RASMUSSEN PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 2 MOCK
TEST WITH ANSWER RATIONALES 2026
◉ What does sympathomimetics affect?
Answer: Beta1 and beta2 (increase heart rate and BP)
◉ What are 4 adverse effects of sympathomimetics?
Answer: 1. Rebound congestion
2. CNS stimulation
3. Cardiovascular effects and stroke
4. Abuse potential
◉ What're antihistamines for? (Benadryl)
Answer: Allergic rhinitis
◉ What happens when histamine is released?
Answer: It dilates small blood vessels and increase capillary
permeability
◉ What doesn't antihistamines reduce?
Answer: Nasal congestion
,◉ Antihistamines are most effective when?
Answer: -Taken regularly
-Take even when symptoms are absent
◉ Second generation antihistamine is known as what? What AE
does it not cause?
Answer: -Zyrtec
-Sedation
◉ Antihistamines: Adverse Effects
Answer: Anticholinergic (drying) effects, most common
Dry mouth
Difficulty urinating
Constipation
Changes in vision
Drowsiness
Mild drowsiness to deep sleep
◉ Intranasal antihistamines are indicated for what in adults and
children 12yo and older?
Answer: Allergic rhinits
,◉ AE of intranasal antihistamines (azelastine and olopatadin)
Answer: -Nose bleeds
-Anticholinergic effects
-Unpleasant taste
-Sedation
◉ Opioid antitussives include:
Answer: -codeine and hydrocodone
◉ Non-opioid antitussives include:
Answer: -dextromethorphan
-diphenhydramine
-benzonatate
◉ What is the most common use of cough medications?
Answer: For the suppression of a non-productive cough associated
with the common cold and other upper respiratory infections
◉ This medication acts on cough center in the medulla and it
decreases sensitivity of cough receptors and interrupts cough
impulse transmission
, Answer: Dextromethorphan (tessalon perles)
◉ AE of dextromethorphan
Answer: Nausea, vomiting, constipation, sedation, drowsiness,
confusion, dizzy and nervousness
◉ This non-narcotic antitussive actually provides low local
anesthetic effects on the anesthetized stretch, receptors in the
respiratory passage and lungs
Answer: Benzonatate
◉ When you think tessalon perles, think of what?
Answer: Anesthetic
◉ What is the first choice and most effective treatment prevention of
rhinitis?
Answer: Intranasal glucocorticoids
◉ AE of intranasal glucocorticoids
Answer: Drying of nasal mucosa, Burning or itching sensation, Sore
throat, Epistaxis, Headache
◉ What do you give intranasal glucocorticoids for?
TEST WITH ANSWER RATIONALES 2026
◉ What does sympathomimetics affect?
Answer: Beta1 and beta2 (increase heart rate and BP)
◉ What are 4 adverse effects of sympathomimetics?
Answer: 1. Rebound congestion
2. CNS stimulation
3. Cardiovascular effects and stroke
4. Abuse potential
◉ What're antihistamines for? (Benadryl)
Answer: Allergic rhinitis
◉ What happens when histamine is released?
Answer: It dilates small blood vessels and increase capillary
permeability
◉ What doesn't antihistamines reduce?
Answer: Nasal congestion
,◉ Antihistamines are most effective when?
Answer: -Taken regularly
-Take even when symptoms are absent
◉ Second generation antihistamine is known as what? What AE
does it not cause?
Answer: -Zyrtec
-Sedation
◉ Antihistamines: Adverse Effects
Answer: Anticholinergic (drying) effects, most common
Dry mouth
Difficulty urinating
Constipation
Changes in vision
Drowsiness
Mild drowsiness to deep sleep
◉ Intranasal antihistamines are indicated for what in adults and
children 12yo and older?
Answer: Allergic rhinits
,◉ AE of intranasal antihistamines (azelastine and olopatadin)
Answer: -Nose bleeds
-Anticholinergic effects
-Unpleasant taste
-Sedation
◉ Opioid antitussives include:
Answer: -codeine and hydrocodone
◉ Non-opioid antitussives include:
Answer: -dextromethorphan
-diphenhydramine
-benzonatate
◉ What is the most common use of cough medications?
Answer: For the suppression of a non-productive cough associated
with the common cold and other upper respiratory infections
◉ This medication acts on cough center in the medulla and it
decreases sensitivity of cough receptors and interrupts cough
impulse transmission
, Answer: Dextromethorphan (tessalon perles)
◉ AE of dextromethorphan
Answer: Nausea, vomiting, constipation, sedation, drowsiness,
confusion, dizzy and nervousness
◉ This non-narcotic antitussive actually provides low local
anesthetic effects on the anesthetized stretch, receptors in the
respiratory passage and lungs
Answer: Benzonatate
◉ When you think tessalon perles, think of what?
Answer: Anesthetic
◉ What is the first choice and most effective treatment prevention of
rhinitis?
Answer: Intranasal glucocorticoids
◉ AE of intranasal glucocorticoids
Answer: Drying of nasal mucosa, Burning or itching sensation, Sore
throat, Epistaxis, Headache
◉ What do you give intranasal glucocorticoids for?
