A 56-Year-Old Man Comes to the Office for Follow Up

question 4

Multiple Choice

A 56-year-old man comes to the office for follow up. He has a history of severe depression seeks. His depression has been treated with phenelzine since diagnosis, he reports that he cannot tolerate the side effect of the drug and asks to switch it to a new medication. A sertraline is prescribed. The physician told the patient to stop taking phenelzine at least 2 weeks before starting the new drug . Which of the following processes occurs during this washout interval to allow sertraline therapy to be initiated safely?

• A)G protein-coupled receptor internalization
• B)Inositol monophosphatase inhibition
• C)Monoamine oxidase inhibition
• D)Monoamine receptor downregulation
• E)Monoamine reuptake inhibition
• F)Synthesis of monoamine oxidase

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