Chapter 14. Drugs Affecting the Respiratory System
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Digoxin levels need to be monitored closely when the following medication is started:
1. Loratadine
2. Diphenhydramine
3. Ipratropium
4. Albuterol
2. Patients with pheochromocytoma should avoid which of the following classes of drugs because of
the possibility of developing hypertensive crisis?
1. Expectorants
2. Beta-2-agonists
3. Antitussives
4. Antihistamines
, 3. Harold, a 42-year-old African American, has moderate persistent asthma. Which of the following
asthma medications should be used cautiously, if at all?
1. Betamethasone, an inhaled corticosteroid
2. Salmeterol, an inhaled long-acting beta-agonist
3. Albuterol, a short-acting beta-agonist
4. Montelukast, a leukotriene modifier
4. Long-acting beta-agonists (LTBAs) received a Black Box Warning from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration due to the:
1. Risk of life-threatening dermatological reactions
2. Increased incidence of cardiac events when LTBAs are used
3. Increased risk of asthma-related deaths when LTBAs are used
4. Risk for life-threatening alterations in electrolytes
5. The bronchodilator of choice for patients taking propranolol is:
1. Albuterol
2. Pirbuterol
3. Formoterol
4. Ipratropium
6. James is a 52-year-old overweight smoker taking theophylline for his persistent asthma. He tells his
provider he is going to start the Atkin’s diet for weight loss. The appropriate response would be:
1. Congratulate him on making a positive change in his life.
2. Recommend he try stopping smoking instead of the Atkin’s diet.
3. Schedule him for regular testing of serum theophylline levels during his diet due to
increased excretion of theophylline.
4. Decrease his theophylline dose because a high-protein diet may lead to elevated
theophylline levels.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Digoxin levels need to be monitored closely when the following medication is started:
1. Loratadine
2. Diphenhydramine
3. Ipratropium
4. Albuterol
2. Patients with pheochromocytoma should avoid which of the following classes of drugs because of
the possibility of developing hypertensive crisis?
1. Expectorants
2. Beta-2-agonists
3. Antitussives
4. Antihistamines
, 3. Harold, a 42-year-old African American, has moderate persistent asthma. Which of the following
asthma medications should be used cautiously, if at all?
1. Betamethasone, an inhaled corticosteroid
2. Salmeterol, an inhaled long-acting beta-agonist
3. Albuterol, a short-acting beta-agonist
4. Montelukast, a leukotriene modifier
4. Long-acting beta-agonists (LTBAs) received a Black Box Warning from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration due to the:
1. Risk of life-threatening dermatological reactions
2. Increased incidence of cardiac events when LTBAs are used
3. Increased risk of asthma-related deaths when LTBAs are used
4. Risk for life-threatening alterations in electrolytes
5. The bronchodilator of choice for patients taking propranolol is:
1. Albuterol
2. Pirbuterol
3. Formoterol
4. Ipratropium
6. James is a 52-year-old overweight smoker taking theophylline for his persistent asthma. He tells his
provider he is going to start the Atkin’s diet for weight loss. The appropriate response would be:
1. Congratulate him on making a positive change in his life.
2. Recommend he try stopping smoking instead of the Atkin’s diet.
3. Schedule him for regular testing of serum theophylline levels during his diet due to
increased excretion of theophylline.
4. Decrease his theophylline dose because a high-protein diet may lead to elevated
theophylline levels.
