NUR 635 MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | PRACTICE QUESTIONS, VERIFIED
ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY REVIEW
Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease - correct
answer ✔✔Bromocriptine
What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors, such as sleep
driving? - correct answer ✔✔Ambien
Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or "mad as a hatter" - correct
answer ✔✔Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion - correct answer ✔✔Pharmacokinetics
Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis - correct answer ✔✔Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore levels should
be monitored frequently - correct answer ✔✔Lithium
The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children, adolescents, and young
adults - correct answer ✔✔SSRIs/SNRIs
The antidote for organophosphate poisoning - correct answer ✔✔Atropine
This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia - correct answer
✔✔Antipsychotics
In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more sensitive to CNS drugs -
correct answer ✔✔Blood Brain Barrier
, Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a drug - correct answer
✔✔First trimester
Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular events - correct
answer ✔✔Beta-blockers
Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and are often used in treatment of
Alzheimer's Disease - correct answer ✔✔Cholinesterase inhibitors
Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and worm-like movements of
the tongue - correct answer ✔✔Tardive Dyskinesia
Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activated - correct answer
✔✔Beta 2 Receptors
This drug has led to the death of children in ultrarapid metabolizers as 10% of the drug is
converted to morphine - correct answer ✔✔Codeine
Leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S. - correct answer ✔✔Hepatotoxic drugs
An autoimmune disease that attacks the nicotinic receptors in skeletal muscle - correct answer
✔✔Myasthenia Gravis
An opioid antagonist that works to quickly reverse CNS and respiratory depression - correct
answer ✔✔Naloxone (Narcan)
How the drug affects the body - correct answer ✔✔Pharmacodynamics
ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY REVIEW
Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease - correct
answer ✔✔Bromocriptine
What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors, such as sleep
driving? - correct answer ✔✔Ambien
Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or "mad as a hatter" - correct
answer ✔✔Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion - correct answer ✔✔Pharmacokinetics
Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis - correct answer ✔✔Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore levels should
be monitored frequently - correct answer ✔✔Lithium
The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children, adolescents, and young
adults - correct answer ✔✔SSRIs/SNRIs
The antidote for organophosphate poisoning - correct answer ✔✔Atropine
This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia - correct answer
✔✔Antipsychotics
In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more sensitive to CNS drugs -
correct answer ✔✔Blood Brain Barrier
, Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a drug - correct answer
✔✔First trimester
Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular events - correct
answer ✔✔Beta-blockers
Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and are often used in treatment of
Alzheimer's Disease - correct answer ✔✔Cholinesterase inhibitors
Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and worm-like movements of
the tongue - correct answer ✔✔Tardive Dyskinesia
Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activated - correct answer
✔✔Beta 2 Receptors
This drug has led to the death of children in ultrarapid metabolizers as 10% of the drug is
converted to morphine - correct answer ✔✔Codeine
Leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S. - correct answer ✔✔Hepatotoxic drugs
An autoimmune disease that attacks the nicotinic receptors in skeletal muscle - correct answer
✔✔Myasthenia Gravis
An opioid antagonist that works to quickly reverse CNS and respiratory depression - correct
answer ✔✔Naloxone (Narcan)
How the drug affects the body - correct answer ✔✔Pharmacodynamics
