ATI PHARMACOLOGY MADE EASY 4.0
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM TEST BANK
UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● Example of an antispasmodic
Answer: Skelaxin (metaxalone)
●● Bisphosphonates
Answer: similar medication for osteoporosis, but without side effects
●● Estrogen (or hormone) replacement therapy (ERT)
Answer: used for bone resorption of calcium and can reduce the extent
of osteoporosis
●● What can DMARDs do?
Answer: They cannot cure the disease, but they may be able to slow the
continual joint destruction
●● DMARDS may be used in patients with...
Answer: rheumatoid arthritis
, ●● The goal of treatment using DMARD's is...
Answer: not cure, but continued joint mobility
●● Examples of DMARD's include
Answer: Rheumatrex (methotrexate), Neoral (cyclosporine), Azulfidine
(sulfasalazine), Solganal (gold aurothioglucose)
●● Why is Solganol an interesting example of DMARD's
Answer: it is given by injection or sometime orally and it prevent joint
damage and disability - it tends to work best in the early stages of
rheumatoid arthritis
●● Corticosteroids
Answer: reduce the bodies ability to fight infection
●● How long are corticosteroids used for?
Answer: Only for short term therapy during acute symptomatic episodes
●● Corticosteroids reduce inflammation by...
Answer: Suppressing the production of materials that trigger allergic and
inflammatory responses, but they do not cure inflammatory disease such
as arthritis and gout.
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM TEST BANK
UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● Example of an antispasmodic
Answer: Skelaxin (metaxalone)
●● Bisphosphonates
Answer: similar medication for osteoporosis, but without side effects
●● Estrogen (or hormone) replacement therapy (ERT)
Answer: used for bone resorption of calcium and can reduce the extent
of osteoporosis
●● What can DMARDs do?
Answer: They cannot cure the disease, but they may be able to slow the
continual joint destruction
●● DMARDS may be used in patients with...
Answer: rheumatoid arthritis
, ●● The goal of treatment using DMARD's is...
Answer: not cure, but continued joint mobility
●● Examples of DMARD's include
Answer: Rheumatrex (methotrexate), Neoral (cyclosporine), Azulfidine
(sulfasalazine), Solganal (gold aurothioglucose)
●● Why is Solganol an interesting example of DMARD's
Answer: it is given by injection or sometime orally and it prevent joint
damage and disability - it tends to work best in the early stages of
rheumatoid arthritis
●● Corticosteroids
Answer: reduce the bodies ability to fight infection
●● How long are corticosteroids used for?
Answer: Only for short term therapy during acute symptomatic episodes
●● Corticosteroids reduce inflammation by...
Answer: Suppressing the production of materials that trigger allergic and
inflammatory responses, but they do not cure inflammatory disease such
as arthritis and gout.
