MARYVILLE NURS 615 PHARM CORRECT FINAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What result do Benzos have on the body? - ✔✔sedative
hypnotic
anxiolytic
anticonvulsant
muscle relaxer
✔✔What are long acting Benzos prescribed for? - ✔✔Treatment of anxiety
✔✔What are short acting Benzos prescribed for? - ✔✔Treatment of insomnia
✔✔What would be a good medication to prescribe for panic disorder? - ✔✔Diazepam
(Valium)
✔✔What is a anorexiant medication to treat obesity? - ✔✔Phentermine
✔✔What is a precaution with Phentermine? - ✔✔Anorexiants may cause tolerance and
should only be used for 6 months
✔✔What medications or herbals should be avoided with Phentermine? Why? -
✔✔SSRIs and St. Johns Wort...the combination may cause serotonin syndrome
✔✔Phentermine releases what two chemicals? - ✔✔Epinephrine and norepinephrine
✔✔Epi and norepi causes what to break down? - ✔✔Fat cells to break down stored fat
✔✔What are Signs and symptoms of seratonin syndrome? - ✔✔Headache, agitation,
mental confusion, hallucinations, coma
, ✔✔What are autonomic effects that you can get from seratonin syndrome? -
✔✔Shivering, sweating, hyperthermia, vasoconstriction, tachycardia, nausea, diarrhea
✔✔What factors place a patient at risk for developing antimicrobial resistant organisms?
- ✔✔Inappropriate use of antibiotics
Children less than 2 years of age
Adults older than 65 yrs of age
Patients who do not finish their antibiotic regimen
✔✔What are appropriate antibiotics to prescribe to pregnant women and children? -
✔✔PCN or Cephalosporins
(Amoxicillin, or Augmentin)
✔✔Which antibiotics inhibit cell wall synthesis? - ✔✔Beta-lactam antibiotics
Vancomycin
✔✔Why is clavulanate added to Amoxicillin? - ✔✔Clavulanate is a Beta-lactam inhibitor.
This increases the spectrum of action and is effective at preventing amoxicillin-resistant
bacteria that produce Beta-lactamase
✔✔What type of antibiotics should be avoided in children and pregnant women? -
✔✔Tetracycline, fluoroquinolones
✔✔What is a normal side effect of amoxicillin? - ✔✔Diarrhea and it is recommended to
continue to take the medicine, drink lots of water, and take probiotics daily, eat yogurt
✔✔The American Heart Association recommedations for prophylaxis antibiotic use prior
to dental care are... - ✔✔1. Prosthetic cardiac valve or prosthetic material used in valve
repair
2. Previous Endocarditis
3. The following congenital diseases
I. Unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart disease including palliative shunts and conduits
II. Completely repaired congenital heart disease with prosthetic material device,
whether placed surgically or with a catheter for 6 months following the procedure
III. Repaired congenital heart disease with residual effects at the site or adjacent to the
site of a prosthetic patch or prosthetic device which inhibit endothelialization
IV. Cardiac transplantation recipients with cardiac valvular disease
✔✔What antibiotic is used for dental appointments? - ✔✔Amoxicillin 2 gm for adults
50mg/kg in children
✔✔What should fluoroquinolones be reserved to treat? - ✔✔Community acquired
pneumonia in patients with comorbidities and Hospital acquired pneumonia
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What result do Benzos have on the body? - ✔✔sedative
hypnotic
anxiolytic
anticonvulsant
muscle relaxer
✔✔What are long acting Benzos prescribed for? - ✔✔Treatment of anxiety
✔✔What are short acting Benzos prescribed for? - ✔✔Treatment of insomnia
✔✔What would be a good medication to prescribe for panic disorder? - ✔✔Diazepam
(Valium)
✔✔What is a anorexiant medication to treat obesity? - ✔✔Phentermine
✔✔What is a precaution with Phentermine? - ✔✔Anorexiants may cause tolerance and
should only be used for 6 months
✔✔What medications or herbals should be avoided with Phentermine? Why? -
✔✔SSRIs and St. Johns Wort...the combination may cause serotonin syndrome
✔✔Phentermine releases what two chemicals? - ✔✔Epinephrine and norepinephrine
✔✔Epi and norepi causes what to break down? - ✔✔Fat cells to break down stored fat
✔✔What are Signs and symptoms of seratonin syndrome? - ✔✔Headache, agitation,
mental confusion, hallucinations, coma
, ✔✔What are autonomic effects that you can get from seratonin syndrome? -
✔✔Shivering, sweating, hyperthermia, vasoconstriction, tachycardia, nausea, diarrhea
✔✔What factors place a patient at risk for developing antimicrobial resistant organisms?
- ✔✔Inappropriate use of antibiotics
Children less than 2 years of age
Adults older than 65 yrs of age
Patients who do not finish their antibiotic regimen
✔✔What are appropriate antibiotics to prescribe to pregnant women and children? -
✔✔PCN or Cephalosporins
(Amoxicillin, or Augmentin)
✔✔Which antibiotics inhibit cell wall synthesis? - ✔✔Beta-lactam antibiotics
Vancomycin
✔✔Why is clavulanate added to Amoxicillin? - ✔✔Clavulanate is a Beta-lactam inhibitor.
This increases the spectrum of action and is effective at preventing amoxicillin-resistant
bacteria that produce Beta-lactamase
✔✔What type of antibiotics should be avoided in children and pregnant women? -
✔✔Tetracycline, fluoroquinolones
✔✔What is a normal side effect of amoxicillin? - ✔✔Diarrhea and it is recommended to
continue to take the medicine, drink lots of water, and take probiotics daily, eat yogurt
✔✔The American Heart Association recommedations for prophylaxis antibiotic use prior
to dental care are... - ✔✔1. Prosthetic cardiac valve or prosthetic material used in valve
repair
2. Previous Endocarditis
3. The following congenital diseases
I. Unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart disease including palliative shunts and conduits
II. Completely repaired congenital heart disease with prosthetic material device,
whether placed surgically or with a catheter for 6 months following the procedure
III. Repaired congenital heart disease with residual effects at the site or adjacent to the
site of a prosthetic patch or prosthetic device which inhibit endothelialization
IV. Cardiac transplantation recipients with cardiac valvular disease
✔✔What antibiotic is used for dental appointments? - ✔✔Amoxicillin 2 gm for adults
50mg/kg in children
✔✔What should fluoroquinolones be reserved to treat? - ✔✔Community acquired
pneumonia in patients with comorbidities and Hospital acquired pneumonia
