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PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM RASMUSSEN NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM 170 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Therapeutic range of INR - ......ANSWER........between 2-3 times
What do antibiotics do to warfarin? - ......ANSWER........can cause false increase or
decrease of lab values
INR >3.0 - ......ANSWER........too much warfarin, hold med and notify provider
Antidote for Warfarin (Coumadin) - ......ANSWER........Vitamin K
What time should warfarin be administered? - ......ANSWER........5pm for lab values in the
morning
Lipitor (-statins) - ......ANSWER........- Cholesterol med
- No grapefruit juice, toxicity/muscle aches
- S/E: Rhabdomyolysis (muscle aches)
Rhabdomyolysis - ......ANSWER........Muscle aches form Lipitor
Tiotropium - ......ANSWER........- anticholinergic
- S/E: urinary retention
- given through nebulizer or inhaler
- dries everything up
- give pt a mint to take away after taste and dry mouth
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Leukotreme blockers - ......ANSWER........- not rescue inhaler
What time of day should leukotreme blockers be taken and why? - ......ANSWER........At
night b/c they prevent asthmatic attacks during sleep
Cough suppressants - ......ANSWER........- treatment of dry, non-productive cough
What is cough suppressants given with? - ......ANSWER........- given with "Mucinex" to
loosen secretions causing pt to expectorate (cough it all up)
- opioid to help pt sleep
Aminophylline/Theophylline use - ......ANSWER........used to treat and prevent wheezing,
shortness of breath, difficulty breathing caused by asthma, chronic bronchitis and other
lung diseases
Levels Aminophylline - ......ANSWER........10-20 mcg/mL
Levels of Theophylline - ......ANSWER........5-15 mcg/mL
When should aminophylline be taken? - ......ANSWER........- first thing in the morning, by 4
pm
What should pts be educated on for aminophylline? - ......ANSWER........that it increases
everything
- HR, BP, movement
Steroid inhaler - ......ANSWER........- once inhaled rinse and spit b/c it can cause eukocytis
(mouth sores)
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Bronchodilator (Albuterol) - ......ANSWER........- only rescue inhaler
When should asthmatic pts take albuterol? - ......ANSWER........15 min before exercise
How long should you wait between 2 inhalers? - ......ANSWER........- wait 5 minutes
What pts is albuterol most therapeutic in? - ......ANSWER........- pts with diminished breath
sounds/wheezing
Order for inhalers - ......ANSWER........Albuterol--> long acting (salmeterol)--> steroid
Atropine - ......ANSWER........- anticholinergic effects (dries everything up)
- Increases HR
- given via IV during code
- pt should be on cardiac monitor
- pt may need temporary catheter
- dim lights b/c of dilation
Metoproplemide (regulin) - ......ANSWER........- promotes gastric emptying, suppresses
nausea center in brain
Promethazine (Phenergan) - ......ANSWER........- neuroleptic med
- suppresses nausea center in brain
- should not be used long term be tremors, rigidity, arching of the back
PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM RASMUSSEN NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM 170 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Therapeutic range of INR - ......ANSWER........between 2-3 times
What do antibiotics do to warfarin? - ......ANSWER........can cause false increase or
decrease of lab values
INR >3.0 - ......ANSWER........too much warfarin, hold med and notify provider
Antidote for Warfarin (Coumadin) - ......ANSWER........Vitamin K
What time should warfarin be administered? - ......ANSWER........5pm for lab values in the
morning
Lipitor (-statins) - ......ANSWER........- Cholesterol med
- No grapefruit juice, toxicity/muscle aches
- S/E: Rhabdomyolysis (muscle aches)
Rhabdomyolysis - ......ANSWER........Muscle aches form Lipitor
Tiotropium - ......ANSWER........- anticholinergic
- S/E: urinary retention
- given through nebulizer or inhaler
- dries everything up
- give pt a mint to take away after taste and dry mouth
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Leukotreme blockers - ......ANSWER........- not rescue inhaler
What time of day should leukotreme blockers be taken and why? - ......ANSWER........At
night b/c they prevent asthmatic attacks during sleep
Cough suppressants - ......ANSWER........- treatment of dry, non-productive cough
What is cough suppressants given with? - ......ANSWER........- given with "Mucinex" to
loosen secretions causing pt to expectorate (cough it all up)
- opioid to help pt sleep
Aminophylline/Theophylline use - ......ANSWER........used to treat and prevent wheezing,
shortness of breath, difficulty breathing caused by asthma, chronic bronchitis and other
lung diseases
Levels Aminophylline - ......ANSWER........10-20 mcg/mL
Levels of Theophylline - ......ANSWER........5-15 mcg/mL
When should aminophylline be taken? - ......ANSWER........- first thing in the morning, by 4
pm
What should pts be educated on for aminophylline? - ......ANSWER........that it increases
everything
- HR, BP, movement
Steroid inhaler - ......ANSWER........- once inhaled rinse and spit b/c it can cause eukocytis
(mouth sores)
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Bronchodilator (Albuterol) - ......ANSWER........- only rescue inhaler
When should asthmatic pts take albuterol? - ......ANSWER........15 min before exercise
How long should you wait between 2 inhalers? - ......ANSWER........- wait 5 minutes
What pts is albuterol most therapeutic in? - ......ANSWER........- pts with diminished breath
sounds/wheezing
Order for inhalers - ......ANSWER........Albuterol--> long acting (salmeterol)--> steroid
Atropine - ......ANSWER........- anticholinergic effects (dries everything up)
- Increases HR
- given via IV during code
- pt should be on cardiac monitor
- pt may need temporary catheter
- dim lights b/c of dilation
Metoproplemide (regulin) - ......ANSWER........- promotes gastric emptying, suppresses
nausea center in brain
Promethazine (Phenergan) - ......ANSWER........- neuroleptic med
- suppresses nausea center in brain
- should not be used long term be tremors, rigidity, arching of the back
