CJE PHARMACOLOGY REVIEW TIPS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A.pdf

CJE PHARMACOLOGY REVIEW TIPS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Thiazide Diuretic (-thiazide) - ✔✔- Hypertension
- Heart failure
- Renal disease
- Cirrhosis
- Edema
- Corticosteroids
- Estrogen therapy

HYPOKALEMIA
POTASSIUM WASTING

NEVER GIVE K+ IV PUSH

DO NOT GIVE W SULFA ALLERGY

✔✔Osmotic Diuretic (mannitol) - ✔✔- Cerebral edema
- DECREASE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE (IOP)

Edema, blurred vision, urinary retension

ONLY GIVEN IV
MAY CRYSTALLIZE
NEURO ASSESSMENT

✔✔DIURESIS THE BODY - ✔✔Diuretics = diuresis = dry inside

✔✔K+ Sparing Diuretics (spironolactone "S think sparing") - ✔✔SPARES POTASSIUM

- Cross-sex hormonal therapy (spironolactone inhibits testosterone)
- Hypertension
- Hypokalemia

, HYPERKALEMIA
DIARRHEA
GYNECOMASTIA (enlargement of breasts in men)

AVOID EATING FOODS HIGH IN POTASSIUM
MONITOR K+ LEVELS

✔✔Anti-Hyperlipidemic Drugs (-statin) - ✔✔- Hyperlipidemia (lowers cholestrol)

- PREGNANCY CATEGORY X
- Monitor for signs of RHABDOMYLOLYSIS (kidney damage)

✔✔LDL - ✔✔Low Density Lipoprotein BAD CHOLESTEROL

✔✔HDL - ✔✔High Density Lipoprotein HAPPY CHOLESTEROL

✔✔Antihypertensives (Ace Inhibitors -pril) - ✔✔- Hypertension and HF

A - Angioedema
C - Cough DRY
E - Elevated K+

MONITOR FOR SWELLING

✔✔Antihypertensives (Beta Blockers -olol) - ✔✔- Hypertension, stable angina, HF,
dysrhythmias

THE B'S OF BETA BLOCKERS
- Bradycardia and heart Blocks
- Breathing problems
- Bad for HF
- Blood sugar masks s/s of hypoglycemia
- Blood pressure lowered Hypotension

✔✔Antihypertensives (Calcium Channel Blockers -dipine) - ✔✔"Very Nice Drugs"
- Verapamil
- Nifedipine
- Diltiazem

LOWER HR AND BP

DO NOT DRINK W GRAPEFRUIT JUICE

✔✔Anticoagulants (Warfarin) - ✔✔PREVENTS CLOTTING