NU150 PHARMACOLOGY EXAM #3
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
DRUGS USED TO RELIEVE PAIN W/O POSSIBILITY OF CAUSING PHYSICAL
DEPENDENCY: - Answer ✔✔ - NONOPIOID ANALGESICS
ANALGESIC ACTION: - Answer ✔✔ - PAIN RELIEVING
ANTIPYRETIC ACTION: - Answer ✔✔ - DECREASE BODY TEMPERATURE
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTION: - Answer ✔✔ - DECREASE INFLAMMATION
TYPES OF NONOPIOID ANALGESICS: - Answer ✔✔ - -SALICYLATES
-NON-SALICYLATES
-NON STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS)
TYPES OF SALICYLATES: - Answer ✔✔ - -ANALGESICS
-ANTIPYRETICS
-ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
EXAMPLES OF SALICYLATES: - Answer ✔✔ - -ASPIRIN (ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID OR
ASA)
-BAYER, ECOTRIN, ANACIN
ANALGESIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTION DUE TO INHIBITION OF
PROSTAGLANDINS AND LOWERS TEMPERATURE BY DILATING PERIPHERAL BLOOD
VESSELS AND COOLS THE BODY: - Answer ✔✔ - SALICYLATES
Inhibits the aggregation of platelets and is effective in the treatment of cardiac ischemia
(STROKE)? - Answer ✔✔ - ASA (ASPIRIN)
USES OF SALICYLATES: - Answer ✔✔ - -MILD TO MODERATE PAIN
-REDUCE BODY TEMPERATURE
-TX OF INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS (ARTHRITIS)
-REDUCE RISK OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
-REDUCE RISK OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS DUE TO FIBRIN PLT EMBOLI
, ADVERSE REACTIONS OF SALICYLATES: - Answer ✔✔ - -GI BLEED W/PROLONGED
USE OR LARGE DOSES
-ALLERGIC REACTIONS (HIVES, BRONCHOSPASMS, ANAPHYLAXIS)
-SALICYLISM
TOXICITY FROM REPEATED ADMIN OF LARGE DOSES (REVERSIBLE W/ DOSE
REDUCTION): - Answer ✔✔ - SALICYLISM
S/S OF SALICYLISM: - Answer ✔✔ - -TINNITUS
-MENTAL CONFUSION
-SWEATING
-TACHYCARDIA
-LASSITUDE
SALICYLATES ARE CONTRAINDICATED IN PT'S W/: - Answer ✔✔ - -KNOWN
HYPERSENSITIVITY TO SALICYLATES OR NSAIDS
-BLEEDING DISORDERS OR TENDENCIES (GI BLEED, PT ON ANTICOAGULANT
THERAPY)
-CHILDREN AND TEENS W/ FLU OR CHICKENPOX DUE TO ASSOCIATION W/ REYES
SYNDROME (LIFE THREATENING)
S/S OF REYES SYNDROME: - Answer ✔✔ - VOMITING
LETHARGY
PROGRESSING TO COMA
WHAT KIND OF MED CAN DECREASE THE EFFECT OF SALICYLATES? - Answer ✔✔ -
ANTACIDS
ASPIRIN MAY INCREASE RISK OF BLEEDING DURING ADMINISTRATION OF WHAT MED?
- Answer ✔✔ - HEPARIN
IF SALICYLATES ARE ADMINISTERED W/ THIS MED, IT MAY INCREASE THIS MEDS
BLOOD LEVELS. - Answer ✔✔ - NSAIDS
NON SALICYLATES - Answer ✔✔ - ACETAMINOPHEN (TYLENOL)
ACETAMINOPHEN IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR: - Answer ✔✔ - ASPIRIN
WHAT IS THE BEST MED TO USE WHEN TREATING CHILDREN W/ FEVER AND FLU LIKE
SYMPTOMS? - Answer ✔✔ - ACETAMINOPHEN (TYLENOL)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
DRUGS USED TO RELIEVE PAIN W/O POSSIBILITY OF CAUSING PHYSICAL
DEPENDENCY: - Answer ✔✔ - NONOPIOID ANALGESICS
ANALGESIC ACTION: - Answer ✔✔ - PAIN RELIEVING
ANTIPYRETIC ACTION: - Answer ✔✔ - DECREASE BODY TEMPERATURE
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTION: - Answer ✔✔ - DECREASE INFLAMMATION
TYPES OF NONOPIOID ANALGESICS: - Answer ✔✔ - -SALICYLATES
-NON-SALICYLATES
-NON STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS)
TYPES OF SALICYLATES: - Answer ✔✔ - -ANALGESICS
-ANTIPYRETICS
-ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
EXAMPLES OF SALICYLATES: - Answer ✔✔ - -ASPIRIN (ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID OR
ASA)
-BAYER, ECOTRIN, ANACIN
ANALGESIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTION DUE TO INHIBITION OF
PROSTAGLANDINS AND LOWERS TEMPERATURE BY DILATING PERIPHERAL BLOOD
VESSELS AND COOLS THE BODY: - Answer ✔✔ - SALICYLATES
Inhibits the aggregation of platelets and is effective in the treatment of cardiac ischemia
(STROKE)? - Answer ✔✔ - ASA (ASPIRIN)
USES OF SALICYLATES: - Answer ✔✔ - -MILD TO MODERATE PAIN
-REDUCE BODY TEMPERATURE
-TX OF INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS (ARTHRITIS)
-REDUCE RISK OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
-REDUCE RISK OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS DUE TO FIBRIN PLT EMBOLI
, ADVERSE REACTIONS OF SALICYLATES: - Answer ✔✔ - -GI BLEED W/PROLONGED
USE OR LARGE DOSES
-ALLERGIC REACTIONS (HIVES, BRONCHOSPASMS, ANAPHYLAXIS)
-SALICYLISM
TOXICITY FROM REPEATED ADMIN OF LARGE DOSES (REVERSIBLE W/ DOSE
REDUCTION): - Answer ✔✔ - SALICYLISM
S/S OF SALICYLISM: - Answer ✔✔ - -TINNITUS
-MENTAL CONFUSION
-SWEATING
-TACHYCARDIA
-LASSITUDE
SALICYLATES ARE CONTRAINDICATED IN PT'S W/: - Answer ✔✔ - -KNOWN
HYPERSENSITIVITY TO SALICYLATES OR NSAIDS
-BLEEDING DISORDERS OR TENDENCIES (GI BLEED, PT ON ANTICOAGULANT
THERAPY)
-CHILDREN AND TEENS W/ FLU OR CHICKENPOX DUE TO ASSOCIATION W/ REYES
SYNDROME (LIFE THREATENING)
S/S OF REYES SYNDROME: - Answer ✔✔ - VOMITING
LETHARGY
PROGRESSING TO COMA
WHAT KIND OF MED CAN DECREASE THE EFFECT OF SALICYLATES? - Answer ✔✔ -
ANTACIDS
ASPIRIN MAY INCREASE RISK OF BLEEDING DURING ADMINISTRATION OF WHAT MED?
- Answer ✔✔ - HEPARIN
IF SALICYLATES ARE ADMINISTERED W/ THIS MED, IT MAY INCREASE THIS MEDS
BLOOD LEVELS. - Answer ✔✔ - NSAIDS
NON SALICYLATES - Answer ✔✔ - ACETAMINOPHEN (TYLENOL)
ACETAMINOPHEN IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR: - Answer ✔✔ - ASPIRIN
WHAT IS THE BEST MED TO USE WHEN TREATING CHILDREN W/ FEVER AND FLU LIKE
SYMPTOMS? - Answer ✔✔ - ACETAMINOPHEN (TYLENOL)
