The student nurse asks the nursing instructor, "Do the medications we are studying actually make more neurotransmitters?" What is the best response by the nursing instructor?
1. "No, but medications can heal diseases of the autonomic nervous system."
2. "Yes, some of the newer medications are very good at doing this."
3. "Yes, but the newer drugs that do this have some serious side effects."
4. "No, medications can only increase or decrease the action of neurotransmitters."
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Rationale 1: There are virtually no diseases of the autonomic nervous system to heal.
Rationale 2: Even the newest medications cannot manufacture new neurotransmitters.
Rationale 3: Medications cannot manufacture new neurotransmitters, even if they have serious side effects.
Rationale 4: Medications cannot manufacture new neurotransmitters; they can only increase or decrease their action.
Global Rationale: Medications cannot manufacture new neurotransmitters; they can only increase or decrease their action. There are virtually no diseases of the autonomic nervous system to heal. Even the newest medications cannot manufacture new neurotransmitters. Medications cannot manufacture new neurotransmitters, even if they have serious side effects.
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