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Antipsychotics ( 11 Questions)
A nurse is educating a client about antipsychotic medications. Which of the following statements is true about antipsychotics?
Choice A is wrong because antipsychotics do not increase dopamine and serotonin receptors, but block them.
Antipsychotics improve psychotic symptoms by blocking dopamine and serotonin receptors in the brain. This reduces the overactivity of these neurotransmitters that are associated with psychosis.
Normal ranges of dopamine and serotonin levels in the brain vary depending on the individual and the brain region, but generally they are between 0.1 and 0.8 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) for dopamine and between 101 and 283 ng/mL for serotonin.
Choice C is wrong because antipsychotics do not increase dopamine receptors, but block them.
Choice D is wrong because antipsychotics do not decrease dopamine receptors, but block them. Decreasing dopamine receptors would reduce the effectiveness of antipsychotics.
Antipsychotics improve psychotic symptoms by blocking dopamine and serotonin receptors in the brain. This reduces the overactivity of these neurotransmitters that are associated with psychosis.
Choice A is wrong because antipsychotics do not increase dopamine and serotonin receptors, but block them.
Choice C is wrong because antipsychotics do not increase dopamine receptors, but block them.
Increasing dopamine receptors would worsen psychotic symptoms.
Choice D is wrong because antipsychotics do not decrease dopamine receptors, but block them. Decreasing dopamine receptors would reduce the effectiveness of antipsychotics.
Normal ranges of dopamine and serotonin levels in the brain vary depending on the individual and the brain region, but generally they are between 0.1 and 0.8 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) for dopamine and between 101 and 283 ng/mL for serotonin.