What medications are used in treating people diagnosed with alcohol use disorder, and how does each of these work?
What will be an ideal response?
Benzodiazepines enhance GABA inhibition and are used during detoxification to reduce withdrawal symptoms. Once detoxified, maintenance treatment could use antabuse (blocks acetaldehyde metabolism leading to illness if the patient drinks alcohol), naltrexone (opioid antagonist), or acamprosate (structural similarity to GABA).
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a. as a reaction to a rapidly decreasing blood pressure. b. to irritate their partners. c. to calm their partners. d. as a reaction to a rapidly increasing blood pressure.
All but which of the following apply to "remote" grandparents?
a) they are detached and distant from their grandchildren. b) they rarely visit with their grandchildren and show little interest. c) they hold clear expectations about the way their grandchildren behave. d) they might complain about their grandchildren's childish behavior when they see them.