PSYCHOPHARM - Pharmacology
Exam 2--UT Tyler Nursing Spring 16
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
What is the most prevalent type of Upper Respiratory Infection? -
correct answer ✅Common cold
More than 40 billion dollars is spent each year in the USA on what?
-
correct answer ✅OTC cold and cough preparations
What usually accomanpies the common cold? -
correct answer ✅Acute Rhinitis (inflammation of the mucous
membranes of the nose)
What is the difference between acute rhinitis and allergic rhinitis? -
correct answer ✅Allergic Rhinitis is called HAY FEVER and caused
by pollen or a foreign substance
Name the groups of drugs created to manage cold symptoms? (4) -
correct answer ✅1. antihistimines
2. decongestants
3. antitussives
4. expectorants
,PSYCHOPHARM - Pharmacology
Exam 2--UT Tyler Nursing Spring 16
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Watery nasal discharge is a symptom of the common cold and can
be desribed as what? -
correct answer ✅rhinorrhea
Which drug group is being described?
--H1 blockers, or H1 antagonists, compete with histamine for
receptor sites, preventing a histamine response. -
correct answer ✅Antihistimine
What are the 2 types of histamine receptors? -
correct answer ✅H1 and H2 (DIFFERENT)
Which histamine receptor is responsible for constricting the
extravascular smooth muscles, including the ones lining the nasal
cavity? -
correct answer ✅H1
, PSYCHOPHARM - Pharmacology
Exam 2--UT Tyler Nursing Spring 16
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Which histamine receptor is responsible for increasing gastric
secretions and can cause a peptic ulcer? -
correct answer ✅H2
Antihistimines block the _____ histamine receptor. -
correct answer ✅H1
Antihistimines are not useful in emergency situations like
Anaphylaxis because..? -
correct answer ✅antihistimines are rapidly absorbed in 15
minutes, but they are NOT potent enough to combat anaphylaxis
What is the difference between first-generation antihistamines and
second-generation antihistamines? -
correct answer ✅-1st gen cause dry mouth, drowsiness, and other
anticholinergic symptoms
-2nd gen have fewer anticholinergic effects and lower incidence of
drowsiness
Exam 2--UT Tyler Nursing Spring 16
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
What is the most prevalent type of Upper Respiratory Infection? -
correct answer ✅Common cold
More than 40 billion dollars is spent each year in the USA on what?
-
correct answer ✅OTC cold and cough preparations
What usually accomanpies the common cold? -
correct answer ✅Acute Rhinitis (inflammation of the mucous
membranes of the nose)
What is the difference between acute rhinitis and allergic rhinitis? -
correct answer ✅Allergic Rhinitis is called HAY FEVER and caused
by pollen or a foreign substance
Name the groups of drugs created to manage cold symptoms? (4) -
correct answer ✅1. antihistimines
2. decongestants
3. antitussives
4. expectorants
,PSYCHOPHARM - Pharmacology
Exam 2--UT Tyler Nursing Spring 16
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Watery nasal discharge is a symptom of the common cold and can
be desribed as what? -
correct answer ✅rhinorrhea
Which drug group is being described?
--H1 blockers, or H1 antagonists, compete with histamine for
receptor sites, preventing a histamine response. -
correct answer ✅Antihistimine
What are the 2 types of histamine receptors? -
correct answer ✅H1 and H2 (DIFFERENT)
Which histamine receptor is responsible for constricting the
extravascular smooth muscles, including the ones lining the nasal
cavity? -
correct answer ✅H1
, PSYCHOPHARM - Pharmacology
Exam 2--UT Tyler Nursing Spring 16
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Which histamine receptor is responsible for increasing gastric
secretions and can cause a peptic ulcer? -
correct answer ✅H2
Antihistimines block the _____ histamine receptor. -
correct answer ✅H1
Antihistimines are not useful in emergency situations like
Anaphylaxis because..? -
correct answer ✅antihistimines are rapidly absorbed in 15
minutes, but they are NOT potent enough to combat anaphylaxis
What is the difference between first-generation antihistamines and
second-generation antihistamines? -
correct answer ✅-1st gen cause dry mouth, drowsiness, and other
anticholinergic symptoms
-2nd gen have fewer anticholinergic effects and lower incidence of
drowsiness
