NUR 635 advanced pharmacology Midterm Exam (Grand Canyon
University) questions and answer latest 2025
Question 1
Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Bromocriptine
Question 2
What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors, such as sleep
driving?
Ambien
Question 3
Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or "mad as a hatter"
Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics
Question 4
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion
Pharmacokinetics
Question 5
Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis
Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
Question 6
This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore levels should be
monitored frequently
Lithium
,Question 7
The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children, adolescents, and young adults
SSRIs/SNRIs
Question 8
The antidote for organophosphate poisoning
Atropine
Question 9
This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia
Antipsychotics
Question 10
In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more sensitive to CNS drugs
Blood Brain Barrier
Question 11
Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a drug
First trimester
Question 12
Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular events
Beta-blockers
Question 13
Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and are often used in treatment of
Alzheimer's Disease
Cholinesterase inhibitors
, Question 14
Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and worm-like movements of the
tongue
Tardive Dyskinesia
Question 15
Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activated
Beta 2 Receptors
Question 16
This drug has led to the death of children in ultrarapid metabolizers as 10% of the drug is converted to
morphine
Codeine
Question 17
Leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S.
Hepatotoxic drugs
Question 18
An autoimmune disease that attacks the nicotinic receptors in skeletal muscle
Myasthenia Gravis
Question 19
An opioid antagonist that works to quickly reverse CNS and respiratory depression
Naloxone (Narcan)
Question 20
How the drug affects the body
Pharmacodynamics
University) questions and answer latest 2025
Question 1
Often prescribed with levodopa/carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Bromocriptine
Question 2
What medication may cause serious or possibly life-threatening sleep behaviors, such as sleep
driving?
Ambien
Question 3
Taking too much of this type of drug can make you "blind as a bat" or "mad as a hatter"
Anticholinergics, antimuscarinics
Question 4
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion
Pharmacokinetics
Question 5
Drugs used to relieve a myasthenic crisis
Neostigmine, pyridostigmine
Question 6
This drug has a very narrow therapeutic index and high risk for toxicity, therefore levels should be
monitored frequently
Lithium
,Question 7
The drug class that carries an increased risk of suicidality in children, adolescents, and young adults
SSRIs/SNRIs
Question 8
The antidote for organophosphate poisoning
Atropine
Question 9
This drug class double the rate of mortality in older adults with dementia
Antipsychotics
Question 10
In infants, this is not fully developed and therefore infants are more sensitive to CNS drugs
Blood Brain Barrier
Question 11
Time of development that fetus is at highest risk of teratogenicity from a drug
First trimester
Question 12
Do not stop this class of drug abruptly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular events
Beta-blockers
Question 13
Agents that indirectly block the breakdown of acetylcholine and are often used in treatment of
Alzheimer's Disease
Cholinesterase inhibitors
, Question 14
Adverse drug reaction that causes difficulty speaking and chewing and worm-like movements of the
tongue
Tardive Dyskinesia
Question 15
Receptor found in the lungs that causes bronchodilation when activated
Beta 2 Receptors
Question 16
This drug has led to the death of children in ultrarapid metabolizers as 10% of the drug is converted to
morphine
Codeine
Question 17
Leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S.
Hepatotoxic drugs
Question 18
An autoimmune disease that attacks the nicotinic receptors in skeletal muscle
Myasthenia Gravis
Question 19
An opioid antagonist that works to quickly reverse CNS and respiratory depression
Naloxone (Narcan)
Question 20
How the drug affects the body
Pharmacodynamics
