NR 565 (Advanced Pharmacology)
Final Latest Questions and Answers |
Professional Prep | Grade A+
• What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate? -
✓✓Hyperthroidism
• What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed patient with a low TSH
level with? -✓✓Propanolol (Inderal)
• Spironoaldactone (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 repolarization.
• Which drug therapy should be used to lower the serum concentration of thyroid
hormones and re-establish eumetabolic 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.
• What drug should be considered as first-line therapy for a client with
hypertension and heart failure? -✓✓Enalapril (Vasotec)
• Which drug is considered safe for hypertension treatment during pregnancy? -
✓✓Methyldopa (Aldomet)
• What drug will reduce afterload because it is an alpha-adrenergic blocker? -
✓✓Prazosin (Minipress)
• What is an expected effect of the use of a beta-adrenergic blocker to control
angina? -✓✓Reduced force of cardiac contraction.
• What side effect should be monitored closely in the elderly when taking
Metformin (Glucophage) for type 2 diabetes? -✓✓Lactic acidosis.
• What is the primary role of cytochrome p-450 in the liver? -✓✓Deactivate and
detoxify medications and other substances.
• What is a component of Vitamin K-dependent clotting factors? -✓✓Prothrombin
• How are IV morphine and nitroglycerin beneficial in acute heart failure? -
✓✓Decrease preload.
Final Latest Questions and Answers |
Professional Prep | Grade A+
• What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate? -
✓✓Hyperthroidism
• What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed patient with a low TSH
level with? -✓✓Propanolol (Inderal)
• Spironoaldactone (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 repolarization.
• Which drug therapy should be used to lower the serum concentration of thyroid
hormones and re-establish eumetabolic 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.
• What drug should be considered as first-line therapy for a client with
hypertension and heart failure? -✓✓Enalapril (Vasotec)
• Which drug is considered safe for hypertension treatment during pregnancy? -
✓✓Methyldopa (Aldomet)
• What drug will reduce afterload because it is an alpha-adrenergic blocker? -
✓✓Prazosin (Minipress)
• What is an expected effect of the use of a beta-adrenergic blocker to control
angina? -✓✓Reduced force of cardiac contraction.
• What side effect should be monitored closely in the elderly when taking
Metformin (Glucophage) for type 2 diabetes? -✓✓Lactic acidosis.
• What is the primary role of cytochrome p-450 in the liver? -✓✓Deactivate and
detoxify medications and other substances.
• What is a component of Vitamin K-dependent clotting factors? -✓✓Prothrombin
• How are IV morphine and nitroglycerin beneficial in acute heart failure? -
✓✓Decrease preload.
