PHARM CMS STUDY GUIDE Questions And Answers 2022/2023
What is the Opioid Toxicity Triad? - Answer - Coma, respiratory depression, and pinpoint pupils. What drug is used to reverse opioid toxicity? - Answer - Naloxone. When do you administer the varicella vaccine? - Answer - 1 dose: 12-15 months and 4-6 years OR: 2 doses, 4 weeks apart if older than 13 years old. What are contraindications to the varicella vaccine? - Answer - Anaphylactic reaction to gelatin or neomycin. CANCER. Ranolazine - What is it used for? - Interactions? - What can you take it with? - Answer - - Used with amlodipine for chronic stable angina. - Cannot use with digoxin and simvastatin. - Amlodipine STATIN DRUGS (Simvastatin, Lovastatin, Pravastatin, Rosuvastatin, Fluvastatin, Pitavastatin, Simvastatin + Ezetimibe) - Complications? - Avoid? - What labs do you monitor? (6 levels/tests) - Answer - - All statins are used to LOWER LDL cholesterol. - Complications: hepatotoxicity (evidenced by increased AST), myopathy (CK level). - Avoid grapefruit juice. - Baseline cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglyceride levels, liver function tests, and kidney function tests. MYCIN DRUGS (Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Neomycin, Streptomycin, Paromomycin) - What is it used for? - Complications? - Interactions? - Answer - - Used to treat gram-negative bacilli (E. Coli, UTI) - Complications:
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