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Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam
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Why are nitrate-free periods every 24 hours necessary for the
patient on nitroglycerin therapy? Ans: To inhibit the development
of tolerance
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What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate?
Ans: Hyperthroidism
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What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed
patient with a low TSH level with? Ans: Propanolol (Inderal)
Spironoaldactone (Aldactone) has what mechanism of action
(MOA)? Ans: Aldosterone antagonist
Heparin exerts its therapeutic action by what? Ans: Upregulating
the activity of one of the body's natural anticoagulant molecules,
antithrombin III
What physiologic action happens when the offending drug is
administered during an anaphylactic reaction. Ans: Mast cells
liberate large doses of histamine.
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What are two systemic psoriasis medications? Ans: Photo-therapy
and topical corticosteroids
What is the first choice of drug therapy for the majority of patients
with uncomplicated stage I hypertension? Ans: Thiazide diuretics
What is the effect of cardiac glycosides? Ans: Digitalis glycosides
have a negative chronotropic effect on the cardiac muscle cells.
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Amenorrhea is the most common side effect of which birth control
medication? Ans: Medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera)
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What is an anti-hypertensive agent which competes with
epinephrine for available beta-receptor sites? Ans: Atenolol
(Tenormin)
What type of action does nitrates have on the body? Ans:
Reduction in systemic venous tone.
What is the recommended level of low-density lipoprotein
cholesterol (LDL) for patients with known coronary artery disease?
Ans: 100mg/dl or less.
What is the MOA of group IV anti-dysrhythmia drugs? Ans:
Depressing phase 4 depolarization and lengthening phases 1 and
2 repolarization.
Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam
Review Questions and Answers (100%
Correct Answers) Already Graded A+
Why are nitrate-free periods every 24 hours necessary for the
patient on nitroglycerin therapy? Ans: To inhibit the development
of tolerance
© 2025 Assignment Expert
What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate?
Ans: Hyperthroidism
Guru01 - Stuvia
What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed
patient with a low TSH level with? Ans: Propanolol (Inderal)
Spironoaldactone (Aldactone) has what mechanism of action
(MOA)? Ans: Aldosterone antagonist
Heparin exerts its therapeutic action by what? Ans: Upregulating
the activity of one of the body's natural anticoagulant molecules,
antithrombin III
What physiologic action happens when the offending drug is
administered during an anaphylactic reaction. Ans: Mast cells
liberate large doses of histamine.
, 2
What are two systemic psoriasis medications? Ans: Photo-therapy
and topical corticosteroids
What is the first choice of drug therapy for the majority of patients
with uncomplicated stage I hypertension? Ans: Thiazide diuretics
What is the effect of cardiac glycosides? Ans: Digitalis glycosides
have a negative chronotropic effect on the cardiac muscle cells.
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Amenorrhea is the most common side effect of which birth control
medication? Ans: Medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera)
Guru01 - Stuvia
What is an anti-hypertensive agent which competes with
epinephrine for available beta-receptor sites? Ans: Atenolol
(Tenormin)
What type of action does nitrates have on the body? Ans:
Reduction in systemic venous tone.
What is the recommended level of low-density lipoprotein
cholesterol (LDL) for patients with known coronary artery disease?
Ans: 100mg/dl or less.
What is the MOA of group IV anti-dysrhythmia drugs? Ans:
Depressing phase 4 depolarization and lengthening phases 1 and
2 repolarization.
