HNG 540 FINAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026
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◉ What class of medication is cholchicine? Answer: anti-gout agent
◉ This medication is used to treat the acute phase of gout Answer:
colchicine
◉ What class of medication is used for the acute phase of gout? Answer:
colchicine; anti-gout agents
◉ mechanism of action for colchicine (antigout agents) Answer:
decreases inflammatory response
◉ What class of medication is allopurinol? Answer: xanthine oxidase
inhibitor
◉ how do xanthine oxidase inhibitors (allopurinol) work? Answer:
reduces the production of uric acid in the body to prevent flare ups
,◉ What medication/medication class is used in long term use in people
with gout? Answer: allopurinol (xanthine oxidase inhibitors)
◉ mechanism of action for xanthine oxidase inhibitors (allopurinol)
Answer: inhibits the breakdown of purines to uric acid, lowering the uric
acid levels in the urine
◉ main use of allopurinol Answer: to prevent uric acid stones
◉ Which drug is a good choice to give patients with urinary calculi (uric
acid stones)? Answer: allopurinol
◉ probenecid drug class Answer: uricosurics
◉ example of a uricosuric medication Answer: probenecid
◉ What do uricosurics (probenecid) do? Answer: lowers high levels of
uric acid in the body by helping the kidneys to get rid of uric acid
◉ where in the body do uricosurics (probenecid) work? Answer: kidneys
◉ treatments for osteoarthritis Answer: tylenol and voltaren gel; joint
injections
, ◉ what is voltaren gel? Answer: an NSAID
◉ special consideration of joint injections with osteoarthritis Answer:
benefits wear off
◉ What is the most common treatment for rheumatoid arthritis? Answer:
methotrexate (DMARD)
◉ what medication class is methotrexate? Answer: disease-modifying
antirheumatic drug (DMARD)
◉ what is an example of a tumor necrosis factor blocker (TNF)?
Answer: humira (adalimumab)
◉ What drug class is adalimumab? Answer: a biologic medication;
tumor necrosis factor blocker
◉ What is a biologic medication? Answer: medications made from
living cells
◉ What do you need to know when prescribing a biologic? Answer:
patients should be screened for latent TB, Hep B infection, and Hep C
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
◉ What class of medication is cholchicine? Answer: anti-gout agent
◉ This medication is used to treat the acute phase of gout Answer:
colchicine
◉ What class of medication is used for the acute phase of gout? Answer:
colchicine; anti-gout agents
◉ mechanism of action for colchicine (antigout agents) Answer:
decreases inflammatory response
◉ What class of medication is allopurinol? Answer: xanthine oxidase
inhibitor
◉ how do xanthine oxidase inhibitors (allopurinol) work? Answer:
reduces the production of uric acid in the body to prevent flare ups
,◉ What medication/medication class is used in long term use in people
with gout? Answer: allopurinol (xanthine oxidase inhibitors)
◉ mechanism of action for xanthine oxidase inhibitors (allopurinol)
Answer: inhibits the breakdown of purines to uric acid, lowering the uric
acid levels in the urine
◉ main use of allopurinol Answer: to prevent uric acid stones
◉ Which drug is a good choice to give patients with urinary calculi (uric
acid stones)? Answer: allopurinol
◉ probenecid drug class Answer: uricosurics
◉ example of a uricosuric medication Answer: probenecid
◉ What do uricosurics (probenecid) do? Answer: lowers high levels of
uric acid in the body by helping the kidneys to get rid of uric acid
◉ where in the body do uricosurics (probenecid) work? Answer: kidneys
◉ treatments for osteoarthritis Answer: tylenol and voltaren gel; joint
injections
, ◉ what is voltaren gel? Answer: an NSAID
◉ special consideration of joint injections with osteoarthritis Answer:
benefits wear off
◉ What is the most common treatment for rheumatoid arthritis? Answer:
methotrexate (DMARD)
◉ what medication class is methotrexate? Answer: disease-modifying
antirheumatic drug (DMARD)
◉ what is an example of a tumor necrosis factor blocker (TNF)?
Answer: humira (adalimumab)
◉ What drug class is adalimumab? Answer: a biologic medication;
tumor necrosis factor blocker
◉ What is a biologic medication? Answer: medications made from
living cells
◉ What do you need to know when prescribing a biologic? Answer:
patients should be screened for latent TB, Hep B infection, and Hep C
