HNG 540 ACTUAL TEST FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS EXAMPREP
STUDY SHEET
●● What class of medication is cholchicine?
Answer: anti-gout agent
●● This medication is used to treat the acute phase of gout
Answer: colchicine
●● What class of medication is used for the acute phase of gout?
Answer: colchicine; anti-gout agents
●● mechanism of action for colchicine (antigout agents)
Answer: decreases inflammatory response
●● What class of medication is allopurinol?
Answer: xanthine oxidase inhibitor
●● how do xanthine oxidase inhibitors (allopurinol) work?
Answer: reduces the production of uric acid in the body to prevent flare
ups
,●● What medication/medication class is used in long term use in people
with gout?
Answer: allopurinol (xanthine oxidase inhibitors)
●● mechanism of action for xanthine oxidase inhibitors (allopurinol)
Answer: inhibits the breakdown of purines to uric acid, lowering the uric
acid levels in the urine
●● main use of allopurinol
Answer: to prevent uric acid stones
●● Which drug is a good choice to give patients with urinary calculi
(uric acid stones)?
Answer: allopurinol
●● probenecid drug class
Answer: uricosurics
●● example of a uricosuric medication
Answer: probenecid
●● What do uricosurics (probenecid) do?
, Answer: lowers high levels of uric acid in the body by helping the
kidneys to get rid of uric acid
●● where in the body do uricosurics (probenecid) work?
Answer: kidneys
●● treatments for osteoarthritis
Answer: tylenol and voltaren gel; joint injections
●● what is voltaren gel?
Answer: an NSAID
●● special consideration of joint injections with osteoarthritis
Answer: benefits wear off
●● What is the most common treatment for rheumatoid arthritis?
Answer: methotrexate (DMARD)
●● what medication class is methotrexate?
Answer: disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)
●● what is an example of a tumor necrosis factor blocker (TNF)?
AND CORRECT ANSWERS EXAMPREP
STUDY SHEET
●● What class of medication is cholchicine?
Answer: anti-gout agent
●● This medication is used to treat the acute phase of gout
Answer: colchicine
●● What class of medication is used for the acute phase of gout?
Answer: colchicine; anti-gout agents
●● mechanism of action for colchicine (antigout agents)
Answer: decreases inflammatory response
●● What class of medication is allopurinol?
Answer: xanthine oxidase inhibitor
●● how do xanthine oxidase inhibitors (allopurinol) work?
Answer: reduces the production of uric acid in the body to prevent flare
ups
,●● What medication/medication class is used in long term use in people
with gout?
Answer: allopurinol (xanthine oxidase inhibitors)
●● mechanism of action for xanthine oxidase inhibitors (allopurinol)
Answer: inhibits the breakdown of purines to uric acid, lowering the uric
acid levels in the urine
●● main use of allopurinol
Answer: to prevent uric acid stones
●● Which drug is a good choice to give patients with urinary calculi
(uric acid stones)?
Answer: allopurinol
●● probenecid drug class
Answer: uricosurics
●● example of a uricosuric medication
Answer: probenecid
●● What do uricosurics (probenecid) do?
, Answer: lowers high levels of uric acid in the body by helping the
kidneys to get rid of uric acid
●● where in the body do uricosurics (probenecid) work?
Answer: kidneys
●● treatments for osteoarthritis
Answer: tylenol and voltaren gel; joint injections
●● what is voltaren gel?
Answer: an NSAID
●● special consideration of joint injections with osteoarthritis
Answer: benefits wear off
●● What is the most common treatment for rheumatoid arthritis?
Answer: methotrexate (DMARD)
●● what medication class is methotrexate?
Answer: disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)
●● what is an example of a tumor necrosis factor blocker (TNF)?
