NURS 350 Pharmacology Exam 4
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Garlic - ✔✔- Commonly used herbal remedy
- Used for hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, prevention of heart disease,
stomach, and colon cancer
- Side effects include heartburn, upset stomach, body odor, and decreased
blood clotting
Ginger - ✔✔- Commonly used herbal remedy
- Used for nausea, motion sickness, diarrhea, pain, swelling, and arthritis
stiffness
- Side effects include nausea, gas, bloating, and heart burn
Oatmeal and Soy - ✔✔- Commonly used herbal remedy
- Used to decrease cholesterol levels
Vitamin A - ✔✔- Fat soluble vitamin
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,- Deficiency causes night blindness, skin lesions, and dysfunctional
mucous membranes
- Excessive causes teratogenic effects, thrombocytopenia, hair loss, skin
peeling, and GI upset, lethargy
Vitamin K - ✔✔- Fat soluble vitamin
- Deficiency causes spontaneous hemorrhage
- Given to decrease blood clotting/prevent bleeding tendency
Vitamin B1 - ✔✔- Thiamine
- Water soluble
- Imperative for our neurological system
- Deficiency can cause polyneuritis, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome,
neurological disorders, diplopia, ataxia
- Mostly seen in alcoholism
- can be found in legumes, whole grains, some meats and fish
Vitamin B2 - ✔✔- Riboflavin
- Water soluble
- Important for cellular respiration
- Deficiency can cause sore throat, cheilosis: skin cracks in the corners of
the mouth
- Can be found in meats, mushroom, dairy products, milk, green vegetables
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, Vitamin B3 - ✔✔- Niacin
- Water soluble
- Important for nervous system function and boosts brain function
- Can be found in liver, chicken breasts, tuna
- Deficiency can cause red tongue, rash, headache, GI upset, memory loss
Vitamin B6 - ✔✔- Pyridoxine
- Water soluble
- Can be found in poultry, soy beans, peanuts
- Important for peripheral nervous system function
- Deficiency can cause neuritis, seizures, depression, confusion, anemia,
seborrheic dermatitis
- Used in conjunction to prevent deficiency when using other medications
such as Isoniazid
Vitamin C - ✔✔- Water soluble
- Found in citrus foods such as oranges, grapefruit, etc.
- Deficiency can cause poor wound healing, scurvy, bleeding gums, and
faulty bone and tooth development
- Adverse effects due to excess dosages include decreased oral
anticoagulant effect, crystalluria if taken with aspirin or sulfonamides, GI
upset, nausea, vomiting, headaches
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Garlic - ✔✔- Commonly used herbal remedy
- Used for hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, prevention of heart disease,
stomach, and colon cancer
- Side effects include heartburn, upset stomach, body odor, and decreased
blood clotting
Ginger - ✔✔- Commonly used herbal remedy
- Used for nausea, motion sickness, diarrhea, pain, swelling, and arthritis
stiffness
- Side effects include nausea, gas, bloating, and heart burn
Oatmeal and Soy - ✔✔- Commonly used herbal remedy
- Used to decrease cholesterol levels
Vitamin A - ✔✔- Fat soluble vitamin
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,- Deficiency causes night blindness, skin lesions, and dysfunctional
mucous membranes
- Excessive causes teratogenic effects, thrombocytopenia, hair loss, skin
peeling, and GI upset, lethargy
Vitamin K - ✔✔- Fat soluble vitamin
- Deficiency causes spontaneous hemorrhage
- Given to decrease blood clotting/prevent bleeding tendency
Vitamin B1 - ✔✔- Thiamine
- Water soluble
- Imperative for our neurological system
- Deficiency can cause polyneuritis, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome,
neurological disorders, diplopia, ataxia
- Mostly seen in alcoholism
- can be found in legumes, whole grains, some meats and fish
Vitamin B2 - ✔✔- Riboflavin
- Water soluble
- Important for cellular respiration
- Deficiency can cause sore throat, cheilosis: skin cracks in the corners of
the mouth
- Can be found in meats, mushroom, dairy products, milk, green vegetables
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, Vitamin B3 - ✔✔- Niacin
- Water soluble
- Important for nervous system function and boosts brain function
- Can be found in liver, chicken breasts, tuna
- Deficiency can cause red tongue, rash, headache, GI upset, memory loss
Vitamin B6 - ✔✔- Pyridoxine
- Water soluble
- Can be found in poultry, soy beans, peanuts
- Important for peripheral nervous system function
- Deficiency can cause neuritis, seizures, depression, confusion, anemia,
seborrheic dermatitis
- Used in conjunction to prevent deficiency when using other medications
such as Isoniazid
Vitamin C - ✔✔- Water soluble
- Found in citrus foods such as oranges, grapefruit, etc.
- Deficiency can cause poor wound healing, scurvy, bleeding gums, and
faulty bone and tooth development
- Adverse effects due to excess dosages include decreased oral
anticoagulant effect, crystalluria if taken with aspirin or sulfonamides, GI
upset, nausea, vomiting, headaches
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