NSG 5240 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY EXAM
2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
What physiologic action happens when the offending drug is administered during
an anaphylactic reaction.
Mast cells liberate large doses of histamine.
What are two systemic psoriasis medications?
Photo-therapy and topical corticosteroids
What is the first choice of drug therapy for the majority of patients with
uncomplicated stage I hypertension?
Thiazide diuretics
What is the effect of cardiac glycosides?
Digitalis glycosides have a negative chronotropic effect on the cardiac muscle
cells.
Amenorrhea is the most common side effect of which birth control medication?
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera)
,What is an anti-hypertensive agent which competes with epinephrine for available
beta-receptor sites?
Atenolol (Tenormin)
What type of action does nitrates have on the body?
Reduction in systemic venous tone.
What is the recommended level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) for
patients with known coronary artery disease?
100mg/dl or less.
What is the MOA of group IV anti-dysrhythmia drugs?
Depressing phase 4 depolarization and lengthening phases 1 and 2 repolarization.
Which drug therapy should be used to lower the serum concentration of thyroid
hormones and re-establish eumetabolic state in a patient with Graves' disease?
Anti-thyroid drugs.
Why are nitrate-free periods every 24 hours necessary for the patient on
nitroglycerin therapy?
To inhibit the development of tolerance
, What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate?
Hyperthroidism
What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed patient with a low TSH
level with?
Propanolol (Inderal)
Spironoaldactone (Aldactone) has what mechanism of action (MOA)?
Aldosterone antagonist
Heparin exerts its therapeutic action by what?
Upregulating the activity of one of the body's natural anticoagulant molecules,
antithrombin III
Which type of diuretic would be used for a stage I hypertension in a patient with
renal insufficiency?
Loop diuretic.
2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
What physiologic action happens when the offending drug is administered during
an anaphylactic reaction.
Mast cells liberate large doses of histamine.
What are two systemic psoriasis medications?
Photo-therapy and topical corticosteroids
What is the first choice of drug therapy for the majority of patients with
uncomplicated stage I hypertension?
Thiazide diuretics
What is the effect of cardiac glycosides?
Digitalis glycosides have a negative chronotropic effect on the cardiac muscle
cells.
Amenorrhea is the most common side effect of which birth control medication?
Medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera)
,What is an anti-hypertensive agent which competes with epinephrine for available
beta-receptor sites?
Atenolol (Tenormin)
What type of action does nitrates have on the body?
Reduction in systemic venous tone.
What is the recommended level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) for
patients with known coronary artery disease?
100mg/dl or less.
What is the MOA of group IV anti-dysrhythmia drugs?
Depressing phase 4 depolarization and lengthening phases 1 and 2 repolarization.
Which drug therapy should be used to lower the serum concentration of thyroid
hormones and re-establish eumetabolic state in a patient with Graves' disease?
Anti-thyroid drugs.
Why are nitrate-free periods every 24 hours necessary for the patient on
nitroglycerin therapy?
To inhibit the development of tolerance
, What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate?
Hyperthroidism
What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed patient with a low TSH
level with?
Propanolol (Inderal)
Spironoaldactone (Aldactone) has what mechanism of action (MOA)?
Aldosterone antagonist
Heparin exerts its therapeutic action by what?
Upregulating the activity of one of the body's natural anticoagulant molecules,
antithrombin III
Which type of diuretic would be used for a stage I hypertension in a patient with
renal insufficiency?
Loop diuretic.
