended effect.
B) The neurotransmitters affected by Haldol interact with neuropeptides and hormones.
C) The Haldol is synthesized, released, and metabolized by the client's body.
D) The client exhibits a reduction in his agitation.
Ans: D
Tertiary effects are the final changes in the clinical symptoms induced by a drug. Primary effects occur as a drug is synthesized, released, and metabolized and as it acts on the receptor sites of a neurotransmitter system, and secondary effects result from interactions among the neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and hormones as they influence each other's function in the brain.
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