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What are the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?
The two main parts of the nervous system.
What is a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) also known as a stroke?
This occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is blocked or a blood vessel leaks or ruptures within the brain.
What is Parkinson's Disease?
A progressive, incurable disease that causes a section of the brain to degenerate
What are Opioids?
This is a last resort drug for the treatment of neuropathic pain.
What are Corticosteroids?
This medication class reduces nerve inflammation.
What is the Brain and Spinal Cord?
The Central Nervous System (CNS) consists of these two parts of the body.
This occurs as a result of a temporary lack of blood supply to the brain.
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
A disease causing tangled nerve fibers and protein deposits to form in the brain, eventually causing dementia
Alzheimer's Disease
Fluoxetine, an SNRI is often used to treat this.
Anxiety
This medication class regulates the immune system.
immunomodulatory agents
What's the name of the system that is formed by the nerves throughout the body?
The Peripheral Nervous System.
This is a brain disorder that results from a disruption in normal electrical impulses in the brain, which causes repeated seizures. It may not have a known cause.
Epilepsy
This condition may be treated with a cholinesterase inhibitor.
Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
These drugs may be ordered after removal of a cataract to reduce post-surgery inflammation
NSAIDs
This benzodiazepine drug is used to treat epilepsy.
Diazepam
These body parts are considered part of the nervous system because they receive impulses from the environment.
eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin
This is a progressive disease that affects the central nervous system.
Multiple Sclerosis MS
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is caused by a breakdown in communication between these two systems.
the nervous and musculoskeletal systems
The purpose of a cerumenolytic is to do this.
soften earwax for removal
This class of drugs helps to ease the tremors an involuntary movements relate to Parkinson's disease.
Anticholinergic agents
Slowed responses and reflexes, decreased sensitivity of nerve endings in the skin and short-term memory loss are all signs of this.
normal changes of aging
Neuropathic pain is caused by either of these.
disease or damage to the nervous system
FAST helps to remember the signs of this.
BONUS: What does FAST stand for
a stroke: Face, Arms, Speech & Time
An Alpha-2 adrenergic agonist drug does this for treatment of glaucoma.
reduces the production of eye fluid
This boxed warning is on both first and second generation antipsychotic medications used for treating psychotic disorders.
increased death risk to elderly patients with dementia