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inflammatory mediators - Answer Help heal, but cause pain and swelling Pain, heat, redness, swelling - Answer NSAIDs, ice, immobilization Rheumatoid arthritis, dermatitis, asthma, lupus, Crohn's disease, gout, anaphylaxis - Answer Chronic inflammation examples that require corticosteroid therapy cortical steroids - Answer Derived from cholesterol, group of steroid hormones (endogenous) cortisol used in times of stress Cortisol - Answer Outer part (cortex) of adrenal...

Sedative hypnotics: - Answer include drugs as varied as those found in chamomile tea, to alcohol, to potent IV anesthetics Which of the drugs classes below is not used to treat a seizure? - Answer opioids like morphine Lithium: - Answer is used to treat bipolar disorder Ambien is the most popular prescription drug for insomnia in the United States. Which of the following drugs is rarely used nowadays to induce sleep? - Answer secobarbital (Seconal) Select the drug-pair in...

acid related disorders (ARDs) - Answer a spectrum of upper gastrointestinal tract ailments that all share a component of acid-related pathology. ARDs include some disorders of the esophagus, stomach, and the first part of the small intestine, called the duodenum. dyspepsia - Answer indigestion gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) - Answer a disorder of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) that fails to stop stomach contents from washing back into and damaging the esophagus. e...

Name the two major categories of analgesics - Answer 1. Centrally-acting Opioid Narcotic Analgesics -Opioid rc agonists (µ, Δ, ƙ - are types of "morphine receptors") 2. Peripherally-acting Non-opioid Analgesics -Prostaglandin inhibitor NSAIDs and Tylenol List eight other classes of drugs that have been used to provide pain relief in certain circumstances - Answer 1. α2-adrenergic agonists (clonidine) 2. β-blockers (antagonists) 3. Ca++ Channels blockers (antagonists...

What are the golden trials? - Answer Random control trials What to trials always have? - Answer A control group Differences between a study and a trial? - Answer Trials are randomized and studies are not What does "lol" mean? - Answer Beta Blocker What does the P value have to be at? - Answer <0.05 What is Pharmacology? - Answer Knowledge of drug action what is molecular pharmacology? - Answer The design of drugs What is toxicology? - Answer ...

Ca++, Na+ - Answer Excitatory ions K+, Cl- - Answer Inhibitory ions Glutamate - Answer attention, memory (excitatory amino acid) GABA - Answer Sedation Dopamine - Answer Intensity, reward, alertness Norepinephrine - Answer alarm Serotonin - Answer emotion, sexual desire Acetylcholine - Answer attention, memory Anandamide - Answer cosmic "oneness," reward, appetite, analgesia Adenosine - Answer sleep-repair histamine - Answer em...

Which medication requires a double-check? - Answer heparin The primary initial focus of treating DKA is... - Answer fluid replacement and electrolyte imbalance correction What is the major side effect of terbutaline? - Answer Tachycardia (nurse should watch for heart rate and rhythm) Terbutaline is a beta 2 adrenergic agonist which is used as a... - Answer uterine relaxant for preterm labor contractions Which blood type is the universal donor? - Answer O- Which bloo...

- Similar drug name - Phone orders - Practicing under stressful situations - Being distracted - Look alike/sound alike meds - Answer Reasons for medication errors - Assess patient - Call doctor and pharmacist - Notify patient and family - Monitor as needed - Answer If medication errors occurs Do double checks on all high alert medications - Answer High alert medications AR: diarrhea (BAD) explosive poop everywhere - Answer Carboprost AR: tachycardia & bradycardia (...

Artelon is a new drug that, when administered intravenously, causes a reduction in blood pressure. When taken orally, it must be taken with a glass of orange or tomato juice on an empty stomach and patients must avoid calcium supplements or antacids within 4 hours of taking the drug. You suspect that the drug is absorbed in: - Answer the stomach. If Artelon requires an acid environment for absorption, it must be absorbed from the stomach. Such drugs are weak acids and must never be taken ...

What are drugs used for? - Answer treatment of a condition or malady Define drug - Answer derived from the Dutch word "droog" which means drug Define toxicology - Answer the study of toxic or poisonous drug effects Define Clinical Pharmacology - Answer the testing and therapeutic use of drugs Definition of medicine - Answer anything that is deliberately administered to prevent, diagnose, or treat any condition or malady What does the Rx symbol mean? - Answer ...