One of Your Patients Is Suffering from Depression

question 216

Multiple Choice

One of your patients is suffering from depression. As you consider a drug to prescribe, you are concerned about your patient's high blood pressure and the fact that she really likes to eat cheese. Which of the following antidepressant drugs should you avoid?

• A) an SSRI
• B) an MAO inhibitor
• C) any drug that increases GABA activity
• D) a tricyclic
• E) all of these should be avoided

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Definitions:

Tax Rate

The proportion of tax that an individual or business must pay on their earnings.

ROE

Return on Equity; a measure of the profitability of a business in relation to the equity, calculated as net income divided by shareholder equity.

Assets

Resources owned by a company that have economic value and can be converted into cash, including but not limited to property, plant, equipment, and intellectual property.

D/A

Debt-to-Assets ratio, a financial metric indicating the proportion of a company's assets that are financed by debt.