chapter 9 Flashcards
The most frequent type of drug-food interaction is food:
- Causing increased therapeutic drug levels
- Affecting the metabolism of the drug
- Altering the volume of distribution of drugs
- Affecting the gastrointestinal absorption of drugs
- Affecting the gastrointestinal absorption of drugs
Food in the gastrointestinal tract affects drug absorption by:
- Altering the pH of the colon, which decreases absorption
- Competing with the drug for plasma proteins
- Altering gastric emptying time
- Altering the pH of urine
- Altering gastric emptying time
Food can alter the pH of the stomach, leading to:
- Enhanced drug metabolism
- Altered vitamin K absorption
- Increased vitamin D absorption
- Altered drug bioavailability
- Altered drug bioavailability
Fasting for an extended period can:
- Increase drug absorption due to lack of competition between food and the drug
- Alter the pH of the gastrointestinal tract, affecting absorption
- Cause vasoconstriction, leading to decreased drug absorption
- Shrink the stomach, causing decreased surface area for drug absorption
- Cause vasoconstriction, leading to decreased drug absorption
Tetracycline needs to be given on an empty stomach because it chelates with:
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- Iron
- All of the above
- All of the above
A low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet may:
- Increase drug-metabolizing enzymes
- Decrease drug absorption from the GI tract
- Alter drug binding to plasma proteins
- Enhance drug elimination
- Increase drug-metabolizing enzymes
Grapefruit juice contains furanocoumarins that have been found to:
- Alter absorption of drugs through competition for binding sites
- Inhibit CYP 3A4, leading to decreased first-pass metabolism of drugs
- Alter vitamin K metabolism, leading to prolonged bleeding
- Enhance absorption of calcium and vitamin D
2 Inhibit CYP 3A4, leading to decreased first-pass metabolism of drugs
Cruciferous vegetables may alter drug pharmacokinetics by:
- Enhancing absorption of weakly acidic drugs
- Altering CYP 3A4 activity, leading to elevated levels of drugs, such as the statins
- Inducing CYP 1A2, possibly leading to therapeutic failure of drugs metabolized by CYP 1A2
- Decreasing first-pass metabolism of drugs
- Inducing CYP 1A2, possibly leading to therapeutic failure of drugs metabolized by CYP 1A2
Milk and other foods that alkalinize the urine may:
- Result in basic drugs being reabsorbed in the renal tubule
- Increase the elimination of basic drugs in the urine
- Decrease the elimination of acidic drugs
- Not alter drug elimination due to the minimal change in urine pH
- Result in basic drugs being reabsorbed in the renal tubule
Antacids such as calcium carbonate (Tums) can reduce the absorption of which of the following nutrients?
- Protein
- Calcium
- Iron
- Vitamin K
- Iron
Phenytoin decreases folic acid absorption by:
- Altering the pH of the stomach
- Increasing gastric emptying time
- Inhibiting intestinal enzymes required for folic acid absorption
- Chelation of the folic acid into inactive ingredients
- Inhibiting intestinal enzymes required for folic acid absorption
Patients taking warfarin need to be educated about the vitamin K content of foods to avoid therapeutic failure. Foods high in vitamin K that should be limited to no more than one serving per day include:
- Spinach
- Milk
- Romaine lettuce
- Cauliflower
- Spinach
The American Dietetic Association has recommended the use of specific nutritional supplements in the following population(s):
- 400 IU per day of vitamin D in all infants and children
- 1,000 IU per day of vitamin D for all pregnant women
- 60 mg per day of iron for all adults over age 50 years
- All of the above
- 400 IU per day of vitamin D in all infants and children
The American Dietetic Association recommends pregnant women take a supplement including:
- 1,000 IU daily of vitamin D
- 2.4 mcg/day of vitamin B12
- 600 mcg/day of folic acid
- 8 mg/day of iron
- 600 mcg/day of folic acid
The American Heart Association and the American Dietetic Association recommend a minimum daily fiber intake of ______ for cardiovascular health:
- 10 mg/day
- 15 mg/day
- 20 mg/day
- 25 mg/day
- 25 mg/day
Which of the following vitamin or mineral supplements may by teratogenic if a pregnant woman takes more than the recommended amount?
- Iron
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B6
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin A
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) may be prescribed to:
- Decrease the incidence of beriberi
- Reduce headaches and migraines
- Prevent pernicious anemia
- Treat hyperlipidemia
- Decrease the incidence of beriberi
Isoniazid (INH) may induce a deficiency of which vitamin?
- B6
- C
- D
- E
- B6
Pregnant patients who are taking isoniazid (INH) should take 25 mg/day of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) to prevent:
- Beriberi
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rickets
- Megaloblastic anemia
- Peripheral neuropathy
Vitamin B12 deficiency may lead to:
- Hair loss
- Insomnia
- Dry scales on the scalp
- Numbness and tingling of the hands
- Numbness and tingling of the hands
Smokers are at risk for vitamin C deficiency. It is recommended that smokers take _______ vitamin C supplement.
- 100 mg/day
- 500 mg/day
- 1,000 mg/day
- 35 mg/day more than nonsmokers
- 35 mg/day more than nonsmokers
There is strong evidence to support that adequate vitamin C intake prevents:
- The common cold
- Breast cancer
- Scurvy
- All of the above
- Scurvy
Adequate vitamin D is needed for:
- Absorption of calcium from the gastrointestinal tract
- Regulation of serum calcium levels
- Regulation of serum phosphate levels
- All of the above
- All of the above
Newborns are at risk for early vitamin K deficiency bleeding and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all newborns receive:
- IM vitamin K (phytonadione) within 24 hours of birth
- Oral vitamin K supplementation in the first 3 weeks of life
- Formula containing vitamin K or breast milk
- Oral vitamin K in the first 24 hours after birth
- IM vitamin K (phytonadione) within 24 hours of birth
Symptoms of folate deficiency include:
- Thinning of the hair
- Bruising easily
- Glossitis
- Numbness and tingling of the hands and feet
- Glossitis
A patient with a new onset of systolic ejection murmur should be assessed for which nutritional deficiency?
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin C
- Folate
- Niacine
- Folate
According to the 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey study of dietary intake, the group at highest risk for inadequate calcium intake was:
- The elderly (over age 60 years)
- Teenage females
- Teenage males
- Preschoolers
- Teenage females
- Patients with iron deficiency will develop:
- Hemolytic anemia
- Megaloblastic anemia
- Macrocytic-hypochromic anemia
- Microcytic-hypochromic anemia
- Microcytic-hypochromic anemia
There is evidence that dietary supplementation or adequate intake of fish oils and omega-3 fatty acids have well-documented:
- Concern for developing cardiac dysrhythmias
- Anti-inflammatory effects
- Total cholesterol-lowering effects
- Effects on fasting blood sugar
- Anti-inflammatory effects
There is enough preliminary evidence to recommend that children with autism receive which supplemental nutrient?
- Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
- Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
- Calcium
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- Omega-3 fatty acids
There is sufficient evidence to support the use of omega-3 fatty acids to treat the following disease(s):
- Asthma
- Autism
- Arthritis
- All of the above
- Autism
It is reasonable to recommend supplementation with _________ in the treatment of hyperlipidemia.
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- Probiotics
- Plant sterols
- Calcium
- Plant sterols
Probiotics are recommended to be co-administered when ____________ are prescribed:
- Antacids
- Antihypertensives
- Antidiarrheals
- Antibiotics
- Antibiotics
It is reasonable to add ___________ to a Helicobacter pylori treatment regimen to improve eradication rates of H. pylori.
- Probiotics
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- Plant sterols
- Fiber
- Probiotics