PHARM CMS STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
What |is |the |Opioid |Toxicity |Triad? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Coma, |respiratory |depression, |and |
pinpoint |pupils.
What |drug |is |used |to |reverse |opioid |toxicity? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Naloxone.
When |do |you |administer |the |varicella |vaccine? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1 |dose: |12-15 |months
|and |4-6 |years |
OR: |2 |doses, |4 |weeks |apart |if |older |than |13 |years |old.
What |are |contraindications |to |the |varicella |vaccine? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Anaphylactic |
reaction |to |gelatin |or |neomycin.
CANCER.
Ranolazine
- |What |is |it |used |for?
- |Interactions?
- |What |can |you |take |it |with? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Used |with |amlodipine |for |chronic |
stable |angina.
- |Cannot |use |with |digoxin |and |simvastatin.
- |Amlodipine
STATIN |DRUGS |(Simvastatin, |Lovastatin, |Pravastatin, |Rosuvastatin, |Fluvastatin, |Pitavastatin, |
Simvastatin |+ |Ezetimibe)
, - |Complications?
- |Avoid?
- |What |labs |do |you |monitor? |(6 |levels/tests) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |All |statins |are |used |to |
LOWER |LDL |cholesterol.
- |Complications: |hepatotoxicity |(evidenced |by |increased |AST), |myopathy |(CK |level).
- |Avoid |grapefruit |juice.
- |Baseline |cholesterol, |HDL, |LDL, |triglyceride |levels, |liver |function |tests, |and |kidney |function |
tests.
MYCIN |DRUGS |(Gentamicin, |Tobramycin, |Neomycin, |Streptomycin, |Paromomycin)
- |What |is |it |used |for?
- |Complications?
- |Interactions? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Used |to |treat |gram-negative |bacilli |(E. |Coli, |UTI)
- |Complications: |
--> |ototoxicity |(tinnitus, |headache, |hearing |loss, |nausea, |dizziness, |vertigo)
--> |nephrotoxicity |(I&O, |BUN, |creatinine)
--> |intense |neuromuscular |blockage |(respiratory |depression, |muscle |weakness)
--> |Hypersensitivity
- |Interactions: |Penicillin, |loop |diuretics
-OLOL |DRUGS |(Metoprolol, |Atenolol, |Emolol, |Propranolol, |Nadolol, |Carvedilol, |Labetalol)
- |What |is |it |used |for?
- |Complications?
- |Contraindications/Precautions? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Used |for |primary |hypertension, |
angina, |tachydysrhythmias, |heart |failure, |and |myocardial |infarction.
- |Complications: |bradycardia |(<50/min), |decreased |cardiac |output |(shortness |of |breath, |
edema, |weight |gain, |fatigue).
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
What |is |the |Opioid |Toxicity |Triad? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Coma, |respiratory |depression, |and |
pinpoint |pupils.
What |drug |is |used |to |reverse |opioid |toxicity? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Naloxone.
When |do |you |administer |the |varicella |vaccine? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1 |dose: |12-15 |months
|and |4-6 |years |
OR: |2 |doses, |4 |weeks |apart |if |older |than |13 |years |old.
What |are |contraindications |to |the |varicella |vaccine? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Anaphylactic |
reaction |to |gelatin |or |neomycin.
CANCER.
Ranolazine
- |What |is |it |used |for?
- |Interactions?
- |What |can |you |take |it |with? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Used |with |amlodipine |for |chronic |
stable |angina.
- |Cannot |use |with |digoxin |and |simvastatin.
- |Amlodipine
STATIN |DRUGS |(Simvastatin, |Lovastatin, |Pravastatin, |Rosuvastatin, |Fluvastatin, |Pitavastatin, |
Simvastatin |+ |Ezetimibe)
, - |Complications?
- |Avoid?
- |What |labs |do |you |monitor? |(6 |levels/tests) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |All |statins |are |used |to |
LOWER |LDL |cholesterol.
- |Complications: |hepatotoxicity |(evidenced |by |increased |AST), |myopathy |(CK |level).
- |Avoid |grapefruit |juice.
- |Baseline |cholesterol, |HDL, |LDL, |triglyceride |levels, |liver |function |tests, |and |kidney |function |
tests.
MYCIN |DRUGS |(Gentamicin, |Tobramycin, |Neomycin, |Streptomycin, |Paromomycin)
- |What |is |it |used |for?
- |Complications?
- |Interactions? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Used |to |treat |gram-negative |bacilli |(E. |Coli, |UTI)
- |Complications: |
--> |ototoxicity |(tinnitus, |headache, |hearing |loss, |nausea, |dizziness, |vertigo)
--> |nephrotoxicity |(I&O, |BUN, |creatinine)
--> |intense |neuromuscular |blockage |(respiratory |depression, |muscle |weakness)
--> |Hypersensitivity
- |Interactions: |Penicillin, |loop |diuretics
-OLOL |DRUGS |(Metoprolol, |Atenolol, |Emolol, |Propranolol, |Nadolol, |Carvedilol, |Labetalol)
- |What |is |it |used |for?
- |Complications?
- |Contraindications/Precautions? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |Used |for |primary |hypertension, |
angina, |tachydysrhythmias, |heart |failure, |and |myocardial |infarction.
- |Complications: |bradycardia |(<50/min), |decreased |cardiac |output |(shortness |of |breath, |
edema, |weight |gain, |fatigue).
