Antiemetic and Antinausea Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Question 1:
vommiting, center, chemoreceptor pathways (vommiting
or
trigger zone) anticholinergics -
Answer:
most antiemetics most work by blocking one of the block transmission of nauseating stimuli to
CTZ
Question 2:
scopolamine
Answer:
anticholinergic patch used for nausea and vommuting that goes behind the ear
Question 3:
antihistamine
Answer:
drug that prevents cholinergic stimulation in vestibular and reticular areas thus preventing
nausea and vomiting
Question 4:
motion, nonproductive, allergy sickness,
cough,
symptoms, and sedation antihistamine -
drugs include demenhydrinate (dramamine), diphenhydramine
Answer:
antihistamine drugs are used for (benadryl), and mecilzines (antivert)
Question 5:
prokinetic drugs
Answer:
drugs that block dopamine receptors in the CTZ and stimulate the GI tract, also used for GERD
and delayed gastric emptying
Question 1:
vommiting, center, chemoreceptor pathways (vommiting
or
trigger zone) anticholinergics -
Answer:
most antiemetics most work by blocking one of the block transmission of nauseating stimuli to
CTZ
Question 2:
scopolamine
Answer:
anticholinergic patch used for nausea and vommuting that goes behind the ear
Question 3:
antihistamine
Answer:
drug that prevents cholinergic stimulation in vestibular and reticular areas thus preventing
nausea and vomiting
Question 4:
motion, nonproductive, allergy sickness,
cough,
symptoms, and sedation antihistamine -
drugs include demenhydrinate (dramamine), diphenhydramine
Answer:
antihistamine drugs are used for (benadryl), and mecilzines (antivert)
Question 5:
prokinetic drugs
Answer:
drugs that block dopamine receptors in the CTZ and stimulate the GI tract, also used for GERD
and delayed gastric emptying
