Sleep Board Review Questions: Medications and Their Adverse Effects

Friday, December 7, 2012 at 9:00AM
Rick Robbins, M.D. in eszopiclone, hypersexuality, medication side effects, mirtazapine, modafinil, pathologic gambling, pramipexole

Rohit Budhiraja, MD^1,2

¹ Department of Medicine, Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SAVAHCS), Tucson, AZ 85723, USA.

² Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.

 

Question: Which of the following medications is not matched with a characteristic side effect?

1. Pramipexole -Pathological gambling
2. Eszopiclone - Unpleasant taste
3. Modafinil - Headache
4. Mirtazapine - Weight Loss

Reference as: Budhiraja R. Sleep board review questions: medications and their adverse effects. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care 2012:5;297-9. PDF

Article originally appeared on Southwest Journal of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep (https://www.swjpcc.com/).