MSN 623 Exam 1 2026/2027
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schedule I - ANSWER ✔✔Potential for abuse is so high as to be
unacceptable. May be used for research with appropriate limitations.
Examples are heroin, LSD, and cocaine.
schedule II - ANSWER ✔✔High potential for abuse and severe
dependence liability; current, accepted medical use; prescription drug-
signed, not stamped prescription. 30-day supply, no refills. Examples:
opium, morphine, methadone.
schedule III - ANSWER ✔✔Less abuse potential, than C-II; low-
moderate physical dependence. High psychological dependence; by
,prescription only, which expires in 6 months. Maximum of five refills on
one script. Examples: Tylenol with codeine and hydrocodone
schedule IV - ANSWER ✔✔Less abuse potential than C-III; accepted
medical use; limited physical and psychological dependence; written or
verbal prescription, expires in 6 months; maximum of five refills on one
script. Examples: Librium, and valium.
schedule V - ANSWER ✔✔Limited abuse potential; accepted medical
use; small amounts of narcotics used as antitussives (cough medicine)
or antidiarrheals; may not need a prescription but must be recorded as a
transaction. Examples: lomotil and Robitussin A-C.
info included in writing prescription - ANSWER ✔✔a. Date
b. Patients full name, legal name
c. Name of medication written out
d. The dose
e. The SIQ: directions
f. Dispensing amount, how much you want them to get
g. Refill: zero or none
h. Signature, full signature. APNP at the end.
, a. Decongestants: - ANSWER ✔✔pseudoephedrine. They work like
the sympathetic nervous system they cause vasoconstriction, so the
histamine doesn't cause boogers, drainage, inflammation
b. Cause blood vessels to constrict
Sympathomimetics - ANSWER ✔✔Drugs used therapeutically that
mimic the catecholamines epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine.
Also called adrenergic agonists.
i. Reduce nasal congestion (do not reduce rhinorrhea, sneezing, or
itching)
ii. Activate alpha1-adrenergic receptors on nasal blood vessels
iii. Adverse effects
1. Rebound congestion
2. CNS stimulation
3. Cardiovascular effects and stroke
4. Abuse
Antihistamine-sympathomimetic combinations - ANSWER ✔✔1.
Ipratropium bromide [Atrovent]
2. Montelukast [Singulair]
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schedule I - ANSWER ✔✔Potential for abuse is so high as to be
unacceptable. May be used for research with appropriate limitations.
Examples are heroin, LSD, and cocaine.
schedule II - ANSWER ✔✔High potential for abuse and severe
dependence liability; current, accepted medical use; prescription drug-
signed, not stamped prescription. 30-day supply, no refills. Examples:
opium, morphine, methadone.
schedule III - ANSWER ✔✔Less abuse potential, than C-II; low-
moderate physical dependence. High psychological dependence; by
,prescription only, which expires in 6 months. Maximum of five refills on
one script. Examples: Tylenol with codeine and hydrocodone
schedule IV - ANSWER ✔✔Less abuse potential than C-III; accepted
medical use; limited physical and psychological dependence; written or
verbal prescription, expires in 6 months; maximum of five refills on one
script. Examples: Librium, and valium.
schedule V - ANSWER ✔✔Limited abuse potential; accepted medical
use; small amounts of narcotics used as antitussives (cough medicine)
or antidiarrheals; may not need a prescription but must be recorded as a
transaction. Examples: lomotil and Robitussin A-C.
info included in writing prescription - ANSWER ✔✔a. Date
b. Patients full name, legal name
c. Name of medication written out
d. The dose
e. The SIQ: directions
f. Dispensing amount, how much you want them to get
g. Refill: zero or none
h. Signature, full signature. APNP at the end.
, a. Decongestants: - ANSWER ✔✔pseudoephedrine. They work like
the sympathetic nervous system they cause vasoconstriction, so the
histamine doesn't cause boogers, drainage, inflammation
b. Cause blood vessels to constrict
Sympathomimetics - ANSWER ✔✔Drugs used therapeutically that
mimic the catecholamines epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine.
Also called adrenergic agonists.
i. Reduce nasal congestion (do not reduce rhinorrhea, sneezing, or
itching)
ii. Activate alpha1-adrenergic receptors on nasal blood vessels
iii. Adverse effects
1. Rebound congestion
2. CNS stimulation
3. Cardiovascular effects and stroke
4. Abuse
Antihistamine-sympathomimetic combinations - ANSWER ✔✔1.
Ipratropium bromide [Atrovent]
2. Montelukast [Singulair]
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