Chapter 6: Quiz Review Part 2 Flashcards
The prototype opioid agonist is?
Morphine
And agent that enhances the effects of other drugs is?
Adjunct medication
The prototype opioid antagonist is?
Narcan
Which class of drugs decreases pain response and has few respiratory depressant or addictive side effects?
Opioid agonist-antagonist
The major difference between anesthetic and neuroleptanesthetic is that neuroleptanesthetic drugs…?
Decrease pain sensation and produce amnesia while the patient remains conscious
Benzodiazepines and barbiturates are the two main pharmacological classes in the functional class of?
Anti-anxiety and sedative-hypnotic drugs
Drug used to treat absence seizures is?
Phenytoin
The central nervous system stimulant known as methylxanthines includes?
Amphatamine sulfate
Methylphenidate is the most commonly prescribed drug for?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Muscle tremors and parkinsonism-like effects are common side effects of antipsychotic medications. These are known as?
Extrapyramidal symptoms
The prototype phenothiazine drug is?
Thorazine
Which of the following is true regarding phenothiazines and butyrophenones?
Medications in this crew blocking dopamine receptors
Acute dystonic reactions are treated with?
Diphenhydramine
SSRI’s are used primarily as?
Antidepressant medications
Which of the following is an MAO inhibitor?
Nardil
The two main types of a acetylchoine receptors are?
Nicotinic and muscarinic
Drugs that produces state of paralysis without affecting consciousness are?
Neuromuscular blocking agents
Stimulation of the nerves leaving the collateral ganglia in the abdominal cavity cause?
Relaxation of smooth muscle in the wall of the urinary bladder
Stimulation of the alpha-1 receptors results in?
Arterial and venous constriction
Stimulation of beta-2 receptors results in?
Inhibition of contractions of the uterus
Terbutaline specifically targets?
Beta 2 receptors
Lidocain and phenytoin belong to the class of?
Sodium channel blockers
Procainamide is indicated in the treatment of?
Atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response
An andogenous nucleoside with a very short half-life (about 10 seconds), with alarming side effects such as shortness of breath and chest pain is?
Adenocard
Which class of drug is used to decrease blood pressure bye decreasing the amount of circulating angiotensi II and decreasing peripheral vascular resistance?
ACE inhibitors
Drugs used to treat high blood cholesterol is called?
Antihyperlipidemics
Activase is used to?
Break down thrombi
Beta 2 specific agents used to treat asthma induced shortness of breath include?
Proventil
Medications that suppress the stimulus to cough in the central nervous system are called?
Antitussives
The hormone oxytocin causes uterine contraction and milk ejection. It is release by the?
Posterior pituitary
The substance that is secreted from the pancreatic islets by alpha cells and that increases blood glucose level is?
Glucagon
The solution containing a modified pathogen that does not actually cause disease that still stimulates the development of antibodies specific to it is an?
Vaccine
