A Nursing Student Questions an Instructor Regarding the Order for Fluvoxamine

question 21

Multiple Choice

A nursing student questions an instructor regarding the order for fluvoxamine (Luvox) 300 mg daily for a client diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) .Which instructor response is most accurate?

• A)High doses of tricyclic medications will be required for effective treatment of OCD.
• B)Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)doses,in excess of what is effective for treating depression,may be required for OCD.
• C)The dose of Luvox is low because of the side effect of daytime drowsiness.
• D)The dose of this selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)is outside the therapeutic range and needs to be questioned.

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Definitions:

Lnc RNAs

Long non-coding RNAs, a type of RNA which does not code for protein but plays various roles in regulating gene expression at the chromatin level.

PolyA Tail

A stretch of adenine nucleotides attached to the 3' end of eukaryotic mRNA molecules, aiding in their stability and translation.

Introns

Regions of an RNA transcript, or its DNA template, which are removed before the RNA is translated into a protein, and do not code for protein.

Transcription

The process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA.