Pharmacology Exam 3 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
antidote for heparin - CORRECT ANSWER - protamine sulfate
antidote for warfarin - CORRECT ANSWER - Vitamin K
other names for vitamin k - CORRECT ANSWER - phytonadione and aquamephyton
patient is receiving anticoagulant, what labs will you check? - CORRECT ANSWER - PT
and INR
S/S of bleeding - CORRECT ANSWER - bleeding from gum, bruising, blood in
urine/stool
antidote for atropine - CORRECT ANSWER - physostigmine or pilocarpine
antidote for acetaminophen/tylenol toxicity - CORRECT ANSWER - acetylcysteine
(mucomyst)
S/S of salicylate toxicity - CORRECT ANSWER - dizziness, mental confusion, difficulty
hearing, tinnitus, vertigo, bronchospasm
therapeutic serum salicylate level - CORRECT ANSWER - 10-30 mg/dL
toxic serum salicylate level - CORRECT ANSWER - >40 mg/dL
, ADV of naproxen in older adults - CORRECT ANSWER - increased toxicity, tumor,
ulcers, kidney complications
name of the treatment of golden compound for rheumatoid arthritis - CORRECT
ANSWER - chrysotherapy
name of the medication used to treat golden compound - CORRECT ANSWER - auranofin
immunosuppressant whose ADV is excessive hair growth - CORRECT ANSWER -
cyclosporine
Indications for enteral feeding and tubing - CORRECT ANSWER - leukemia, malignant
melanoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, chronic hepatitis A and C
ADV of -statin - CORRECT ANSWER - rhabdomyolysis
anticholinergic agent used for bradycardia? - CORRECT ANSWER - atropine
why would atropine be administered pre-operatively to a patient? - CORRECT
ANSWER - to reduce secretions
indications for meclizine? - CORRECT ANSWER - motion sickness, N/V, dizziness,
vertigo
non-pharmacological method to control patient's cholesterol or patient's lipids? - CORRECT
ANSWER - exercise/diet, eat fish, stop smoking, reduce stress, reduce alcohol
medicine used to diagnose pheochromocytoma? - CORRECT ANSWER - phentolamine
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
antidote for heparin - CORRECT ANSWER - protamine sulfate
antidote for warfarin - CORRECT ANSWER - Vitamin K
other names for vitamin k - CORRECT ANSWER - phytonadione and aquamephyton
patient is receiving anticoagulant, what labs will you check? - CORRECT ANSWER - PT
and INR
S/S of bleeding - CORRECT ANSWER - bleeding from gum, bruising, blood in
urine/stool
antidote for atropine - CORRECT ANSWER - physostigmine or pilocarpine
antidote for acetaminophen/tylenol toxicity - CORRECT ANSWER - acetylcysteine
(mucomyst)
S/S of salicylate toxicity - CORRECT ANSWER - dizziness, mental confusion, difficulty
hearing, tinnitus, vertigo, bronchospasm
therapeutic serum salicylate level - CORRECT ANSWER - 10-30 mg/dL
toxic serum salicylate level - CORRECT ANSWER - >40 mg/dL
, ADV of naproxen in older adults - CORRECT ANSWER - increased toxicity, tumor,
ulcers, kidney complications
name of the treatment of golden compound for rheumatoid arthritis - CORRECT
ANSWER - chrysotherapy
name of the medication used to treat golden compound - CORRECT ANSWER - auranofin
immunosuppressant whose ADV is excessive hair growth - CORRECT ANSWER -
cyclosporine
Indications for enteral feeding and tubing - CORRECT ANSWER - leukemia, malignant
melanoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, chronic hepatitis A and C
ADV of -statin - CORRECT ANSWER - rhabdomyolysis
anticholinergic agent used for bradycardia? - CORRECT ANSWER - atropine
why would atropine be administered pre-operatively to a patient? - CORRECT
ANSWER - to reduce secretions
indications for meclizine? - CORRECT ANSWER - motion sickness, N/V, dizziness,
vertigo
non-pharmacological method to control patient's cholesterol or patient's lipids? - CORRECT
ANSWER - exercise/diet, eat fish, stop smoking, reduce stress, reduce alcohol
medicine used to diagnose pheochromocytoma? - CORRECT ANSWER - phentolamine
