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Quiz____?
What is/are the action(s) of the drug metformin?
a. Decreases Hepatic glucose production and intestinal glucose absorption
b. Increases sensitivity to insulin
c. Short term sedation
d. Both A and -
Answer✓✓
d. Both A and B
a. Decreases Hepatic glucose production and intestinal glucose absorption
b. Increases sensitivity to insulin
Quiz____?
When administering the drug senna to a patient, a health care provider
must
inform the patient of which of the following
A. This drug is intended to lower blood pressure and is best used in
combination
with other antihypertensives
b. This drug is not intended for long term use
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,c. The patient must limit his/her fiber intake
d. Advise patient to change positions slowly to limit the risk of
orthostatic hypotension - -
Answer✓✓
b. This drug is not intended for long term use
Quiz____?
When giving digoxin (Lanoxin) to a patient, the health care provider
notices
various signs and symptoms of an overdose. The health care provider
knows to
give which of the following to reverse digoxin toxicity
a. Naloxone
b. Vitamin K
c. Digibind
d. Fluemanzil - -
Answer✓✓
c. Digibind
Quiz____?
While providing an Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, the
patient
asks
4. what the action of the drug is. As a health care provider, you explain
that the
action of an ACE inhibitor is
a. To lower blood pressure by blocking the conversion of angiotensin I
to vasoconstrictor angiotensin II
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, b. To inhibit reabsorption of sodium back into the body, ultimately
increasing
urine output and lowering blood pressure
c. To decrease heart rate and blood pressure by competing with Beta1 and
Beta2 receptors in the heart and lungs
d. To lower blood glucose by stimulating the release of insulin - -
Answer✓✓
a. To lower blood
pressure by blocking the conversion of angiotensin I to vasoconstrictor
angiotensin II
Quiz____?
Which of the following types of insulin is "long-acting"?
a. Lispro (Humalog)
b. NPH (Humulin N)
c. Regular insulin (Humulin R)
d. Glargine (Lantus) - -
Answer✓✓
d. Glargine (Lantus)
Quiz____?
What is the therapeutic use of metformin?
A. Lower blood pressure.
B. To diminish seizure activity.
C. The maintenance of a person's blood glucose.
D. Increase heart rate and decrease gastrointestinal secretions. - -
Answer✓✓
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