NUR 115 Pharmacology Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Glipizide - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type-2 oral antidiabetic
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medication
What class is glipizide? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Sulfonylurea
What does glipizide do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Stimulates
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the pancreas to release of insulin, which lowers blood
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glucose levels in type-2 diabetics
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Type-1 diabetes: when does it develop and why? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Diabetes that develops during childhood or
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adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency of
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insulin, leading to high blood glucose levels.
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Insulin resistant, which requires insulin rejections.
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Type-1 diabetes: What kind of defect is it? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-An autoimmune defect where beta cells are | | | | | | |
nonexistent, which leads to why the pancreas cannot not
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produce insulin |
,Type-2 diabetes: when does it develop and why? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Diabetes that develops especially in adults
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and most often obese individuals. Characterized by high
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blood glucose resulting from the pancreas being unable to
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keep up with the right amount of insulin needing to be
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produced.
Type-2 diabetes: How is it controlled? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-It can be reversed. Medications are given to | | | | | | | |
help stimulate one's personal pancreas to produce more
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insulin
Glipizide: class, mechanism, side effect, adverse effect -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- |
Agonist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-by binding to a receptor
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site, stimulates a response (enhancer)
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Anatagonist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-by binding to the | | | | | | |
receptor site and blocks the response (blocker)
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Glipizide: Does it do these things? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Does it absorb excess insulin? NO
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Does it replace insulin? NO
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,Does it stimulate the pancreas to release insulin? YES
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Does the liver destroy insulin? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-No
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Why would we give predinsone? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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When the patient's situation comes down to the benefits of
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the drug outweighing the risks
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What can prednisone cause? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Glucose intolerance, hyperglycemia, and can reduce the
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activity of the immune system | | | |
Mechanisms of Prednisone? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- | | | | |
Suppresses the immune system, - reduces swelling, causes | | | | | | | |
elevated, blood sugar, can cause thyroid disease, can slow
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down myeloma cell production, can attack bones and joints
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Apirin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-steroid, blood thinner, pain
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reliever, fever reducer, NSAID | | |
Can you give aspirin to pregnant & children women? Why? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-NO, because it causes rye syndrome| | | | | |
What is Rye syndrome? What causes it - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Rare but serious condition that causes | | | | | |
, swelling in the liver and brain, usually effects young
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children
What are the side effects of aspirin? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Thins the blood- | |
The effect you do expect
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What are the adverse effects of aspirin? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Can cause brain bleeds, confusions, seizures, | | | | | |
loss of consciousness- the effect you do not expect
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When deciding if we are going to continue treatment with
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Prednisone, what do we ask ourselves first? - CORRECT | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Is the risk too high for the patient or should we | | | | | | | | | | |
take the benefits over the risks?
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If a patient takes prednisone over a period of time, what can
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happen? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Adrena insufficiency
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A pt says "I'm done, I'm sick of buffalo hump, saturation, fat
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pads, not being able to sleep", can you just stop
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prednisone? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-No, it must be tapered | | | | | | |
(gradually stopped). You cannot quickly stop it because it
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can cause adrenal insufficiency.
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Questions With Correct Answers
Glipizide - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Type-2 oral antidiabetic
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medication
What class is glipizide? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | |
Sulfonylurea
What does glipizide do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Stimulates
| | | | | |
the pancreas to release of insulin, which lowers blood
| | | | | | | | | |
glucose levels in type-2 diabetics
| | | |
Type-1 diabetes: when does it develop and why? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Diabetes that develops during childhood or
| | | | | | |
adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency of
| | | | | | | | |
insulin, leading to high blood glucose levels.
| | | | | |
Insulin resistant, which requires insulin rejections.
| | | | |
Type-1 diabetes: What kind of defect is it? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-An autoimmune defect where beta cells are | | | | | | |
nonexistent, which leads to why the pancreas cannot not
| | | | | | | | |
produce insulin |
,Type-2 diabetes: when does it develop and why? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Diabetes that develops especially in adults
| | | | | | |
and most often obese individuals. Characterized by high
| | | | | | | |
blood glucose resulting from the pancreas being unable to
| | | | | | | | |
keep up with the right amount of insulin needing to be
| | | | | | | | | | |
produced.
Type-2 diabetes: How is it controlled? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-It can be reversed. Medications are given to | | | | | | | |
help stimulate one's personal pancreas to produce more
| | | | | | | |
insulin
Glipizide: class, mechanism, side effect, adverse effect -
| | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- |
Agonist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-by binding to a receptor
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site, stimulates a response (enhancer)
| | | |
Anatagonist - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-by binding to the | | | | | | |
receptor site and blocks the response (blocker)
| | | | | |
Glipizide: Does it do these things? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Does it absorb excess insulin? NO
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Does it replace insulin? NO
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,Does it stimulate the pancreas to release insulin? YES
| | | | | | | |
Does the liver destroy insulin? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-No
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Why would we give predinsone? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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When the patient's situation comes down to the benefits of
| | | | | | | | | |
the drug outweighing the risks
| | | |
What can prednisone cause? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | |
Glucose intolerance, hyperglycemia, and can reduce the
| | | | | | |
activity of the immune system | | | |
Mechanisms of Prednisone? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- | | | | |
Suppresses the immune system, - reduces swelling, causes | | | | | | | |
elevated, blood sugar, can cause thyroid disease, can slow
| | | | | | | | |
down myeloma cell production, can attack bones and joints
| | | | | | | |
Apirin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-steroid, blood thinner, pain
| | | | | | |
reliever, fever reducer, NSAID | | |
Can you give aspirin to pregnant & children women? Why? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-NO, because it causes rye syndrome| | | | | |
What is Rye syndrome? What causes it - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Rare but serious condition that causes | | | | | |
, swelling in the liver and brain, usually effects young
| | | | | | | | |
children
What are the side effects of aspirin? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Thins the blood- | |
The effect you do expect
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What are the adverse effects of aspirin? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Can cause brain bleeds, confusions, seizures, | | | | | |
loss of consciousness- the effect you do not expect
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When deciding if we are going to continue treatment with
| | | | | | | | | |
Prednisone, what do we ask ourselves first? - CORRECT | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Is the risk too high for the patient or should we | | | | | | | | | | |
take the benefits over the risks?
| | | | |
If a patient takes prednisone over a period of time, what can
| | | | | | | | | | |
happen? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Adrena insufficiency
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A pt says "I'm done, I'm sick of buffalo hump, saturation, fat
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pads, not being able to sleep", can you just stop
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prednisone? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-No, it must be tapered | | | | | | |
(gradually stopped). You cannot quickly stop it because it
| | | | | | | | | |
can cause adrenal insufficiency.
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