NUR 635 - Midterm Exam
Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease –
answer Bromocriptine
What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors, such
as sleep driving? - answer Ambien
Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or "mad as a hatter"
- answerAnticholinergics, antimuscarinics
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion - answer Pharmacokinetics
Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis - answer Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore levels
should be monitored frequently - answerLithium
The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children, adolescents, and
young adults - answerSSRIs/SNRIs
The antidote for organophosphate poisoning - answerAtropine
This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia -
answerAntipsychotics
In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more sensitive to CNS
drugs - answerBlood Brain Barrier
Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a drug -
answerFirst trimester
Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular events
- answerBeta-blockers
Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and are often used in
treatment of Alzheimer's Disease - answerCholinesterase inhibitors
Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and worm-like
movements of the tongue - answerTardive Dyskinesia
Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activated - answerBeta 2
Receptors
, This drug has led to the death of children in ultrarapid metabolizers as 10% of the drug
is converted to morphine - answerCodeine
Leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S. - answerHepatotoxic drugs
An autoimmune disease that attacks the nicotinic receptors in skeletal muscle -
answerMyasthenia Gravis
An opioid antagonist that works to quickly reverse CNS and respiratory depression -
answerNaloxone (Narcan)
How the drug affects the body - answerPharmacodynamics
Term for the amount of drug that reaches systemic circulation. Often affected by route
of administration - answerBioavailability
Symptoms for this syndrome include confusion, irritability, tachycardia, hypertension,
diaphoresis, and is caused by having too much of this "happy" substance -
answerSerotonin
Dopamine agonist often used in treatment of Parkinson's Disease that is least likely to
cause sleep attacks - answerPramipexole
Clonidine is often prescribed to children to treat this disorder - answerADHD
Drug most effective in alcohol withdrawal - answerLorazepam (ativan)
Drug used for anaphylactic reaction or cardiac arrest - answerEpinephrine
1st line drugs for migraine prevention - answerBeta Blockers
Parasympatholytic used for unstable bradycardia - answerAtropine
Drug class used to treat ADHD - answerStimulants
Drugs that have no medical use and high potential for abuse - answerSchedule I
controlled substances
This drug is an antispasmodic muscle relaxant that must be tapered off due to risk of
seizure or hallucinations if stopped abruptly - answerBaclofen
3Muscle relaxant that is also a schedule IV controlled substance - answerCarisoprodal
(Soma)
1st line abortive drug class for mild to moderate headaches - answerNSAIDs
Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease –
answer Bromocriptine
What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors, such
as sleep driving? - answer Ambien
Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or "mad as a hatter"
- answerAnticholinergics, antimuscarinics
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion - answer Pharmacokinetics
Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis - answer Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore levels
should be monitored frequently - answerLithium
The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children, adolescents, and
young adults - answerSSRIs/SNRIs
The antidote for organophosphate poisoning - answerAtropine
This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia -
answerAntipsychotics
In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more sensitive to CNS
drugs - answerBlood Brain Barrier
Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a drug -
answerFirst trimester
Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular events
- answerBeta-blockers
Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and are often used in
treatment of Alzheimer's Disease - answerCholinesterase inhibitors
Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and worm-like
movements of the tongue - answerTardive Dyskinesia
Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activated - answerBeta 2
Receptors
, This drug has led to the death of children in ultrarapid metabolizers as 10% of the drug
is converted to morphine - answerCodeine
Leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S. - answerHepatotoxic drugs
An autoimmune disease that attacks the nicotinic receptors in skeletal muscle -
answerMyasthenia Gravis
An opioid antagonist that works to quickly reverse CNS and respiratory depression -
answerNaloxone (Narcan)
How the drug affects the body - answerPharmacodynamics
Term for the amount of drug that reaches systemic circulation. Often affected by route
of administration - answerBioavailability
Symptoms for this syndrome include confusion, irritability, tachycardia, hypertension,
diaphoresis, and is caused by having too much of this "happy" substance -
answerSerotonin
Dopamine agonist often used in treatment of Parkinson's Disease that is least likely to
cause sleep attacks - answerPramipexole
Clonidine is often prescribed to children to treat this disorder - answerADHD
Drug most effective in alcohol withdrawal - answerLorazepam (ativan)
Drug used for anaphylactic reaction or cardiac arrest - answerEpinephrine
1st line drugs for migraine prevention - answerBeta Blockers
Parasympatholytic used for unstable bradycardia - answerAtropine
Drug class used to treat ADHD - answerStimulants
Drugs that have no medical use and high potential for abuse - answerSchedule I
controlled substances
This drug is an antispasmodic muscle relaxant that must be tapered off due to risk of
seizure or hallucinations if stopped abruptly - answerBaclofen
3Muscle relaxant that is also a schedule IV controlled substance - answerCarisoprodal
(Soma)
1st line abortive drug class for mild to moderate headaches - answerNSAIDs
