Pharmacology Final
Questions and Answers
Updated 2026
WhatBwouldBbeBtheBfirstBlineBmedBforBmild-moderateBpain,BsprainedBankle?B-
BAnswerBNSAIDB(Ibuprofen)
ABpatientBbeingBprescribedBphenytoinBforBseizures,BwhatBdoesBmonitoringBinclude?B-
BAnswerBMonitorBforBphenytoinBsyndrome,B3-5BweeksBafterBstartingBtherapy
PatientBrecentlyBstartedBonBcarbamazepineBforBseizures,BheBcomesBinBandBhisBlevelsBar
eBsub-therapeutic?B-BAnswerBAuto-metabolism,BneedBtoBswitchBtoBaBnewBagent.
WhatBdoesBtheBcarbamazepineBblackBboxBwarningBreferBto?B-
BAnswerBStevensBJohnsonsBsyndromeBandBtoxicBepidermalBnecrolysis
LongBtermBmonitoringBofBpatientsBtakingBcarbamazepineBincludes:B-
BAnswerBCompleteBbloodBcountsBeveryB3-4Bmonths.
PatientBprescribedBgabapentinBforBneuropathicBpain,BptBcomplainsBofBdepressionBandBs
uicidalBthoughts?B-BAnswerBAssessBforBsuicidalBideation
Pt.BtakingBLamictalBforBseizures,BsheBrequestsBaBprescriptionBforBaBcombinedBoralBcont
raceptiveBthatBreactsBwithBLamictal,BwhatBwouldBhappen?B-
BAnswerBReducedBlamotrigineBlevelsBrequiringBdoubleBtheBdoseBofBlamotrigine.
PatientsBwithBpheochromocytomaBshouldBavoidBwhichBclassBofBdrugsBthatBcouldBcause
BHTNBcrisis?B-BAnswerBBetaB2Bagonists.
, MethylnaltrexoneBorBrelistorBisBusedBtoBtreatBconstipationBinBpatientsBwith:B-
BAnswerBOpioidBinducedBconstipation
CarbamazepineBhasBaBblackBboxBwarningBrecommendingBtestingBforBtheBHLAB1502Balle
leBwithBAsianBancestryBpriorBtoBstartingBtherapyBdueBto?B-
BAnswerBIncreasedBriskBforBStevensBJohnson'sBsyndrome
JamieBhasBglucoseB6BphosphateBdehydrogenaseBdeficiency,BwhichBantibioticBclassBshoul
dBweBavoidBinBthisBpatient?B-BAnswerBsulfonamides
Pt.BdiagnosedBwithBclusterBheadaches,BwhatBwouldBtheBappropriateBacuteBtherapyBbe?
B-BAnswerBOxygenB100%BforB15-30Bminutes
18By.o.BpatientBdiagnosedBwithBfrequentBmigraines,BwhatBIsBabortiveBtherapyBforBmigr
aines?B-BAnswerBtriptans-B(ABORTIVEBMEDSBFORBMIGRAINES)
WhatBisBanBappropriateBdrugBforBtheBtreatmentBofBmigraineBheadachesBinBanB18-year-
old?B-BAnswerBPropranololBakaBinderal
IsBtheBkeyBtoBpreventionBofBosteoporosis,BwhichBisBfalse?B-
BAnswerBIfBexerciseBisBincorporatedBintoBregularBactivityBvitaminBdBandBcalciumBareBno
tBneededB(vitaminBdBandBcalciumBsupplementsBareBstillBneeded)
WhichBofBtheBfollowingBmedsBisBmostBappropriateBforBpt.BwithBneuropathicBpain?B-
BAnswerBGabapentin
ProphylacticBuseBofBbisphosphonatesBisBrecommendedBwithBpatientsBwithBearlyBosteop
eniaBdueBtoBlongBtermBuseBofBwhichBdrugs?B-BAnswerBGlucocorticoids
WhenBprescribingBdrugsBwithBaBnarrowBtherapeuticBrange:B-
BAnswerBMonitorBpatientsBplasmaBdrugBlevelsBatBregularBintervals.