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Midterm Exam: NU641/ NU 641 (Latest 2924/ 2025 Update) Advanced Clinical Pharmacology Review| Qs & As| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Answers) – Regis

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Midterm Exam: NU641/ NU 641 (Latest 2924/ 2025 Update) Advanced Clinical Pharmacology Review| Qs & As| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Answers) – Regis Q: Patient education when prescribing clopidogrel includes which of the following statements? Answer: Do not take any herbal products without first discussing this with the provider Q: When starting a patient on a statin, what would education include? Answer: If they stop the medication, their lipid levels will return to pretreatment levels; medication is a supplement to diet therapy and exercise; and if they have muscle aches or pain, they should contract their provider Q: When treating a patient for hypertension with a non-selective beta blocker, what other organ may be unintentionally affected? Answer: Lung Q: When writing a prescription for warfarin it is common to write this on the prescription Answer: The brand name of warfarin and "do not substitute" Q: Which formulation of nitrate may be most cost effective for the patient who rarely has the need for dosing? Answer: Sublingual tablets Q: What disease processes could be made worse by taking a nonselective beta blocker? Answer: Asthma Q: What drug is considered as treatment for hypertension in women during pregnancy? Answer: Oral Methyldopa Q: Treatment for possible traveler's diarrhea Answer: bismuth subsalicylate before each meal and at bedtime Q: Elderly prescribed lactulose for chronic constipation; Monitoring with long-tern treatment would include Answer: electrolytes, including potassium and chloride Q: An acceptable first-line treatment for peptic ulcer disease with positive Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) test is: Answer: PPI bid plus clarithromycin plus amoxicillin for 14 days Q: After H. pylori treatment is completed, the next step in peptic ulcer disease therapy is: Answer: a PPI for 8 to 12 weeks until healing is complete Q: A patient with mild GERD is started on the medication first Answer: Histamine 2 Receptor Antagonists Q: The next step in treatment when a patient has been on PPIs twice daily for 12 weeks and not improving is to: Answer: refer the patient for endoscopy Q: 82-year-old man takes two aspirin every morning to treat the arthritis pain in his back. Heartburn lately from the aspirin. After ruling out an acute GI bleed, what would be an appropriate course of treatment for him? Answer: Add an H2 blocker such as ranitidine to his therapy or decrease his aspirin does to one tablet daily Q: Education for AA Women about Osteoporosis Answer: AA women as a group are at risk of developing osteoporosis due to their lower calcium intake when young and 75% of them are lactose-intolerant, so they avoid milk and other dairy products that are excellent sources of calcium. Q: The drug recommended as the primary treatment for osteoporosis in women over age 70 is: Answer: Alendronate (Fosamax) Q: Age-related statement about pain that is NOT true Answer: Preterm and newborn infants do not yet have functional pain pathways

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MidtermlExam:lNU641/lNUl641l(Latest
lUpdate)lAdvancedlClinicallPharmacologyl
Review|lQsl&lAs|lGradelA|l100%lCorrect
(Verified Answers) l–lRegis

Q:lPatientleducationlwhenlprescribinglclopidogrellincludeslwhichloflthelfollowinglstatements
?


Answer:
Dolnotltakelanylherballproductslwithoutlfirstldiscussinglthislwithlthelprovider




Q:lWhenlstartinglalpatientlonlalstatin,lwhatlwouldleducationlinclude?

Answer:
Ifltheylstoplthelmedication,ltheirllipidllevelslwilllreturnltolpretreatmentllevels;lmedicationlislals
upplementltoldietltherapylandlexercise;landlifltheylhavelmusclelacheslorlpain,ltheylshouldlcontr
actltheirlprovider




Q:lWhenltreatinglalpatientlforlhypertensionlwithlalnon-
selectivelbetalblocker,lwhatlotherlorganlmaylbelunintentionallylaffected?


Answer:
Lung




Q:lWhenlwritinglalprescriptionlforlwarfarinlitlislcommonltolwritelthislonlthelprescription

,Answer:
Thelbrandlnameloflwarfarinlandl"dolnotlsubstitute"




Q:lWhichlformulationloflnitratelmaylbelmostlcostleffectivelforlthelpatientlwholrarelylhaslthel
needlforldosing?


Answer:
Sublingualltablets




Q:lWhatldiseaselprocesseslcouldlbelmadelworselbyltakinglalnonselectivelbetalblocker?

Answer:
Asthma




Q:lWhatldruglislconsideredlasltreatmentlforlhypertensionlinlwomenlduringlpregnancy?

Answer:
OrallMethyldopa




Q:lTreatmentlforlpossibleltraveler'sldiarrhea

Answer:
bismuthlsubsalicylatelbeforeleachlmeallandlatlbedtime




Q:lElderlylprescribedllactuloselforlchroniclconstipation;lMonitoringlwithllong-
ternltreatmentlwouldlinclude

,Answer:
electrolytes,lincludinglpotassiumlandlchloride




Q:lAnlacceptablelfirst-
lineltreatmentlforlpepticlulcerldiseaselwithlpositivelHelicobacterlpyloril(H.lpylori)ltestlis:


Answer:
PPIlbidlpluslclarithromycinlpluslamoxicillinlforl14ldays




Q:lAfterlH.lpyloriltreatmentlislcompleted,lthelnextlsteplinlpepticlulcerldiseaseltherapylis:

Answer:
alPPIlforl8ltol12lweeksluntillhealinglislcomplete




Q:lAlpatientlwithlmildlGERDlislstartedlonlthelmedicationlfirst

Answer:
Histaminel2lReceptorlAntagonists




Q:lThelnextlsteplinltreatmentlwhenlalpatientlhaslbeenlonlPPIsltwiceldailylforl12lweekslandln
otlimprovinglislto:


Answer:
referlthelpatientlforlendoscopy

, Q:l82-year-
oldlmanltakesltwolaspirinleverylmorningltoltreatlthelarthritislpainlinlhislback.lHeartburnllatelylf
romlthelaspirin.lAfterlrulingloutlanlacutelGIlbleed,lwhatlwouldlbelanlappropriatelcourselofltreat
mentlforlhim?


Answer:
AddlanlH2lblockerlsuchlaslranitidineltolhisltherapylorldecreaselhislaspirinldoesltoloneltabletldai
ly




Q:lEducationlforlAAlWomenlaboutlOsteoporosis

Answer:
AAlwomenlaslalgrouplarelatlrisklofldevelopinglosteoporosisldueltoltheirllowerlcalciumlintakel
whenlyounglandl75%loflthemlarellactose-
intolerant,lsoltheylavoidlmilklandlotherldairylproductslthatlarelexcellentlsourcesloflcalcium.




Q:lTheldruglrecommendedlaslthelprimaryltreatmentlforlosteoporosislinlwomenloverlagel70lis:

Answer:
Alendronatel(Fosamax)




Q:lAge-relatedlstatementlaboutlpainlthatlislNOTltrue

Answer:
Pretermlandlnewbornlinfantsldolnotlyetlhavelfunctionallpainlpathways




Q:lStatementlthatlraiseslal"redlflag"laboutlpotentiallchemicalldependency

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