MARYVILLE PHARMACOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE
UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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✔✔What is special about buspirone (Buspar)? - ✔✔It has both anti-anxiety and anti-
depressant effects.
✔✔How is treatment with buspirone (Buspar) usually conducted? - ✔✔Can be
combined with an SSRI to treat patients with agitated or anxious depression
✔✔Benzodiazepines affect what neurotransmitter and how? - ✔✔Increases the effects
of GABA
✔✔What medications results in a sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, and muscle relaxer
effect? - ✔✔Benzodiazepines
✔✔What anxiolytic has the greatest risk for dependence and resistance? -
✔✔alprazolam (Xanax)
✔✔What anxiolytic is first line treatment for panic disorder? - ✔✔diazepam (Valium)
, ✔✔What are characteristics of serotonin syndrome? - ✔✔nausea, diarrhea, sweating,
hyperthermia, myoclonic jerking, tremor, agitation, disorientation, HTN, delirium, death
✔✔What medication is approved for depression with low energy? - ✔✔venlafaxine
(Effexor) (SNRI)
✔✔How does Lithium act as a mood stabilizer? - ✔✔It replaces sodium during
depolarization so it stops the transmission of electrical impulses
✔✔What is important patient teaching for Lithium? - ✔✔Eat a diet with consistent levels
of salt because the medication can interfere with the cell sodium channels
✔✔Does Lithium have a broad or narrow therapeutic range? - ✔✔Narrow therapeutic
range; toxicity may show nausea and drowsiness
✔✔How does phentermine work? - ✔✔Treats obesity by decreasing the hunger
perception and releases NE an EPI which breaks down stored fat = lose weight
✔✔How long is treatment with phentermine? - ✔✔6 months; loses effects after that
✔✔What is important when taking phentermine? - ✔✔DO NOT take with SSRIs or St.
John's wort because of increased risk of serotonin syndrome
✔✔How should zolpidem (Ambien) be administered? - ✔✔Just before bed because it
has a rapid onset
✔✔What antibiotics target or inhibit the cell wall? - ✔✔PCN, cephalosporins,
vancomycin
✔✔How does antibiotic resistance occur? - ✔✔1. Natural by genetic mutations
2. Spontaneous by random mutations
3. Build up over time or by misuse of antibiotics
✔✔These antibiotics inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis or KILL bacteria. -
✔✔Bactericidal antibiotics
✔✔These antibiotics suppress bacterial growth and also rely on the immune system to
remove the bacteria from the body. - ✔✔Bacteriostatic antibiotics
✔✔Which antibiotics contain the beta-lactam ring which allows them to inhibit PBPs in
the bacteria? - ✔✔Beta-Lactams (PCNs, cephalosporins, carbapenems, monobactems)
✔✔What is beta-lactamase? - ✔✔It is an enzyme that is produced by some bacteria
that inactivates some antibiotics.
UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
A+
✔✔What is special about buspirone (Buspar)? - ✔✔It has both anti-anxiety and anti-
depressant effects.
✔✔How is treatment with buspirone (Buspar) usually conducted? - ✔✔Can be
combined with an SSRI to treat patients with agitated or anxious depression
✔✔Benzodiazepines affect what neurotransmitter and how? - ✔✔Increases the effects
of GABA
✔✔What medications results in a sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, and muscle relaxer
effect? - ✔✔Benzodiazepines
✔✔What anxiolytic has the greatest risk for dependence and resistance? -
✔✔alprazolam (Xanax)
✔✔What anxiolytic is first line treatment for panic disorder? - ✔✔diazepam (Valium)
, ✔✔What are characteristics of serotonin syndrome? - ✔✔nausea, diarrhea, sweating,
hyperthermia, myoclonic jerking, tremor, agitation, disorientation, HTN, delirium, death
✔✔What medication is approved for depression with low energy? - ✔✔venlafaxine
(Effexor) (SNRI)
✔✔How does Lithium act as a mood stabilizer? - ✔✔It replaces sodium during
depolarization so it stops the transmission of electrical impulses
✔✔What is important patient teaching for Lithium? - ✔✔Eat a diet with consistent levels
of salt because the medication can interfere with the cell sodium channels
✔✔Does Lithium have a broad or narrow therapeutic range? - ✔✔Narrow therapeutic
range; toxicity may show nausea and drowsiness
✔✔How does phentermine work? - ✔✔Treats obesity by decreasing the hunger
perception and releases NE an EPI which breaks down stored fat = lose weight
✔✔How long is treatment with phentermine? - ✔✔6 months; loses effects after that
✔✔What is important when taking phentermine? - ✔✔DO NOT take with SSRIs or St.
John's wort because of increased risk of serotonin syndrome
✔✔How should zolpidem (Ambien) be administered? - ✔✔Just before bed because it
has a rapid onset
✔✔What antibiotics target or inhibit the cell wall? - ✔✔PCN, cephalosporins,
vancomycin
✔✔How does antibiotic resistance occur? - ✔✔1. Natural by genetic mutations
2. Spontaneous by random mutations
3. Build up over time or by misuse of antibiotics
✔✔These antibiotics inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis or KILL bacteria. -
✔✔Bactericidal antibiotics
✔✔These antibiotics suppress bacterial growth and also rely on the immune system to
remove the bacteria from the body. - ✔✔Bacteriostatic antibiotics
✔✔Which antibiotics contain the beta-lactam ring which allows them to inhibit PBPs in
the bacteria? - ✔✔Beta-Lactams (PCNs, cephalosporins, carbapenems, monobactems)
✔✔What is beta-lactamase? - ✔✔It is an enzyme that is produced by some bacteria
that inactivates some antibiotics.
