A Nursing Student Asks About Drugs That Interfere with the Termination

question 7

Multiple Choice

A nursing student asks about drugs that interfere with the termination of transmitter action. Which statement by the nurse is correct?

• A) "Drugs act on this process by altering the diffusion of the transmitter away from the synaptic gap."
• B) "Drugs can interfere with termination by either increasing or decreasing reuptake of the transmitter."
• C) "Drugs in this category lead to decreased activation by the transmitter in the synapse."
• D) "These drugs reduce either reuptake or degradation of the transmitter, causing an increase in receptor activation."

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