Medical Pharmacology Practice Questions: Anti-Psychotic Agents

Which one(s) of the following may be characteristic presentations of schizophrenia?
1. Effective flattering, avolition, alogia
2. Catatonic behavior
3. Hallucinations
4. Delusions
5. Incoherent speech
6. A & C
7. A, B & C
8. A, B , C, D
9. A, B, C, D, & E
This agent belongs to the phenothiazine derivative class of antipsychotic drugs.
1. Thiothixene
2. Haloperidol
3. Trifluoperazine
4. All of the above
Haloperidol is an example of a buterophenone-type antipsychotic drug.
1. True
2. False
Which one(s) of the following drugs are phenothiazine derivatives?
1. Perphenazine
2. Fluphenazine
3. Both
4. Neither
Which one of the following drugs exhibits the higher antipsychotic clinical potency?
1. Chlorpromazine
2. Fluphenazine
Aliphatic-type phenothiazine derivatives as well as piperidine derivatives are examples of the lease potent phenothiazine-type antipsychotic drugs.
1. True
2. False
This antipsychotic drug is a buterophenone.
1. Thiothixene
2. Haloperidol
3. Perphenazine
4. Chlorpromazine
Which one(s) of the following agents are classified as "typical" antipsychotic drugs?
1. Molindone
2. Pimozide
3. Both
The principal therapeutic mechanism for typically available antipsychotic medications appears to be either dopamine (D2) receptor blockade or modulation of dopamine activity (aripiprazole).
1. True
2. False
Sedation appears to be a necessary characteristic for antipsychotic drug activity.
1. True
2. False