Advanced Pharmacology-GI Review Exa
Questions And Answers
What is some patient teaching for someone who has GERD? -
correct answer ✅-Eat smaller meals: 4-6 smaller meals per day
-Wait at least 3 hrs after eating to go to bed
-Sleep with head elevated
What is the biggest culprit of PUD? -
correct answer ✅PUD is mostly caused by H. pylori.
What is the priority concern for someone who has had prolonged
N/V? -
correct answer ✅-Electrolyte imbalances
-Watch BUN as well
What are some drugs that are included in the drug therapy of GERD
and PUD? -
correct answer ✅-Antacids
-Coating agents
-Histamine-2 antagonists
-Proton pump inhibitors
-Prokinetic agents
, Advanced Pharmacology-GI Review Exa
Questions And Answers
What drug class is magnesium hydroxide under? How does it help
with the treatment of GERD and PUD? What are some common and
serious adverse effect with this class of drugs? -
correct answer ✅*Antacids*
-Neutralizes gastric acid, thereby causing the gastric contents to be
less acidic
-Common AE: Chalky taste
-Serious AE: Constipation (with calcium or aluminum), diarrhea
(with magnesium)
*Antacids tend to have calcium, aluminum, magnesium, sodium
bicarbonate, etc.*
Histamine-2 antagonists tend to end in what suffix? -
correct answer ✅*-tidine*
-ranitidine
-cimetidine
-famotidine
What drug class is ranitidine under? How does it help with the
treatment of GERD and PUD? What is another commonly used drug
Questions And Answers
What is some patient teaching for someone who has GERD? -
correct answer ✅-Eat smaller meals: 4-6 smaller meals per day
-Wait at least 3 hrs after eating to go to bed
-Sleep with head elevated
What is the biggest culprit of PUD? -
correct answer ✅PUD is mostly caused by H. pylori.
What is the priority concern for someone who has had prolonged
N/V? -
correct answer ✅-Electrolyte imbalances
-Watch BUN as well
What are some drugs that are included in the drug therapy of GERD
and PUD? -
correct answer ✅-Antacids
-Coating agents
-Histamine-2 antagonists
-Proton pump inhibitors
-Prokinetic agents
, Advanced Pharmacology-GI Review Exa
Questions And Answers
What drug class is magnesium hydroxide under? How does it help
with the treatment of GERD and PUD? What are some common and
serious adverse effect with this class of drugs? -
correct answer ✅*Antacids*
-Neutralizes gastric acid, thereby causing the gastric contents to be
less acidic
-Common AE: Chalky taste
-Serious AE: Constipation (with calcium or aluminum), diarrhea
(with magnesium)
*Antacids tend to have calcium, aluminum, magnesium, sodium
bicarbonate, etc.*
Histamine-2 antagonists tend to end in what suffix? -
correct answer ✅*-tidine*
-ranitidine
-cimetidine
-famotidine
What drug class is ranitidine under? How does it help with the
treatment of GERD and PUD? What is another commonly used drug
