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Asthma & COPD - ANSWER✅✅✅Classification and management of asthma and COPD.
Benefits of ICS use - ANSWER✅✅✅First-line therapy for asthma, conflicting evidence for COPD.
Benefits of LABA use - ANSWER✅✅✅Longer duration of action for symptom prevention.
Benefits of SABA use - ANSWER✅✅✅Quick onset to relieve acute symptoms.
Bupropion - ANSWER✅✅✅Recommended length of treatment is 12 weeks.
Caffeine - ANSWER✅✅✅Intensifies adverse effects of theophylline on the heart and CNS.
Cimetidine, fluoroquinolone antibiotics, and other drugs - ANSWER✅✅✅Elevate theophylline levels.
Cold & Cough - ANSWER✅✅✅Examples of decongestants and drug interactions.
Decongestants - ANSWER✅✅✅Examples: beclomethasone dipropionate, budesonide, fluticasone,
triamcinolone, phenylephrine, pseudoephedrine, oxymetazoline, xylometazoline.
Drug-resistant TB - ANSWER✅✅✅TB bacteria resistant to drugs used for treatment.
Guaifenesin - ANSWER✅✅✅Drug class with no significant drug interactions.
Gum - ANSWER✅✅✅Chewed slowly and intermittently for approximately 30 minutes.
Importance of knowing SABA frequency - ANSWER✅✅✅Determines symptom frequency and
control, need for intervention.
NR 565 week 6
Asthma & COPD - ANSWER✅✅✅Classification and management of asthma and COPD.
Benefits of ICS use - ANSWER✅✅✅First-line therapy for asthma, conflicting evidence for COPD.
Benefits of LABA use - ANSWER✅✅✅Longer duration of action for symptom prevention.
Benefits of SABA use - ANSWER✅✅✅Quick onset to relieve acute symptoms.
Bupropion - ANSWER✅✅✅Recommended length of treatment is 12 weeks.
Caffeine - ANSWER✅✅✅Intensifies adverse effects of theophylline on the heart and CNS.
Cimetidine, fluoroquinolone antibiotics, and other drugs - ANSWER✅✅✅Elevate theophylline levels.
Cold & Cough - ANSWER✅✅✅Examples of decongestants and drug interactions.
Decongestants - ANSWER✅✅✅Examples: beclomethasone dipropionate, budesonide, fluticasone,
triamcinolone, phenylephrine, pseudoephedrine, oxymetazoline, xylometazoline.
Drug-resistant TB - ANSWER✅✅✅TB bacteria resistant to drugs used for treatment.
Guaifenesin - ANSWER✅✅✅Drug class with no significant drug interactions.
Gum - ANSWER✅✅✅Chewed slowly and intermittently for approximately 30 minutes.
Importance of knowing SABA frequency - ANSWER✅✅✅Determines symptom frequency and
control, need for intervention.
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