CJE PHARMACOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Corticosteroids (-asone) - ✔✔ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
- COPD, RA, lupus
RINSE MOUTH RISK OF CANDIDIASIS
✔✔Bronchodilators (SABA and LABA) -terol - ✔✔SABA - short acting (ex. albuterol)
- for bronchospasms and asthma
LABA - long acting (salmeterol)
- COPD, chronic bronchitis, prevention of bronchospasm
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
- tachycardia, palpitations, hypertension, insomnia
✔✔Cholinergic Blocking (Anticholinergic) -clidinium - ✔✔BLOCK PARASYMPATHETIC
NERVE
- DRY INSIDE BLOCKS SECRETIONS
- Prevention of bronchospasms with COPD
✔✔Bronchodilator (Xanthine) -phylline - ✔✔OPENS UP BRONCHI
Toxicity (>20)
- Tonic clonic seizures
- Tachycardia and dysrhythmias
✔✔Lithium Carbonate - ✔✔MOOD STABILIZER
- Bipolar disorder LONG TERM
TOXICITY
- Tinnitus
, - Convulsions
- Blurred vision
- Confusion
- Coma
CONTRAINFICATED IN PREGNANCY/BREASTFEEDING
AVOID NSAIDS
DEHYDRATED PATIENTS
✔✔Antidepressants (SSRIs) - talopram, - oxetine - ✔✔- Depression, anxiety, OCD,
eating disorders
The S's of SSRIs
- Serotonin Syndrome
- Sexual dysfunction
- Stomach issues
Serotonin Syndrome
- Mental changes, increased BP and temp, tightness in muscles, difficulty walking
FIRST LINE FOR DEPRESSION
May take 4-6 weeks for effects and take in the AM
✔✔Antidepressants (SNRIs/DNRIs) - faxine, buproprion - ✔✔- Depressive episodes,
anxiety disorders, fibromyalgia, diabetic neuropathy pain
Make take 4-6 weeks for effects
DO NOT MIX WITH TCAs or MAOIs
✔✔Antidepressants (TCAs) -triptyline, -pramine - ✔✔- Depressive disorders, bipolar
disorder, OCD, neuropathy, enuresis
May take 2-3 weeks
WAIT 14 days after being off MAOIs
✔✔Antidepressants (MAOIs) -promine, phenelzine - ✔✔DEPRESSION
RISK FOR HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS
Can take 4 weeks
AVOID FOODS WITH TYRAMINE (aged cheese, fermented, chocolate, caffeine,
yogurt)
✔✔Antianxiety (Anxiolytics) -zolam, -zepam - BENZODIAZEPINES - ✔✔- Bipolar
disorder, seizures, alcohol withdrawal, anxiety acute
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Corticosteroids (-asone) - ✔✔ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
- COPD, RA, lupus
RINSE MOUTH RISK OF CANDIDIASIS
✔✔Bronchodilators (SABA and LABA) -terol - ✔✔SABA - short acting (ex. albuterol)
- for bronchospasms and asthma
LABA - long acting (salmeterol)
- COPD, chronic bronchitis, prevention of bronchospasm
FIGHT OR FLIGHT
- tachycardia, palpitations, hypertension, insomnia
✔✔Cholinergic Blocking (Anticholinergic) -clidinium - ✔✔BLOCK PARASYMPATHETIC
NERVE
- DRY INSIDE BLOCKS SECRETIONS
- Prevention of bronchospasms with COPD
✔✔Bronchodilator (Xanthine) -phylline - ✔✔OPENS UP BRONCHI
Toxicity (>20)
- Tonic clonic seizures
- Tachycardia and dysrhythmias
✔✔Lithium Carbonate - ✔✔MOOD STABILIZER
- Bipolar disorder LONG TERM
TOXICITY
- Tinnitus
, - Convulsions
- Blurred vision
- Confusion
- Coma
CONTRAINFICATED IN PREGNANCY/BREASTFEEDING
AVOID NSAIDS
DEHYDRATED PATIENTS
✔✔Antidepressants (SSRIs) - talopram, - oxetine - ✔✔- Depression, anxiety, OCD,
eating disorders
The S's of SSRIs
- Serotonin Syndrome
- Sexual dysfunction
- Stomach issues
Serotonin Syndrome
- Mental changes, increased BP and temp, tightness in muscles, difficulty walking
FIRST LINE FOR DEPRESSION
May take 4-6 weeks for effects and take in the AM
✔✔Antidepressants (SNRIs/DNRIs) - faxine, buproprion - ✔✔- Depressive episodes,
anxiety disorders, fibromyalgia, diabetic neuropathy pain
Make take 4-6 weeks for effects
DO NOT MIX WITH TCAs or MAOIs
✔✔Antidepressants (TCAs) -triptyline, -pramine - ✔✔- Depressive disorders, bipolar
disorder, OCD, neuropathy, enuresis
May take 2-3 weeks
WAIT 14 days after being off MAOIs
✔✔Antidepressants (MAOIs) -promine, phenelzine - ✔✔DEPRESSION
RISK FOR HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS
Can take 4 weeks
AVOID FOODS WITH TYRAMINE (aged cheese, fermented, chocolate, caffeine,
yogurt)
✔✔Antianxiety (Anxiolytics) -zolam, -zepam - BENZODIAZEPINES - ✔✔- Bipolar
disorder, seizures, alcohol withdrawal, anxiety acute
