A Patient Taking a First-Generation Antipsychotic (FGA) Medication Develops Severe

question 11

Multiple Choice

A patient taking a first-generation antipsychotic (FGA) medication develops severe parkinsonism and is treated with amantadine (Symmetrel) . The amantadine is withdrawn 2 months later, and the parkinsonism returns. The nurse will expect the provider to:

• A) give anticholinergic medications.
• B) make a diagnosis of idiopathic parkinsonism.
• C) resume the amantadine indefinitely.
• D) try a second-generation antipsychotic (SGA).

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