Question | Answer |
WHAT DO ANTIACIDS DO? | NEUTRALIZE THE GI ENVIROMENT, DECREASES ACID |
WHAT MEDS ARE GIVEN FOR GERD, HEARTBURN & PEPTIC ULCERS? | ANTACIDS |
CONSTIPATION, FECAL IMPACTION,DIARRHEA, DEHYDRATION, REBOUND HYPERACIDITY RENAL CALCULI ARE SIDE EFFECTS FOR WHAT DRUG? | ANTACIDS |
WHAT IS THE SIDE EFFECT OF ALUMINIUM BASED ANTACIDS? | CONSITPATION |
WHAT IS A SIDE EFFECT OF MAGNESIUM BASED ANTACIDS? | DIARRHEA |
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PATIENT STOPS TAKING ANTACIDSAND HAVE INCREASED ACID PRODUCTION IS CALLED? | REBOUND HYPERACIDIRY |
CALCIUM CARBONATE (tums,MYLANTA) MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE (MOM) ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT DRUG? | ANTACIDS |
THIS DRUG INHIBITS HISTAMINE 2 RECEPTORS IN THE GI TRACT,BY BLOCKING HISTAMINE 2 RECEPTORS, WE BLOCK THE SECRETION OF ACID, IT WILL DECREASE GASTRIC ACID BUT WON'T STOP THE PROBLEM... | HISTAMINE 2 ANTAGONIST |
WHAT DRUGS NEED TO BE AVOIDED WITH HISTAMINE 2 ANTAGONISTS DUE TO IT WILL STOP THE PROCESSOF ABSORPTION? | HISTAMINE 2 ANTAGONIST |
WHAT DRUG CAUSES DIZZINESS,SOMNOLENCE, HEADACHE, CONFUSION AND HALLUCINATIONS? | HISTAMINE 2 ANTAGONIST |
CIMETIDINE(TAGAMENT),FAMOTIDINE(PEPCID)&RANITDINE(ZANTAC) ARE WHAT DRUGS? | HISTAMINE 2 ANTAGONIST |
WHAT DRUG CAN CAUSE IMPOTENCE IN MEN? | CIMETIDINE(TAGAMENT) |
WHAT MEDICATION SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN WITHIN 2 HOURS OF OTHER MEDS AND WAIT 1 HOUR AFTER FOOD/MEALS? | ANTACIDS |
WHAT DRUG SHOULD YOU AVIOD ALCOHOL? | HISTAMINE 2 ANTAGONISTS |
WHAT DRUG SHOULD YOU NOT SMOKE BECAUSE IT WILL DECREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE DRUGS? | HISTAMINE 2 ANTAGONISTS |
THIS DRUG SUPRESSES GASTRIC ACID SECRETIONS BY INHIBITING THE PUMP SYSTEM IN THE GI TRACT,THEY TURN THE PUMP OFF... | PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS (PPI) |
WHAT DRUG IS USED TO TREAT GASTRIC & DUODENAL ULCERS(SM INTSTINES)LONGTERM HEARTBURN,GERD,HYPERSECRETORY DISORDERS,& COMBINED WITH TREATMENT OF H.PYLORI? | (PPI) PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR |
HEADACHE,NAUSEA,DIARRHEA,& AB PAIN ARE SIDE EFFECTS FOR WHAT DRUG/ | (PPI) PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR |
ESOMEPRAZOLE(NEXIUM)LANSOPRAZOLE(PREVACID)OMEPRAZOLE(PRILOSEC)PANTOPRAZOLE(PROTONIX) ARE WHAT DRUGS? | (PPI) PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR |
WHAT DRUG IS THE STRONGEST INHIBITOR OF GASTRIC ACID? | (PPI) PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR |
THIS DRUG MUST BE TAKEN BEFORE MEALS AND DO NOT CRUSH, WHAT DRUG IS THIS? | (PPI) PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR |
THIS DRUG TAKEN WITH COUMADIN WILL INCREASE THE SERUM LEVELS AND IS A RISK FOR BLEEDING? | PPI |
WHAT DRUG TAKEN WITH DIALANTIN CAUSES INCREASED LEVELS AND CAUSES CONFUSION & DIZZINESS? | PPI |
WHAT DRUG TAKEN WITH VALUIM WILL INCREASE THE LEVELS CAUSING SEDATION/ | PPI |
THIS DRUG WILL ADHEAR TO THE ULCER & PROTECT THE LINING FROM EROSION AND IS TAKEN 1 HR BEFORE MEALS? | SUCRALFATE(CARAFATE) |
WHAT IS THE MAIN SIDE EFFECT OF SUCRALFATE(CARAFATE)? | CONSTIPATION |
THIS DRUG REDUCES NSAID INDUCED ULCERS | MISOPROSTOL (CYTOTEC) |
WHAT DRUG DO YOU NOT GIVE TO PREGNANT WOMEN DUE TO IT CAN CAUSE MISCARRIAGE OR PRE-TERM LABOR? | MISOPROSTOL (CYTOTEC) |
WHAT IS PROKINETIC? | PROMOTES MOVEMENT OF BOWELS |
WHAT DRUG IS USED IN BED BOUND PTS,IT WAKES UP THE BOWELS AND GETS IT MOVING IN THE GI TRACT | METOCLOPRAMIDE(REGLAN) |
THIS DRUG IS USED FOR GERD AND GASTRIC STASIS | GASTROINTESTINAL STIMULANT METOCLOPRAMIDE(RRGLAN) |
RESTLESSNESS,DROWSINESS,DIZZINESS,EXTRAPYAMIDAL SYMPTOMS & DEPRESSION ARE SIDE EFFECTS OF WHAT? | METOCLOPRAMIDE(REGLAN) |
WHAT PREVENTS STIMULATION OF THE CHEMORECEPTOR TRIGGER ZONE THAT IS IN THE MEDULLA,THEY HELP WITH NAUSEA AND VOMITING | ANTIEMETICS |
WHAT DRUG IS USED PRE-OP,POST-OP,PRIOR TO CHEMO AND NAUSEA | ANTIEMETICS |
THIS DRUG IS USED TO INDUCE VOMITING | EMETICS (IPECAC) |
THIS DRUG STOPS DIARRHEA,DECREASES INTESTINAL PERISTALSIS | ANTIDIARRHEALS |
ANOREXIA,NAUSEA,VOMITING,CONSTIPATION,SEDATION ARE SIDE EFFECTS OF WHAT DRUG? | ANTIDIARRHEALS |
BISMUTH SALICYLATE (PEPTO BISMOL)DIPHENOXYLATE HCL(LOMOTIL)LOPERAMIDE(IMODIUM) ARE WHAT TYPE OF DRUG | ANTIDIARRHEALS |
THIS DRUG WILL CAUSE A BLACK TONGUE AND STOOL | BISMUTH SALICYLATE(PEPTO BISMOL) |
WHAT TYPE OF DRUG PREVENTS GAS? | ANTIFLATULENTS |
WHAT DRUG IS USED POST OP GASTRIC DISTENSION & DYSPEPSIA(INDIGESTION,UPSET STOMACH0? | ANTIFLATULENTS |
WHAT TYPE OF DRUG IS HIGHLY ABUSED & MISUSED BY THE ELDERLY? | LAXATIVES |
WHAT TYPE OF DRUG SPEEDS UP & GETS RID OF STOOL? | LAXATIVES |
WHAT DRUG DO YOU NOT TAKE WITH MILK? | BISACODYL(DULCOLAX) |
SENNOSIDES(SENOKOT)BISACODYLE(DULCOLAX) ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT? | LAXATIVES |
THIS PROMOTES WATER RETENSION INTO FECAL MASS AND SOFTENS STOOL? | STOOL SOFTENER |
WHEN TAKING CITRUCEL OR METAMUCIL WHAT MUST YOU FOLLOW IT WITH? | 8 OZ OF WATER |
WHAT DRUG MIMICS THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM? | ADRENERGIC |
THIS DRUG PROMOTES THE ACTION OF THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM(STIMULATES THE HEART) | ADRENERGIC |
WHAT DRUG STIMULATES THE SNS,DIVERTS BLOOD FLOW TO VITAL ORGANS & PROMOTES EFFECTS IN CNS,ANS,HEART & METABOLISM | ADRENERGIC |
WHAT WORKS IN THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD VESSELS,CAUSES VASOCONSTRICTION OF BLOOD VESSELS & INCREASE THE BP | ALPHA 1 |
WHAT WORKS IN THE MYOCARDIUM,INCREASES THE HR,INCREASED FORCE OF CARDIAC CONTRACTION | BETA 1 |
WHAT WORKS IN THE LUNGS & BRONCHODIALATES | BETA 2 |
WHAT DRUG IS USED FOR VASOPRESSOR EFFECT,SHOCK,SEVERE HYPOTENSION,ALLERGIC REACTIONS,RESPIRATORY DISTRESS,NASAL CONGESTION & CARDIAC ARREST? | ADRENERGIC |
WHAT DRUG IS USED FOR SEVERE,SEVERE HYPOTENSION SHOCK | NOREPINEPHRINE(LEVOPHED) |
WHAT DRUG SHOULD YOU WATCH THE VS EVERY 15-30 AFTER GIVING MEDS? | ADRENERGIC |
WHAT DRUG SHOULD YOU AVOID CAFFIENE WITH? | ADRENERGIC |
WHAT DRUG BLOCKS THE TRANSMISSION, STOPS SNS, SLOWS YOU DOWN | ADRENERGIC BLOCKING DRUGS |
WHAT DRUG TREATS GLAUCOMA BY DECREASING PRODUCTION OF AQUEOUS HUMOR? | ADRENERGIC BLOCKING DRUGS |
WHEN TAKING A BETA BLOCKER TO BLOCK BETA 1, WHAT WILL HAPPEN? | DECREASE THE HEART RATE |
WHEN TAKING A BETA BLOCKER TO BLOCK BETA 2 WHAT WILL HAPPEN? | DECREASES BRONCHOCONSTRICTION |
THIS DRUG IS USED FOR HEART FAILURE,CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, MIAGRAINES,ANGINA PECTORIS & GLAUCOME | BETA ADRENERGIC DRUGS |
WHAT CAUSES TIRED,FATIGUE,DIZZINESS,CONSTIPATION,IMPOTENCE,DECREASED LABEDO & FIRST DOSE CAUSES HYPOTENSION | BETA ADRENERGIC DRUGS |
IF YOU WERE TO STOP TAKING BETA BLOCKING DRUGS ABRUPTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? | HYPERTENSION |
WHAT DRUG DEPRESSES THE COUGH | ANTITUSSIVES |
WHICH TYPE OF ACTING IS THE STRONGEST ONE, HAS NARCOTICS IN IT AND WORKS ON THE BRAIN & IS MOST EFFECTIVE? | CENTRALLY |
WHICH ACTING WORKS ON THE TRACHEA & THROAT | PERIPHERALLY |
WHAT IS ALSO USE TO TREAT DRY COUGHS, NON -PRODUCTIVE COUGHS,INCREASED INTRACRAINAL PRESSURE, INCREASED INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE & PHENUMONIA? | ANTITUSSIVES |
WHAT DON'T YOU USE WITH A PRODUCTIVE COUGH? | ANTITUSSIVES |
WHAT DRUG IS THE SAFEST FOR THE ELDERLY BECAUSE IS DOES NOT CAUSE DIZZINESS OR SEDATION? | DEXTROMETHORPHAN(ROBITUSSIN) |
WHAT THINS THE MUCUS ? | MUCOLYTICS |
WHAT HELPS YOU TO COUGH UP MUCUS? | EXPECTORANTS |
WHAT IS USED FOR TYLENOL OD? | ACETYLCYSTEINE (MUCOMYST) |
WHEN YOU HAVE A INJURY OR ALLERGY WHAT IS RELEASED IN YOUR BODY? | HISTAMINE |
WHAT IS GIVEN TO STOP SWELLING, ITCHING ALLERGIES, COUNTERACT EFFECTS ON THE BODY TISSUE? | ANTIHISTAMINES |
WHAT IS FOUND IN BASOPHILS & MAST CELLS, CAUSES VASDIALATION(REDNESS),INCREASED PERMEABILITY & CAUSING ITCHING AND PAIN? | HISTAMINE |
WHAT DRUG IS USED FOR SEASONAL ALLERGIES,PERENNIAL ALLERGIES,DRUG ALLERGIES, PARKINSONISM,N&V,SEDATION & MOTION SICKNESS | ANTIHISTAMINES |
WHAT TYPE OF DECONGESTANT IS USED TO DECREASE NASAL EDEMA & YOU CAN BREATH | TOPICAL (NASAL SPRAY) |
WHAT TYPE OF DECONGESTANT HAS A QUICKER ONSET BUT DOESN'T LAST AS LONG & COULD DEVELOP REBOUND NASAL CONGESTION? | SYSTEMIC |
THIS MIMICS SNS, BETA AGONIST, BETA 2,PROMOTES THE ACTION OF BETA 2 AND BRONCHODIALATION IS THE ACTION,WHAT DRUG IS THIS? | SYMPATHOMIMETIC BRONCHODILATOR |
what drug is used for acute asthma attacks? | albuterol (proventil,ventolin) |
what drug is used for long term use only for asmtha attacks? | salmeterol(serevent) |
what drug works on the muscles of the lungs,it relaxes smooth muscle in the bronchi? | xanthine derivative bronchodialators |
IN WHAT DRUG DOES SMOKING INCREASE THE EXCRESSION AND WILL CAUSE IT NOT TO WORK? | xanthine derivative bronchodialators |
IN WHAT DRUG DO YOU HAVE TO DRAW BLOOD LEVELS BEFORE GIVING MEDS? | xanthine derivative bronchodialators |