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What medications should you avoid if taking Ginkgo Biloba or garlic -Correct
Answer ✔Anticoagulants or antiplatelets - increases risk of bleeding
What time of contraceptive should be avoided when breastfeeding? -Correct
Answer ✔combined contraceptives
What is cinnamon used for? -Correct Answer ✔Diabetes
First line treatment for uncomplicated otitis media in pediatric patient without
comorbidities? -Correct Answer ✔amoxicillin
What is the treatment for addisons disease or for the treatment of salt losing
adrenogenital syndrome? -Correct Answer ✔Florinef
Side Effects of florinef? -Correct Answer ✔GI, Headache, menstrual changes, skin
changes(appearance, color, thinning, easy bruising/bleeding), dizziness,
bone/muscle pain, eye problems or mood changes
Off label use for BPH or sleep aid for PTSD? -Correct Answer
✔Prazosin/Minipress
What med to give diabetic patient for hypertension? -Correct Answer ✔ACE
Inhibitor the "prils"
Common Side Effect of ACE Inhibitor -Correct Answer ✔dry cough, inc K level,
fatigue, headaches, loss of taste
What should be avoided when on ACE Inhibitors? -Correct Answer ✔NSAIDS
1st line treatment asthma -Correct Answer ✔SABA PRN
step 2 of asthma -Correct Answer ✔start low dose ICS (when interupting sleep at
night)
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3rd step asthma -Correct Answer ✔low dose ICS + LABA or medium dose ICS
4th step asthma -Correct Answer ✔medium dose ICS + LABA
5th step asthma -Correct Answer ✔high dose ICS + LABA
Step 6 asthma -Correct Answer ✔high dose ICS + LABA + oral corticosteroid
occurs when the body's immune system produces antibodies that block the
chemical needed for muscles to contract -Correct Answer ✔Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia Gravis treatment -Correct Answer ✔cholinesterase inhibtors and
autoimmune treatments like coritcosteroids
side effects of cholinesterase inhibitors -Correct Answer ✔NVD, muscle cramps,
weigh loss, headaches, insomnia, abnormal dreams
rare but dangerous worsening
of the thyrotoxic state, in which death can occur within 48 hours without
treatment. The condition may develop spontaneously, but it usually occurs in
individuals who have undiagnosed or partially treated severe hyperthyroidism
and who are subjected to excessive stress from other causes. These causes
may include infection, pulmonary or cardiovascular disorders, trauma, burns,
seizures, surgery (especially thyroid surgery), obstetric complications, emotional
distress, or dialysis -Correct Answer ✔Thyrotoxicosis/Thyrotoxic crisis (thyroid
storm)
Symptoms of thyroid storm are caused by? -Correct Answer ✔The symptoms of
thyroid crisis are caused by the sudden
release and increased action of thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3)
exceeding metabolic demands.
hypothyroidism -Correct Answer ✔High TSH, low T3
Symptoms of thyroid storm -Correct Answer ✔hyperthermia; tachycardia,
especially atrial tachydysrhythmias; high-output heart failure; agitation or
delirium; and nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, contributing to fluid volume
depletion
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treatment of thyroid storm -Correct Answer ✔(1) the use of drugs that block TH
synthesis (i.e.,
propylthiouracil or methimazole), (2) the use of beta-blockers for control of
cardiovascular symptoms, (3) administration of corticosteroids or (4) iodine (e.g.,
saturated solution of potassium iodide [SSKI]), and (5) supportive care. Plasma
exchange or thyroidectomy may be used when medical treatment fails.
1st line treatment of uncomplicated hypertension -Correct Answer
✔hydrochlorothiazide
Ataxia in pediatric patient w genetic predisposition -Correct Answer ✔fragile X
syndrome
Contraindicated antibiotics during pregnancy for UTI -Correct Answer
✔nitrofurantoin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, fluoroquinolones
What to give for UTI in pregnancy -Correct Answer ✔one dose fosfomycin or
cephalexin
Pediatric treatment for UTI? -Correct Answer ✔trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
(Bactrim, Septra). Alternative antibiotics include
amoxicillin/clavulanate (Augmentin) or cephalosporins, such as cefixime
(Suprax), cefpodoxime, cefprozil (Cefzil), or cephalexin (Keflex)
What IV med for pediatric UTI? -Correct Answer ✔IV cephalosporin
1st line treatment infant sickle cell -Correct Answer ✔IV fluids (also vaccines,
abx, and folic acid, and regular eye exams)
Infant will be anemic, at
increased risk for infection, may have spleen damage and liver involvement that
causes jaundice, and may have crying episodes from pain and swelling of
extremities. -Correct Answer ✔sickle cell
Is bradycardia normal in athletic patients? -Correct Answer ✔yes
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