NUR 635 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY
MIDTERM LEARNING WORKBOOK 2026
PHARMACOKINETICS PHARMACODYNAMICS
AND DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS
◉ What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening
sleep behaviors, such as sleep driving?
Answer: Ambien
◉ Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat"
or "mad as a hatter"
Answer: Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics
◉ Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion
Answer: Pharmacokinetics
◉ Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis
Answer: Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
◉ This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for
toxicity, therefore levels should be monitored frequently
Answer: Lithium
,◉ The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in
children, adolescents, and young adults
Answer: SSRIs/SNRIs
◉ The antidote for organophosphate poisoning
Answer: Atropine
◉ This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with
dementia
Answer: Antipsychotics
◉ In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are
more sensitive to CNS drugs
Answer: Blood Brain Barrier
◉ Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity
from a drug
Answer: First trimester
◉ Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of
cardiovascular events
Answer: Beta-blockers
, ◉ Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and
are often used in treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Answer: Cholinesterase inhibitors
◉ Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing
and worm-like movements of the tongue
Answer: Tardive Dyskinesia
◉ Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when
activated
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
Answer: Codeine
◉ Leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S.
Answer: Hepatotoxic drugs
◉ An autoimmune disease that attacks the nicotinic receptors in
skeletal muscle
Answer: Myasthenia Gravis
MIDTERM LEARNING WORKBOOK 2026
PHARMACOKINETICS PHARMACODYNAMICS
AND DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS
◉ What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening
sleep behaviors, such as sleep driving?
Answer: Ambien
◉ Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat"
or "mad as a hatter"
Answer: Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics
◉ Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion
Answer: Pharmacokinetics
◉ Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis
Answer: Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
◉ This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for
toxicity, therefore levels should be monitored frequently
Answer: Lithium
,◉ The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in
children, adolescents, and young adults
Answer: SSRIs/SNRIs
◉ The antidote for organophosphate poisoning
Answer: Atropine
◉ This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with
dementia
Answer: Antipsychotics
◉ In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are
more sensitive to CNS drugs
Answer: Blood Brain Barrier
◉ Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity
from a drug
Answer: First trimester
◉ Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of
cardiovascular events
Answer: Beta-blockers
, ◉ Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and
are often used in treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Answer: Cholinesterase inhibitors
◉ Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing
and worm-like movements of the tongue
Answer: Tardive Dyskinesia
◉ Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when
activated
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
Answer: Codeine
◉ Leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S.
Answer: Hepatotoxic drugs
◉ An autoimmune disease that attacks the nicotinic receptors in
skeletal muscle
Answer: Myasthenia Gravis
