PHARM CMS STUDY GUIDE WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025

PHARM CMS STUDY GUIDE WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025

What is the Opioid Toxicity Triad? - correct-answers>>>>>Coma, respiratory

depression, and pinpoint pupils.




What drug is used to reverse opioid toxicity? - correct-answers>>>>>Naloxone.




When do you administer the varicella vaccine? - correct-answers>>>>>1 dose: 12-15

months and 4-6 years

OR: 2 doses, 4 weeks apart if older than 13 years old.




What are contraindications to the varicella vaccine? - correct-

answers>>>>>Anaphylactic reaction to gelatin or neomycin.

CANCER.

Ranolazine

- What is it used for?

- Interactions?

, - What can you take it with? - correct-answers>>>>>- Used with amlodipine for chronic

stable angina.

- Cannot use with digoxin and simvastatin.

- Amlodipine

STATIN DRUGS (Simvastatin, Lovastatin, Pravastatin, Rosuvastatin, Fluvastatin,

Pitavastatin, Simvastatin + Ezetimibe)

- Complications?

- Avoid?




- What labs do you monitor? (6 levels/tests) - correct-answers>>>>>- All statins are

used to LOWER LDL cholesterol.




- Complications: hepatotoxicity (evidenced by increased AST), myopathy (CK level).

- Avoid grapefruit juice.

- Baseline cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglyceride levels, liver function tests, and kidney

function tests.

MYCIN DRUGS (Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Neomycin, Streptomycin, Paromomycin)

- What is it used for?

- Complications?