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Bromocriptine - answer ✔✔-Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's
Disease
Ambien - answer ✔✔-What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors,
such as sleep driving?
Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics - answer ✔✔-Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind
as a bat" or "mad as a hatter"
Pharmacokinetics - answer ✔✔-Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion
Neostigmine, pyridostigmine - answer ✔✔-Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis
Lithium - answer ✔✔-This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore
levels should be monitored frequently
SSRIs/SNRIs - answer ✔✔-The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children,
adolescents, and young adults
Atropine - answer ✔✔-The antidote for organophosphate poisoning
Antipsychotics - answer ✔✔-This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia
Blood Brain Barrier - answer ✔✔-In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more
sensitive to CNS drugs
, First trimester - answer ✔✔-Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a
drug
Beta-blockers - answer ✔✔-Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of
cardiovascular events
Cholinesterase inhibitors - answer ✔✔-Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and
are often used in treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Tardive Dyskinesia - answer ✔✔-Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and
worm-like movements of the tongue
Beta 2 Receptors - answer ✔✔-Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activated
Codeine - answer ✔✔-This drug has led to the death of children in ultrarapid metabolizers as 10% of the
drug is converted to morphine
Hepatotoxic drugs - answer ✔✔-Leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S.
Myasthenia Gravis - answer ✔✔-An autoimmune disease that attacks the nicotinic receptors in skeletal
muscle
Naloxone (Narcan) - answer ✔✔-An opioid antagonist that works to quickly reverse CNS and respiratory
depression
Pharmacodynamics - answer ✔✔-How the drug affects the body
Bioavailability - answer ✔✔-Term for the amount of drug that reaches systemic circulation. Often
affected by route of administration
Serotonin - answer ✔✔-Symptoms for this syndrome include confusion, irritability, tachycardia,
hypertension, diaphoresis, and is caused by having too much of this "happy" substance
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Bromocriptine - answer ✔✔-Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's
Disease
Ambien - answer ✔✔-What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors,
such as sleep driving?
Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics - answer ✔✔-Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind
as a bat" or "mad as a hatter"
Pharmacokinetics - answer ✔✔-Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion
Neostigmine, pyridostigmine - answer ✔✔-Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis
Lithium - answer ✔✔-This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore
levels should be monitored frequently
SSRIs/SNRIs - answer ✔✔-The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children,
adolescents, and young adults
Atropine - answer ✔✔-The antidote for organophosphate poisoning
Antipsychotics - answer ✔✔-This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia
Blood Brain Barrier - answer ✔✔-In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more
sensitive to CNS drugs
, First trimester - answer ✔✔-Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a
drug
Beta-blockers - answer ✔✔-Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of
cardiovascular events
Cholinesterase inhibitors - answer ✔✔-Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and
are often used in treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Tardive Dyskinesia - answer ✔✔-Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and
worm-like movements of the tongue
Beta 2 Receptors - answer ✔✔-Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activated
Codeine - answer ✔✔-This drug has led to the death of children in ultrarapid metabolizers as 10% of the
drug is converted to morphine
Hepatotoxic drugs - answer ✔✔-Leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S.
Myasthenia Gravis - answer ✔✔-An autoimmune disease that attacks the nicotinic receptors in skeletal
muscle
Naloxone (Narcan) - answer ✔✔-An opioid antagonist that works to quickly reverse CNS and respiratory
depression
Pharmacodynamics - answer ✔✔-How the drug affects the body
Bioavailability - answer ✔✔-Term for the amount of drug that reaches systemic circulation. Often
affected by route of administration
Serotonin - answer ✔✔-Symptoms for this syndrome include confusion, irritability, tachycardia,
hypertension, diaphoresis, and is caused by having too much of this "happy" substance
