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Advanced Pharmacology
Fundamentals | Questions and
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Chamberlain
Question:
Opioid Tolerance
Answer:
a normal physiologic condition that results from long-term opioid use, in
which larger doses of opioids are required to maintain the same level of
analgesia and in which abrupt discontinuation of the drug results in
withdrawal symptoms
,Question:
Opioid Withdrawal
Answer:
the signs and symptoms associated with abstinence from or withdrawal of an
opioid analgesic when the body has become physically dependent on the
substance
Question:
Order HTN medications for non-Black Patients
Answer:
Thiazides, ACEI, ARB
Question:
Order HTN medications for Black Patients
Answer:
Thiazides, CCB
Question:
Which HTN medication is best for someone with diabetes
Answer:
ACEIs, ARBs, CCBs, and diuretics (in low dose)
,Question:
Diabetic Nephropathy best HTN medications?
Answer:
ACEIs and ARBs can slow the progression of renal damage and reduce
albuminuria.
Question:
Why not CCB rather than ACE-I?
Answer:
CCB's can increase the risk for MI
Question:
Thiazide or thiazide-type diuretics
Answer:
-increase renal excretion of sodium, chloride, potassium and water
, Question:
ACE Inhibitors
Answer:
angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
"PRILs"
Question:
ARBs
Answer:
Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers
Question:
CCBs
Answer:
dihydropyridines act primarily on arterioles