All of the following are variables that affect drug actions except? - Answers height
Which medication route has a 100% bioavailability? - Answers IV
What must be present before a drug exerts its pharmacologic action on body cells?
Question 3 options: - Answers A specified amount of time since administration
*****The minimum effective concentration*****
Metabolism has been completed
The medication has been excreted by the kidneys
True or False: Pharmacodynamics involves drug actions on target cells and the resulting
alterations in cellular biochemical reactions? - Answers True
True or False: In older adults increased total body water and lean body mass-fat soluble meds
stay with the patient longer? - Answers False
Many patients self-medicate with antacids. Which patients should be counseled to not take
calcium carbonate antacids without discussing it with their provider or a pharmacist first? -
Answers ***Patients with kidney stones
Pregnant patients
Patients with heartburn
Postmenopausal women
Kelly has diarrhea and is wondering if she can take loperamide (Imodium) for the diarrhea.
Loperamide: - Answers Question 2 options:
, Can be given to patients of all ages, including infants and children, for viral gastroenteritis
****Slows gastric motility and reduces fluid and electrolyte loss from diarrhea
Is the treatment of choice for the diarrhea associated with E. coli 0157
May be used in pregnancy and by lactating women
Josie is a 5-year-old patient who presents to the clinic with a 48-hour history of nausea,
vomiting, and some diarrhea. She is unable to keep fluids down and her weight is 4 pounds less
than her last recorded weight. Besides IV fluids, her exam warrants the use of an antinausea
medication. Which of the following would be the appropriate drug to order for Josie? - Answers
Prochlorperazine (Compazine)
Meclizine (Antivert)
Promethazine (Phenergan)
****Ondansetron (Zofran) I
Gastroesophageal reflux disease may be aggravated by the following medication that affects
lower esophageal sphincter (LES) tone: - Answers Calcium carbonate
****Estrogen
Furosemide
Metoclopramide
Metoclopramide improves gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms by - Answers Reducing
acid secretion