Answer: gastrointestinal bleeding.

3P Neurology

• A patient receiving lamotrigine (Lamictal) for the treatment of epilepsywould NOT need

routine monitoring of:

Answer: lamotrigine levels.

2. Common side effects related to pregabalin (Lyrica) include:

Answer: edema andweight gain.

• Ergotamine alkaloids for the treatment of migraines are safe to administerwith:

Answer: topiramate (Topamax).

• Due to increased cholinergic activity in patients treated with donepezil(Aricept), patients

should be monitored for:

Answer: gastrointestinal bleeding.

• Which of the following medications is an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist for the

treatment of dementia of the Alzheimer's type?

Answer: Memantine(Namenda)

• Amantadine, an antiviral agent and an N- methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist,

is indicated in the treatment of:

Answer: parkinsonism.

7. Propranolol hydrochloride (Inderal) for the treatment of migraines:

Answer: shouldbe tapered if discontinued.

• Patients who are taking divalproex sodium (Depakote) and lamotrigine (Lamictal) are at

higher risk for developing:

Answer: rash, including Stevens-Johnsonsyndrome.

• Patients who are taking carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet) for Parkinson's dis-ease should be

advised to avoid a diet high in:

Answer: protein.

• Carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease iscontraindicated

in patients with:

Answer: narrow-angle glaucoma.

11. The brand name of oxcarbazepine is:

Answer: Trileptal. 1 / 2

• Benztropine (Cogentin), an anticholinergic, is NOT recommended for usein patients with:

Answer: tardive dyskinesia.

• Levetiracetam (Keppra), indicated in the adjunctive treatment of partialseizures, is:

Answer: primarily excreted renally unchanged.

• Donepezil (Aricept), a cholinesterase inhibitor, is indicated in the treatmentof:

Answer: Alzheimer's type dementia.

• Carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease isa(n):

Answer: dopaminergic agent.

• The most common short-term adverse effects of ropinirole (Requip) usedin restless leg

syndrome (RLS) include:

Answer: nausea, vomiting, and fatigue.

17. The brand name for levetiracetam is:

Answer: Keppra.

18. Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal) is structurally similar to:

Answer: carbamazepine (Tegretol).

• After initiation of 300 mg serum phenytoin (Dilantin), daily levels should bechecked at

approximately:

Answer: 7 days.

• Exercise caution before initiating pregabalin (Lyrica) in combination with:-

Answer: enalapril (Vasotec).

• Divalproex sodium (Depakote) for the treatment of epilepsy can be safelyadministered to:

Answer: a 33-year-old woman with partial epilepsy who is breastfeeding.

22. A drug interaction may occur between carbamazepine (Tegretol) and:

Answer: -drospirenone/ethinyl estradiol (Yaz).

23. Carbamazepine (Tegretol) is indicated in the treatment of:

Answer: trigeminal neuralgia.

24. Patients taking topiramate (Topamax) are at high risk for developing:

Answer: -nephrolithiasis.

• The patient who requires the LEAST cautionary measures when treat- ed with

carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet) is:

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