Medications to treat extrapyramidal side effects from antipsychotic medications, as well as drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease, achieve their therapeutic effects by:
A) enhancing the effects of acetylcholine, an inhibitory neurotransmitter, in the basal ganglia.
B) blocking the release of dopamine from the substantia nigra in the basal ganglia.
C) blocking the transmission of neural impulses through the pyramidal decussation of the brain.
D) increasing the amount of dopamine at the receptor sites in the basal ganglia.
D
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a. H1-receptor antagonists. b. H2-receptor antagonists. c. H3-receptor antagonists. d. anticholinergics.
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Expectorants include which of the following? 1. Guaifenesin 2. Robitussin 3. Iodinated glycerol 4. Potassium iodide 5. Benadryl
a. 1 only b. 2, 3, and 4 only c. 1, 2, 3, and 4 only d. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
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