NU150 PHARMACOLOGY EXAM #3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

NU150 PHARMACOLOGY EXAM #3
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

DRUGS USED TO RELIEVE PAIN W/O POSSIBILITY OF CAUSING PHYSICAL
DEPENDENCY: - Answer ✔✔ - NONOPIOID ANALGESICS

ANALGESIC ACTION: - Answer ✔✔ - PAIN RELIEVING

ANTIPYRETIC ACTION: - Answer ✔✔ - DECREASE BODY TEMPERATURE

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTION: - Answer ✔✔ - DECREASE INFLAMMATION

TYPES OF NONOPIOID ANALGESICS: - Answer ✔✔ - -SALICYLATES

-NON-SALICYLATES

-NON STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS)

TYPES OF SALICYLATES: - Answer ✔✔ - -ANALGESICS

-ANTIPYRETICS

-ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

EXAMPLES OF SALICYLATES: - Answer ✔✔ - -ASPIRIN (ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID OR
ASA)

-BAYER, ECOTRIN, ANACIN

ANALGESIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTION DUE TO INHIBITION OF
PROSTAGLANDINS AND LOWERS TEMPERATURE BY DILATING PERIPHERAL BLOOD
VESSELS AND COOLS THE BODY: - Answer ✔✔ - SALICYLATES

Inhibits the aggregation of platelets and is effective in the treatment of cardiac ischemia
(STROKE)? - Answer ✔✔ - ASA (ASPIRIN)

USES OF SALICYLATES: - Answer ✔✔ - -MILD TO MODERATE PAIN

-REDUCE BODY TEMPERATURE

-TX OF INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS (ARTHRITIS)

-REDUCE RISK OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

-REDUCE RISK OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS DUE TO FIBRIN PLT EMBOLI

, ADVERSE REACTIONS OF SALICYLATES: - Answer ✔✔ - -GI BLEED W/PROLONGED
USE OR LARGE DOSES

-ALLERGIC REACTIONS (HIVES, BRONCHOSPASMS, ANAPHYLAXIS)

-SALICYLISM

TOXICITY FROM REPEATED ADMIN OF LARGE DOSES (REVERSIBLE W/ DOSE
REDUCTION): - Answer ✔✔ - SALICYLISM

S/S OF SALICYLISM: - Answer ✔✔ - -TINNITUS

-MENTAL CONFUSION

-SWEATING

-TACHYCARDIA

-LASSITUDE

SALICYLATES ARE CONTRAINDICATED IN PT'S W/: - Answer ✔✔ - -KNOWN
HYPERSENSITIVITY TO SALICYLATES OR NSAIDS

-BLEEDING DISORDERS OR TENDENCIES (GI BLEED, PT ON ANTICOAGULANT
THERAPY)

-CHILDREN AND TEENS W/ FLU OR CHICKENPOX DUE TO ASSOCIATION W/ REYES
SYNDROME (LIFE THREATENING)

S/S OF REYES SYNDROME: - Answer ✔✔ - VOMITING

LETHARGY

PROGRESSING TO COMA

WHAT KIND OF MED CAN DECREASE THE EFFECT OF SALICYLATES? - Answer ✔✔ -
ANTACIDS

ASPIRIN MAY INCREASE RISK OF BLEEDING DURING ADMINISTRATION OF WHAT MED?
- Answer ✔✔ - HEPARIN

IF SALICYLATES ARE ADMINISTERED W/ THIS MED, IT MAY INCREASE THIS MEDS
BLOOD LEVELS. - Answer ✔✔ - NSAIDS

NON SALICYLATES - Answer ✔✔ - ACETAMINOPHEN (TYLENOL)

ACETAMINOPHEN IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR: - Answer ✔✔ - ASPIRIN

WHAT IS THE BEST MED TO USE WHEN TREATING CHILDREN W/ FEVER AND FLU LIKE
SYMPTOMS? - Answer ✔✔ - ACETAMINOPHEN (TYLENOL)