VATI Pharmacology Study Set Exam Questions and Complete Solutions
oxybutynin - Answer: A bladder relaxant medication used to treat an overactive bladder
What are the effects of oxybutynin? - Answer: Anticholinergic effects: constipation, dry mouth, blurred vision, photophobia, dry eyes, anhydrosis, etc.,
What do you need to educate a client that is on oxybutynin? - Answer: Avoid activities that could lead to
overheating; patient has a decreased ability to produce sweat in order to cool the body
What is neonatal abstinence syndrome? - Answer: A group of conditions caused when a baby withdraws from certain drugs they're exposed to in the womb before birth
What are some examples of neonatal abstinence syndrome? - Answer: frequent yawning, high-pitched, shrill cry, hyperactivity with increased moro reflex, increased deep tendon reflexes, hypertonicity, etc.,
What is raloxifene? - Answer: A medication used to treat osteoporosis in women who have gone through menopause and postmenopausal women who have a high risk of breast cancer
What is digoxin? - Answer: A medicine to treat irregular heart beats
What are some contraindications of digoxin? - Answer: Clients who have disturbances in ventricular rhythm such as V-Fib, V-Tach, and second- and third-degree heart block
medications ending in -sone - Answer: steroids
medications ending in -lam and -pam - Answer: anti-anxiety
medications ending in -done - Answer: opioid analgesic medications ending in -dine - Answer: H2 blockers, anti-ulcer, prevents acids from forming
What must be checked before giving atropine? - Answer: blood pressure
Antidote for magnesium sulfate? - Answer: Calcium gloconate
What diuretics need potassium levels monitored? - Answer: hydrochlorothiazide and furosemide
What medication is a potassium-sparing diuretic? - Answer: Spironolactone
What is magnesium sulfate used for? - Answer: To treat pre-eclampsia and pregnancy-induced hypertension. Magnesium sulfate is an antihypertensive
Antidote for warfarin? - Answer: Vitamin K
Antidote for heparin? - Answer: Protamine Sulfate
Side effects of prednisone? - Answer: immunosuppression, hyperglycemia, cushing-like symptoms
What is an example of a inhaled glucocorticoid? - Answer: beclomethasone
What to watch out for while on beclomethasone? - Answer: Oral candidiasis; Rinse mouth or gargle with
water after use
Complication of methylpredisolone - Answer: hyperglycemia. Clients with diabetes should have blood glucose monitored
What is metformin? - Answer: Metformin is used to treat high blood sugar levels
oxybutynin - Answer: A bladder relaxant medication used to treat an overactive bladder
What are the effects of oxybutynin? - Answer: Anticholinergic effects: constipation, dry mouth, blurred vision, photophobia, dry eyes, anhydrosis, etc.,
What do you need to educate a client that is on oxybutynin? - Answer: Avoid activities that could lead to
overheating; patient has a decreased ability to produce sweat in order to cool the body
What is neonatal abstinence syndrome? - Answer: A group of conditions caused when a baby withdraws from certain drugs they're exposed to in the womb before birth
What are some examples of neonatal abstinence syndrome? - Answer: frequent yawning, high-pitched, shrill cry, hyperactivity with increased moro reflex, increased deep tendon reflexes, hypertonicity, etc.,
What is raloxifene? - Answer: A medication used to treat osteoporosis in women who have gone through menopause and postmenopausal women who have a high risk of breast cancer
What is digoxin? - Answer: A medicine to treat irregular heart beats
What are some contraindications of digoxin? - Answer: Clients who have disturbances in ventricular rhythm such as V-Fib, V-Tach, and second- and third-degree heart block
medications ending in -sone - Answer: steroids
medications ending in -lam and -pam - Answer: anti-anxiety
medications ending in -done - Answer: opioid analgesic medications ending in -dine - Answer: H2 blockers, anti-ulcer, prevents acids from forming
What must be checked before giving atropine? - Answer: blood pressure
Antidote for magnesium sulfate? - Answer: Calcium gloconate
What diuretics need potassium levels monitored? - Answer: hydrochlorothiazide and furosemide
What medication is a potassium-sparing diuretic? - Answer: Spironolactone
What is magnesium sulfate used for? - Answer: To treat pre-eclampsia and pregnancy-induced hypertension. Magnesium sulfate is an antihypertensive
Antidote for warfarin? - Answer: Vitamin K
Antidote for heparin? - Answer: Protamine Sulfate
Side effects of prednisone? - Answer: immunosuppression, hyperglycemia, cushing-like symptoms
What is an example of a inhaled glucocorticoid? - Answer: beclomethasone
What to watch out for while on beclomethasone? - Answer: Oral candidiasis; Rinse mouth or gargle with
water after use
Complication of methylpredisolone - Answer: hyperglycemia. Clients with diabetes should have blood glucose monitored
What is metformin? - Answer: Metformin is used to treat high blood sugar levels
