MARYVILLE PHARMACOLOGY 2026 EXAMS SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔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
✔✔What is the black box warning for fluoroquinolones? - ✔✔It may cause tendon
ruptures. Specifically of the achilles tendon.
✔✔What medication can be affected with the use of fluoroquinolones? - ✔✔Warfarin
because fluoroquinolones displace the flora of the gut and displaces warfarin from
albumin and interferes with metabolism by the P450 system.
✔✔Why are tetracyclines not recommended in pregnancy and in children less than 8
yrs of age? - ✔✔They can cause staining of teeth, and cause problems with bone
growth.
✔✔What population can tetracyclines like minocycline be used on? And patients who
use it might develop what? - ✔✔Adolescents. It may cause psuedotumor cerebri, drug-
induced lupus and hepatitis, skin photosensitivity, tinnitus, fatty liver
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔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
✔✔What is the black box warning for fluoroquinolones? - ✔✔It may cause tendon
ruptures. Specifically of the achilles tendon.
✔✔What medication can be affected with the use of fluoroquinolones? - ✔✔Warfarin
because fluoroquinolones displace the flora of the gut and displaces warfarin from
albumin and interferes with metabolism by the P450 system.
✔✔Why are tetracyclines not recommended in pregnancy and in children less than 8
yrs of age? - ✔✔They can cause staining of teeth, and cause problems with bone
growth.
✔✔What population can tetracyclines like minocycline be used on? And patients who
use it might develop what? - ✔✔Adolescents. It may cause psuedotumor cerebri, drug-
induced lupus and hepatitis, skin photosensitivity, tinnitus, fatty liver
