QUESTIONS AND REVIEWED CORRECT ANSWERS
interfering with the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum - answer ✔✔-Dantrolene
(Dantrium) reduces skeletal muscle spasticity by?
Probenecid - answer ✔✔-Which medication helps the kidneys excrete uric acid?
For short term treatment of moderate pain - answer ✔✔-Ketorolac (Toradol), a nonsteroidal anti-
inflammatory drug is indicated when?
80% - answer ✔✔-Oral ibuprofen (Motrin) has a bioavailability of:
colchicine - answer ✔✔-The best initial medication for the treatment of acute gout in the great toe of a
patient with a creatinine clearance of 50 mL/min is:
The combination may significantly decrease renal function - answer ✔✔-Caution is advised with the
concomitant administration of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and nonsteroidal anti-
inflammatory drugs because?
triamcinolone hexacetonide (Aristopan) - answer ✔✔-The intra-articular steroid with the longest
duration of action is?
Spasticity - answer ✔✔-Baclofen (Lioresal) a centrally-acting muscle relaxant is indicated for the
treatment of?
abnormally high serum levels of potassium - answer ✔✔-The concomitant use of aspirin and
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can cause?
consistently fasting or nonfasting - answer ✔✔-Patients should be instructed to take tizanidine
(Zanaflex)?
, Decreasing the synthesis of prostaglandins by reversibly inhibiting cyclooxygenase-1 and 2 enzymes -
answer ✔✔-Ketorolac (Toradol), a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug reduces pain by?
celecoxib (Celebrex) - answer ✔✔-Caution is advised with the concomitant use of salicylates and?
Baclofen - answer ✔✔-The generic name for Lioresal is?
anti-inflammatory activity - answer ✔✔-Acetaminophen (Tylenol) does NOT produce?
asymptomatic hyperuricemia - answer ✔✔-Allopurinol (Zyloprim) is NOT indicated for the treatment of?
migraines - answer ✔✔-Naproxen (Aleve) is NOT indicated for relief of signs and symptoms associated
with?
30 hours - answer ✔✔-The half-life elimination of colchicine (Colcrys) used in the treatment of gout is
approximately?
Amrix - answer ✔✔-The brand name for cyclobenzaprine is?
Stay upright for at least 30 minutes - answer ✔✔-Patients who are taking biphosphonates (Alendronate
[Fosamax]) for osteoporosis should be advised to?
edema of the lower extremities - answer ✔✔-A potential side effect related to the use of Ketorolac
(Toradol) is?
clindamycin (Cleocin) - answer ✔✔-In a 50 year old non diabetic man with moderate inflammation
secondary to septic bursitis, the most appropriate therapy is?
increasing the urinary excretion of uric acid and inhibiting the secretion of penicillin - answer ✔✔-
Probenecid, used in the treatment of gout, works by?