Advanced Pharm final NUR 651
Comprehensive Questions and
Solutions Graded A+
Criteria for choosing effective medication - Answer: consulting nationally recognized guideline
for disease management
Clinical judgment in prescribing - Answer: Factoring in cost of medication for patient
Elderly dosing considerations - Answer: Serum creatinine levels <30
Contraindications of weight loss drugs with what antidepressant - Answer: SSRI
Pharmacokinetics - Answer: Body does to drug-absorption, metabolism, distribution, excretion
Pharmacodynamics - Answer: What does drug due to body, body's response to drug
Affinity - Answer: strength of attraction between drug and receptor, increase affinity=decreased
dose requirements
PUD and H. Pylori First line tx - Answer: PPI BID + antibiotic (amoxicillin) + antibiotic
(Clarithromycin) daily for 14 days
, PUTD and H. Pylori Second line of treatment - Answer: PPI BID + Metronidazol + Tetracycline +
Bismuth Subsalicylate for 14 days
Adverse reactions are what - Answer: Drug induced toxic reaction, causes patient to stop taking
the drug
Define Mechanism of action - Answer: What the drug does to the body, specific chemical
actions in the body
Define Half Life - Answer: Time for plasma concentration of a drug to be reduced by 50%
Diarrhea causes - Answer: bacterial, virus, food intolerance, food allergy, parasite, medicine
reaction, IBS, Inflammatory bowel disease, antibiotic use, metabolic conditions thyroid
problems, radiation treatments, tumors
Heartburn treatment when PRN options fail - Answer: Ranitidine (Zantac) BID H2 blocker
Nexium (PPI) MOA: - Answer: Suppress gastric acid by inhibition of H+/K+ ATpase pump in
parietal cells of stomach
Seasonal allergies 1st line treatment - Answer: 2nd generation antihistamine, Claritin, less
sedating than 1st line
Asthma in children diagnosis and treatment - Answer: symptoms 3-4x a month at night with
goals of infrequent albuterol symptoms relief, regular kids lives participate in sports activities
Asthma during pregnancy safe treatment - Answer: Budesonide
Comprehensive Questions and
Solutions Graded A+
Criteria for choosing effective medication - Answer: consulting nationally recognized guideline
for disease management
Clinical judgment in prescribing - Answer: Factoring in cost of medication for patient
Elderly dosing considerations - Answer: Serum creatinine levels <30
Contraindications of weight loss drugs with what antidepressant - Answer: SSRI
Pharmacokinetics - Answer: Body does to drug-absorption, metabolism, distribution, excretion
Pharmacodynamics - Answer: What does drug due to body, body's response to drug
Affinity - Answer: strength of attraction between drug and receptor, increase affinity=decreased
dose requirements
PUD and H. Pylori First line tx - Answer: PPI BID + antibiotic (amoxicillin) + antibiotic
(Clarithromycin) daily for 14 days
, PUTD and H. Pylori Second line of treatment - Answer: PPI BID + Metronidazol + Tetracycline +
Bismuth Subsalicylate for 14 days
Adverse reactions are what - Answer: Drug induced toxic reaction, causes patient to stop taking
the drug
Define Mechanism of action - Answer: What the drug does to the body, specific chemical
actions in the body
Define Half Life - Answer: Time for plasma concentration of a drug to be reduced by 50%
Diarrhea causes - Answer: bacterial, virus, food intolerance, food allergy, parasite, medicine
reaction, IBS, Inflammatory bowel disease, antibiotic use, metabolic conditions thyroid
problems, radiation treatments, tumors
Heartburn treatment when PRN options fail - Answer: Ranitidine (Zantac) BID H2 blocker
Nexium (PPI) MOA: - Answer: Suppress gastric acid by inhibition of H+/K+ ATpase pump in
parietal cells of stomach
Seasonal allergies 1st line treatment - Answer: 2nd generation antihistamine, Claritin, less
sedating than 1st line
Asthma in children diagnosis and treatment - Answer: symptoms 3-4x a month at night with
goals of infrequent albuterol symptoms relief, regular kids lives participate in sports activities
Asthma during pregnancy safe treatment - Answer: Budesonide
