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Pharmacology
Basic concepts in pharmacology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the lipid-lowering drugs? | Mevacor, Lipitor, Questran, Zetia |
| What drug stimulates red blood cell proliferation? What class is the drug? | Erthropoietin: Drug of Anemia |
| What are the drugs of anemia? | Erthropoietin, Epogen |
| What are the drugs of anemia side effects? | Stimulates red blood count |
| What drug class reduces mortality when used in the 1st few hours of myocardial? | Thrombolytics |
| What are the side effects of antiplatelet drugs? | decrease platelet clumping administered as prophylaxes during heart attacks. have analgestic, anti-pyretic, and anti-inflammatory effects. prolong bleeding time. |
| What are the antiplatelet drugs? | Aspirin (Ecotrin) Plavix Motrin Aleve |
| Calcium Channel-Blocker Drugs? | Diltiazem Verapamil Nifedipeine |
| What are CCB side effects: | headache, dizziness, braycardia, edema |
| What are the drugs for nitrates? | Nitroglycerin Nitroprusside |
| What are the side effects of nitrates? | headache and hypotention |
| What drug is used to treat agina or chest pain? | nitroglycerin |
| What drug is used in cardia/hypertensive emergencies? | Nitroprusside |
| What are the drugs for Diuretics? | Thiazides Loop Potassium-sparing |
| What is the drug for thiazides? | Hydronchlorathiazide (HCTZ) |
| What is a thiazides side effects? | used primarily for hypertension light weakness, hypkelemia, muscle weakness. |
| What is the drugs for Loop Diuretics? | furosemide (Losix) bumetonide (Bumex) |
| What is a loop diuretics side effects? | pulmonary adema and CHF hypokelemia and other fluid/electrolyte imbalance. |
| What drug do you not use with a sulfonamide allergy? | Loop Diuretics |
| What drug class is Aldactone and Dyrenium in? | Antihypertensives, Diuretics, Potassium-Sparing |
| What are some side effects of potassium sparing drugs? | may cause hyperkelemia, fatigue and lethargy |
| What drugs are you not allowed to take when you are on a no salt diet? | Potassium-Sparing Diuretics |
| What drug is known for the side effect of having a dry cough? | ACE Inhibitors |
| What are the drugs of a ACE Inhibitor? | enalapril (Vasotec) captopril (Capoten) |
| What are some side effects of ACE Inhibitors? | dry cough, headache, cause vasoconstriction and increase blood pressure |
| what is a analgesic? | agent that relieves pin without causing loss of consciousness (Tylenol, Advil, Motrin) |
| What drug is a agonist-antagonist? | Talwin |
| Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, and others are all in the drug class of what? | Anxiolytics and Hypnotics |
| What is the treatment of anxiety, epilepsy, sleep induction and anesthesia? | Anxiolytics and Hypnotics |
| Phenobarbital and Pentobarbital are? | Barbiturates |
| What is the action of a Barbiturates? | enhances functions of GABA |
| What drugs are no longer used to treat anxiety and has a long list of drug interactions? | Barbiturates |
| What is a barbiturate side effect? | CNS depression, nausea and vomiting, seizures and cardiovascular collapse. |
| Drugs of Benzodiazepines? | Valium Lorazepam Xanax |
| What drugs reduce anxiety and cause sedation? | Bezos |
| Benzo side effects? | depression, amnesia, drowsiness, lethargy |
| What is Romazicon? | reversal agent of a benzo drug. |
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