Chp 16 : Selected Agents

Question 1

Prolastin

Answer 1

Human purified AAT enzyme

Question 2

Aralast

Answer 2

AAT enzyme

Question 3

Zemaria

Answer 3

AAT enzyme

Question 4

Glassia

Answer 4

AAT enzyme

Question 5

Zyban (bupropion)

Answer 5

Non nicotine agent
Smoking cessation aid 
Antidepressant 
Blocks dopamine uptake - you don’t get a reward 
20% quit rate

Question 6

Chantix (varenicline)

Answer 6

Non nicotine agent
Blocks sensational feeling created by smoking
39% quit rate

Question 7

Catapres (clonidine)

Answer 7

Non nicotine agent
Anti hypertensive
Opioid and alcohol withdrawal

Question 8

Aventyl, pamelor (nortriptyline)

Answer 8

Antidepressants
Non nicotine agent
Similar effects to zyban

Question 9

Ventavis (iloprost)

Answer 9

Nitric oxide
Pulmonary hypertension in adults
By vibrating mesh

Question 10

Tyvaso (treprostinil)

Answer 10

NO

Pulmonary hypertension in adults

Question 11

Flolan (epoprostenol therapy)

Answer 11

IV
Not approved for being nebulized
Mini heart neb

Question 12

Remodulin

Answer 12

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
Synthetic
Subcutáneos, inhaled

Question 13

Afreeza

Answer 13

Inhaled insulin
Not a replacement for long acting insulin
Can alter pft
Caution in lung disease