A patient has taken levodopa [Dopar] for Parkinson's disease for 2 weeks but reports no improvement in the symptoms. Which respo
nse by the nurse is correct? a. "Another agent will be needed to manage your symptoms."
b. "Double the dose to see whether an effect occurs."
c. "It may take several months for a response to occur."
d. "The prescriber may need to change your drug regimen."
Parkinson's diseases are a neural disorder which affects the movement of the human body. The disease is caused by the low production or no production of dopamine by the neurons which thus interfere with the impulse transfer and thus movement.
In the given question, the patient with Parkinson's disease is provided with levodopa but no improvement is observed therefore the prescriber must change the drug regimen, for example, the levodopa should be given in combination with carbidopa. These medications enter the blood-brain barrier and get converted to the dopamine.
1.To which layer of the atmosphere the following affirmations refer: a) most of the small meteorites that reach Earth disintegrate into this layer of the atmosphere. b)The ozone layer protects us from ultraviolet radiation.
It has been suggested that bipedalism was selected for because it made it easier to see long distances when moving over areas covered with tall grasses. This would have been a useful advantage in scavenging for food and watching for big cats and other predators in open environments.
