NSG 5240 Advanced Pharmacology Final
Exam Review Questions and Correct
Answers (Verified Answers) | 2026 Update |
Graded A+ (South College)
Why are nitrate-free periods every 24 hours necessary for the patient on
nitroglycerin therapy? - ANSWERS To inhibit the development of tolerance
What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate? - ANSWERS
Hyperthroidism
What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed patient with a low TSH
level with? - ANSWERS Propanolol (Inderal)
Spironoaldactone (Aldactone) has what mechanism of action (MOA)? -
ANSWERS Aldosterone antagonist
Heparin exerts its therapeutic action by what? - ANSWERS 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. - ANSWERS Mast cells liberate large doses of
histamine.
, What are two systemic psoriasis medications? - ANSWERS Photo-therapy and
topical corticosteroids
What is the first choice of drug therapy for the majority of patients with
uncomplicated stage I hypertension? - ANSWERS Thiazide diuretics
What is the effect of cardiac glycosides? - ANSWERS Digitalis glycosides have a
negative chronotropic effect on the cardiac muscle cells.
Amenorrhea is the most common side effect of which birth control medication? -
ANSWERS Medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera)
What is an anti-hypertensive agent which competes with epinephrine for available
beta-receptor sites? - ANSWERS Atenolol (Tenormin)
What type of action does nitrates have on the body? - ANSWERS Reduction in
systemic venous tone.
What is the recommended level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) for
patients with known coronary artery disease? - ANSWERS 100mg/dl or less.
What is the MOA of group IV anti-dysrhythmia drugs? - ANSWERS 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? -
ANSWERS Anti-thyroid drugs.
Exam Review Questions and Correct
Answers (Verified Answers) | 2026 Update |
Graded A+ (South College)
Why are nitrate-free periods every 24 hours necessary for the patient on
nitroglycerin therapy? - ANSWERS To inhibit the development of tolerance
What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate? - ANSWERS
Hyperthroidism
What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed patient with a low TSH
level with? - ANSWERS Propanolol (Inderal)
Spironoaldactone (Aldactone) has what mechanism of action (MOA)? -
ANSWERS Aldosterone antagonist
Heparin exerts its therapeutic action by what? - ANSWERS 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. - ANSWERS Mast cells liberate large doses of
histamine.
, What are two systemic psoriasis medications? - ANSWERS Photo-therapy and
topical corticosteroids
What is the first choice of drug therapy for the majority of patients with
uncomplicated stage I hypertension? - ANSWERS Thiazide diuretics
What is the effect of cardiac glycosides? - ANSWERS Digitalis glycosides have a
negative chronotropic effect on the cardiac muscle cells.
Amenorrhea is the most common side effect of which birth control medication? -
ANSWERS Medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera)
What is an anti-hypertensive agent which competes with epinephrine for available
beta-receptor sites? - ANSWERS Atenolol (Tenormin)
What type of action does nitrates have on the body? - ANSWERS Reduction in
systemic venous tone.
What is the recommended level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) for
patients with known coronary artery disease? - ANSWERS 100mg/dl or less.
What is the MOA of group IV anti-dysrhythmia drugs? - ANSWERS 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? -
ANSWERS Anti-thyroid drugs.
