A client goes to the clinic to report that the medication prescribed to help her get to sleep worked
well when she took it each night for 1 month.
However, now that the medication is gone, her
insomnia is worse than ever and she has had nightmares the last two nights. The nurse can
hypothesize that the physician had prescribed a
a. hypnotic.
b. neuroleptic.
c. central nervous system stimulant.
d. tricyclic antidepressant.
A
Hypnotics can worsen existing sleep disturbances when they induce drug-dependency insomnia.
Once the drug is discontinued the individual may have rebound insomnia and nightmares.
Neuroleptics rarely worsen insomnia. CNS stimulants worsen insomnia while they are in use.
Tricyclic antidepressants may help insomnia.
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