Name the 3 key points of 1st stage (early stage) Alzheimer’s disease.
In brain aging:
What increases in the brain?
What decreases?
Name the 4 most common symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
Name the 2 key points of 2nd stage (middle stage) Alzheimer’s disease.
Name the 4 key points of 3rd stage (late stage) Alzheimer’s disease.
2 side-effects of cholinesterase inhibitors.
2 side-effects of memantine.
3 side-effects of antipsychotics.
4 side-effects of Haloperidol.
2 side-effects of carbamazepine and sodium valproate.
3 side-effects of antidepressants.
Which drug causes tardive dyskinesia?
Name 3 more side-effects of the drug.
How’s tardive dykinesia defined?
It’s characterized by which behaviour?
Name 4 treatment options for xerostomia.
What do you use pilocarpine for?
How do you apply it?
Name 3 possible etiologies that can lead to major depression.
How do you behave/treat a patient like this?
Antidepressants magnify xerostomia, how are they causing this?
BUT STILL cause hypersalivation!!!
Major depression in elderly patients
What’s the % of complete remission of symptoms?
What’s the % of persistence of symptoms?
What’s the % of the risk of recurrence:
after 1 episode
after 2nd episode
after 3rd episode
Elderly patients with major depression should visit the dentist every … months.
Name exact dose and how often you take it of:
Pilcarpine
Bethanechol
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