Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam
Review QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
(2025-2026 Latest Update)!!!
Why are nitrate-free periods every 24 hours necessary for the patient
on nitroglycerin therapy?
To inhibit the development of tolerance
What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate?
Hyperthyroidism
What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed patient with
a low TSH level with?
Propranolol (Inderal)
Spironolactone (Aldactone) has what mechanism of action (MOA)?
Aldosterone antagonist
Heparin exerts its therapeutic action by what?
Upregulating the activity of one of the body's natural anticoagulant
molecules, antithrombin III
What physiologic action happens when the offending drug is
administered during an anaphylactic reaction.
Mast cells liberate large doses of histamine.
, What are two systemic psoriasis medications?
Photo-therapy and topical corticosteroids
What is the first choice of drug therapy for the majority of patients
with uncomplicated stage I hypertension?
Thiazide diuretics
What is the effect of cardiac glycosides?
Digitalis glycosides have a negative chronotropic effect on the
cardiac muscle cells.
Amenorrhea is the most common side effect of which birth control
medication?
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera)
What is an anti-hypertensive agent which competes with epinephrine
for available beta-receptor sites?
Atenolol (Tenormin)
What type of action does nitrates have on the body?
Reduction in systemic venous tone.
What is the recommended level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
(LDL) for patients with known coronary artery disease?
100mg/dl or less.
What is the MOA of group IV anti-dysrhythmia drugs?
Depressing phase 4 depolarization and lengthening phases 1 and 2
repolarizations.
Which drug therapy should be used to lower the serum concentration
of thyroid hormones and re-establish EU metabolic state in a patient
with Graves' disease?
Anti-thyroid drugs.
Which type of diuretic would be used for a stage I hypertension in a
patient with renal insufficiency?
Loop diuretic.
Review QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
(2025-2026 Latest Update)!!!
Why are nitrate-free periods every 24 hours necessary for the patient
on nitroglycerin therapy?
To inhibit the development of tolerance
What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate?
Hyperthyroidism
What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed patient with
a low TSH level with?
Propranolol (Inderal)
Spironolactone (Aldactone) has what mechanism of action (MOA)?
Aldosterone antagonist
Heparin exerts its therapeutic action by what?
Upregulating the activity of one of the body's natural anticoagulant
molecules, antithrombin III
What physiologic action happens when the offending drug is
administered during an anaphylactic reaction.
Mast cells liberate large doses of histamine.
, What are two systemic psoriasis medications?
Photo-therapy and topical corticosteroids
What is the first choice of drug therapy for the majority of patients
with uncomplicated stage I hypertension?
Thiazide diuretics
What is the effect of cardiac glycosides?
Digitalis glycosides have a negative chronotropic effect on the
cardiac muscle cells.
Amenorrhea is the most common side effect of which birth control
medication?
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera)
What is an anti-hypertensive agent which competes with epinephrine
for available beta-receptor sites?
Atenolol (Tenormin)
What type of action does nitrates have on the body?
Reduction in systemic venous tone.
What is the recommended level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
(LDL) for patients with known coronary artery disease?
100mg/dl or less.
What is the MOA of group IV anti-dysrhythmia drugs?
Depressing phase 4 depolarization and lengthening phases 1 and 2
repolarizations.
Which drug therapy should be used to lower the serum concentration
of thyroid hormones and re-establish EU metabolic state in a patient
with Graves' disease?
Anti-thyroid drugs.
Which type of diuretic would be used for a stage I hypertension in a
patient with renal insufficiency?
Loop diuretic.
