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NR 566 Advanced Pharmacology Final Examination,
Chamberlain University||Verified Exam!!||, 2026/2027-
Question NGN-Style Practice Exam for MSN-
FNP/AGPCNP||NEWEST EXAM!!!
high levels of Itraconazole can cause fatal __________
____________
if taking ____________ and ____________: monitor
levels! - Answer-ventricular dysrhythmias
digoxin, cyclosporine
if taking Itraconazole with __________: PT time should be
monitored! can be _______ by azoles
if taking Itraconazole with _____________: check blood
sugar can be ________ by azoles, causing severe
hypoglocemia - Answer-warfarin; increased
sulfonylureas; increased
itraconazole is a ______ spectrum ____________
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Azoles are often used as alternatives to _____________ _
for most systemic fungal infections, systemic and
superficial mycoses - Answer-broad
antifungal
Amphotericin B
old people have higher risk for ___________, decreasing
ability to absorb antifungal meds. - Answer-achlorhydria
(no gastric acid in stomach)
Do not take Itraconazole with meds that raise gastric pH:
__________, __ ________, ____ - Answer-antacids, H2
antagonists, PPIs
these meds can decrease the absorption of Itraconazole
Caspofungin is a ___________
often used in __ form - Answer-echinocandin
IV
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Caspofungin can be used to treat:
-invasive aspergillosis (fungal lung infection)
-systemic _________ infections
-Candidemia
-Candida-related ____________
-peritonitis
- pleural space _________
- intraabdominal abscesses - Answer-Candida
esophagitis
infections
_______________ is approved for empiric tx of
neutropenic fever DT fungal infections - Answer-
caspofungin
adverse effects of Caspofungin:
_______ at IV site
_______, ______, HoTN, N/V/D - Answer-phlebitis
fever, chills
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Caspofungin can cause effects mediated by __________
release like: rash, flushing, __________ - Answer-
histamine
pruritis
other hematologic adverse effects caused by caspofungin
are anemia and ____________
___________ impairment, too. can increase liver enzymes
and creatinine - Answer-leukopenia
hepatic
____________ is the first PO antifungal product for tx of
infections caused by dermatophytes - Answer-Griseofulvin
_____________ tx superficial dermatophytic infections of
skin and nails that don't respond to topical therapy
is it active against Candida species? - Answer-Griseofulvin
NO, nor is it useful against systemic mycoses
NR 566 Advanced Pharmacology Final Examination,
Chamberlain University||Verified Exam!!||, 2026/2027-
Question NGN-Style Practice Exam for MSN-
FNP/AGPCNP||NEWEST EXAM!!!
high levels of Itraconazole can cause fatal __________
____________
if taking ____________ and ____________: monitor
levels! - Answer-ventricular dysrhythmias
digoxin, cyclosporine
if taking Itraconazole with __________: PT time should be
monitored! can be _______ by azoles
if taking Itraconazole with _____________: check blood
sugar can be ________ by azoles, causing severe
hypoglocemia - Answer-warfarin; increased
sulfonylureas; increased
itraconazole is a ______ spectrum ____________
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Azoles are often used as alternatives to _____________ _
for most systemic fungal infections, systemic and
superficial mycoses - Answer-broad
antifungal
Amphotericin B
old people have higher risk for ___________, decreasing
ability to absorb antifungal meds. - Answer-achlorhydria
(no gastric acid in stomach)
Do not take Itraconazole with meds that raise gastric pH:
__________, __ ________, ____ - Answer-antacids, H2
antagonists, PPIs
these meds can decrease the absorption of Itraconazole
Caspofungin is a ___________
often used in __ form - Answer-echinocandin
IV
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Caspofungin can be used to treat:
-invasive aspergillosis (fungal lung infection)
-systemic _________ infections
-Candidemia
-Candida-related ____________
-peritonitis
- pleural space _________
- intraabdominal abscesses - Answer-Candida
esophagitis
infections
_______________ is approved for empiric tx of
neutropenic fever DT fungal infections - Answer-
caspofungin
adverse effects of Caspofungin:
_______ at IV site
_______, ______, HoTN, N/V/D - Answer-phlebitis
fever, chills
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Caspofungin can cause effects mediated by __________
release like: rash, flushing, __________ - Answer-
histamine
pruritis
other hematologic adverse effects caused by caspofungin
are anemia and ____________
___________ impairment, too. can increase liver enzymes
and creatinine - Answer-leukopenia
hepatic
____________ is the first PO antifungal product for tx of
infections caused by dermatophytes - Answer-Griseofulvin
_____________ tx superficial dermatophytic infections of
skin and nails that don't respond to topical therapy
is it active against Candida species? - Answer-Griseofulvin
NO, nor is it useful against systemic mycoses
