NUR 210/ NUR210|PRINCIPLES OF
PHARMACOLOGY| EXAM 4 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS| VERIFIED | GALEN
, 1. Q: What labs should be monitored with Cephalosporins?
Answer: Kidney function (BUN, Creatinine) and liver function (ALT, AST)
2. Q: What disorder is characterized by red blotchy face, neck, chest, and pruritus
caused by Vancomycin?
Answer: Red man syndrome
3. Q: What disorder is characterized by a painful red/purplish rash that turns into
blisters and causes skin peeling?
Answer: Stevens-Johnson syndrome
4. Q: If you are taking Cephalosporins, Glycopeptides, or Metronidazole with
alcohol, what can happen?
Answer: Disulfiram-like reaction
5. Q: How does disulfiram-like reaction present?
Answer: Flushing, dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, and muscular cramps
6. Q: What medications should not be taken with Cephalosporins because they
decrease excretion?
Answer: Uricosurics (allopurinol, febuxostat, probenecid)
7. Q: What types of antibiotics can cause tinnitus and ototoxicity?
Answer: Macrolides
8. Q: What are drug interactions with Macrolides?
Answer: Anticoagulants (warfarin), Theophylline, Carbamazepine
9. Q: If a patient is taking erythromycin and fluconazole together, what increases?
Answer: Sudden Cardiac Death
10. Q: Can Macrolides be taken with antacids?
Answer: No
PHARMACOLOGY| EXAM 4 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS| VERIFIED | GALEN
, 1. Q: What labs should be monitored with Cephalosporins?
Answer: Kidney function (BUN, Creatinine) and liver function (ALT, AST)
2. Q: What disorder is characterized by red blotchy face, neck, chest, and pruritus
caused by Vancomycin?
Answer: Red man syndrome
3. Q: What disorder is characterized by a painful red/purplish rash that turns into
blisters and causes skin peeling?
Answer: Stevens-Johnson syndrome
4. Q: If you are taking Cephalosporins, Glycopeptides, or Metronidazole with
alcohol, what can happen?
Answer: Disulfiram-like reaction
5. Q: How does disulfiram-like reaction present?
Answer: Flushing, dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, and muscular cramps
6. Q: What medications should not be taken with Cephalosporins because they
decrease excretion?
Answer: Uricosurics (allopurinol, febuxostat, probenecid)
7. Q: What types of antibiotics can cause tinnitus and ototoxicity?
Answer: Macrolides
8. Q: What are drug interactions with Macrolides?
Answer: Anticoagulants (warfarin), Theophylline, Carbamazepine
9. Q: If a patient is taking erythromycin and fluconazole together, what increases?
Answer: Sudden Cardiac Death
10. Q: Can Macrolides be taken with antacids?
Answer: No