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Assignment 1
Select one of the following neurological disorders: headaches, seizure disorders, sleep disorders, depression, or dementia. Consider the types of drugs that would be prescribed to patients to treat symptoms associated with this disorder.
Assignment 2
Reflect on differences between types of diabetes including type 1, type 2, gestational, and juvenile diabetes.
- Explain the differences between types of diabetes including type 1, type 2, gestational, and juvenile diabetes.
- Describe one type of drug used to treat the type of diabetes you selected including proper preparation and administration of this drug. Include dietary considerations related to treatment.
- Explain the short-term and long-term impact of this diabetes on patients including effects of drugs treatments.
Richard is a 50-year-old male with nasal congestion, sneezing, rhinorrhea, and postnasal drainage. Richard has struggled with an itchy nose, eyes, palate, and ears for 5 days. As you check his ears and throat for redness and inflammation, you notice him touch his fingers to the bridge of his nose to press and rub there. He says he's taken Mucinex OTC the past two nights to help him breathe while he sleeps. When you ask if the Mucinex has helped at all, he sneers slightly and gestures that the improvement is only minimal. Richard is alert and oriented. He has pale, boggy nasal mucosa with clear thin secretions and enlarged nasal turbinates, which obstruct airway flow but his lungs are clear. His tonsils are not enlarged but his throat is mildly erythematous.
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Running head: ASSIGNMENT 1: DEMENTIA
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Assignment 1: Dementia
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ASSIGNMENT 1: DEMENTIA
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Assignment 1: Dementia
How Age Impacts the Effects of Prescribed Drugs
Dementia, a progressive deterioration of cognitive functions, is the most common form of
Alzheimer’s disease (Lindsey, 2009). Age remain the most vital non-modifiable risk in dementia
with the probability of developing Alzheimer’s disease increasing with progression in age.
Medical treatment of dementia is focused on enhancing coexisting changes in behavior like
depression, anxiety and psychosis. Acetylcholinesterase inhibi...