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FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER dd dd




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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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COURSE: NPTE Review: Pharmacology Cartes
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EXAM CODE: PROPHECY PHARMACOLOGY EXAM QUES
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TIONS ANSWERS-101 dd




EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:dd



1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. The action of an NSAID is to inhibit _____, an enzyme responsible for inflammation
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[Verified Solution]: cyclooxygenase dd dddd




Q2. An ____ acts as an anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, analgesic, and antiplatelet
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[Verified Solution]: NSAID dd dddd




Q3. 25-
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50% of patients taking a ____ experience nausea/indigestion/hearburn, and can slowly or quic
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kly progress to GI ulcers
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[Verified Solution]: NSAID dd dddd




Q4. what condition caused by an NSAID is common and can be asymptomatic until the advan
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ced stages of the disease?
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[Verified Solution]: GI ulcer dd dddd dd




Q5. platelet dysfunction/bleding, melena, HTN, edema, renal dysfunction, tinnitus, delayed he
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aling, and cardiac and liver toxicity can be caused by:
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[Verified Solution]: NSAIDs dd dddd

,Q6. NSAIDs may ____ healing due to reducing inflammation
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[Verified Solution]: delay dd dddd




Q7. A type of NSAID that irreversibly binds to cyclooxygenase to decrease platelet aggregatio
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[Verified Solution]: Aspirin (ASA) dd dddd dd




Q8. What is the half life of ASA?
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[Verified Solution]: > 1 week dd dddd dd dd




Q9. Side effects of ASA include:
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[Verified Solution]: GI pain, GI bleeding, hepatotoxicity
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Q10. Patient's taking ___ are at risk for hemorrhage and may bruise easily
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[Verified Solution]: ASA dd dddd




Q11. What are the benefits of COX-2 inhibitors as compared to NSAIDs?
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[Verified Solution]: Inhibit COX-2 (inflammation) without disrupting COX-
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1 meaning less likely to have GI issues or effect kidneys or platelets
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Q12. What system do COX-2 inhibitors potentially cause side effects for?
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[Verified Solution]: cardiovascular (MI, CVA)
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Q13. Is Acetaminophen an NSAID?
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[Verified Solution]: no. analgesic and antipyretic
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Q14. Side effects of ____ include liver toxicity, rash, GI, and angioedema
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[Verified Solution]: Acetaminophen dd dddd

, Q15. What is the max dosage of acetaminophen?
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[Verified Solution]: 1g/4 hours, 4g/day
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Q16. ____ is an anti-
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migraine medication that vasoconstricts cerebral arteries > peripheral arteries
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[Verified Solution]: Sumatriptan dd dddd




Q17. Side effects of sumatriptan are:
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[Verified Solution]: drowsiness, dizziness
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Q18. Anti- dddd



seizure, blood pressure, and tricyclic antidepressants may also be prescribed to act as what typ
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e of medication?
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[Verified Solution]: anti-migraine
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Q19. powerful anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant
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[Verified Solution]: corticosteroid
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Q20. _____ are commonly used with acute/severe inflammation (such as orthopedic, rheumato
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logic, gout, MS, asthma, COPD)
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[Verified Solution]: corticosteroids
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Q21. Budesonide, triamcinolone, prednisone, and methylprednisone are all what type of medic
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ation?
[Verified Solution]: corticosteroid
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Q22. corticosteroids can have ___ effects such as osteoporosis, weakening of musculotendinous
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units, and proximal weakness
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[Verified Solution]: catabolic dd dddd

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