Comprehensive Flashcards
What are the side effects of anticholinergic medications?
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Explain the drug regimen for H. pylori.
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What are the side effects of aluminum-containing antacids?
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How does allopurinol work?
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What are contraindications for antitubercular therapy?
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What patient education should be given for patients taking isoniazid to treat TB?
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Explain drug treatment for the flu.
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What are the side effects/adverse effects of aminoglycosides?
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What are common side effects of antibiotic use?
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What patient education should be given to patients taking tetracycline?
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Which antibiotics are related to PCN?
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Why is a spacer used with an inhaler?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of using inhaled corticosteroids?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of xanthine derivatives?
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How does aminophylline work for COPD patients?
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How does Guaifenesin work?
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What are systemic effects of adrenergic nasal decongestants?
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How does Metformin work?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of corticosteroids?
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Explain rotation of injection sites for insulin administration.
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What are the onsets of rapid-acting, short-acting, intermediate-acting, and long-acting insulin?
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What is Cosyntropin used for?
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How is Diabetes insipidus treated?
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What are osmotic diuretics used for?
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What drugs interact with thiazides?
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What patient education should be given to patients who are taking Lasix?
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What are side effects of potassium-sparing diuretics?
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How do antilipemic drugs work?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of antilipemic drugs?
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How long does it take Lipitor to work?
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What are the side effects/adverse effects of statin drugs?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of niacin?
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What are the antidotes for Heparin and Coumadin?
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How do thrombolytic drugs work?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of thrombolytic therapy?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of antidysrhythmic drugs?
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What is the therapeutic range of digoxin?
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Explain what ionotropic, chronotropic, and dromotropic mean.
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What are the signs/symptoms of digoxin toxicity?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of beta blockers?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of nitrates?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of ACE inhibitors?
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How does tolterodine work?
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Explain how anticholinergic drugs affect the parasympathetic nervous system.
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What is the antidote to cholinergic drugs?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of cholinergic drugs?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of cholinergic drugs?
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What are contraindications for nonselective beta blockers?
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What is epinephrine used for?
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What effects do adrenergic agonist drugs have on the sympathetic nervous system?
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How long do antidepressants take to work?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of SSRIs?
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What drugs interact with SSRIs?
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What patient education should be provided to patients taking MAOIs?
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What are side effects/adverse effects of Sinemet?
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What patient education should be provided for patients taking anticholinergic drugs?
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How does carbidopa/levodopa work?
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What is therapeutic index?
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What patient education should be provided to patients taking AEDs (antiepileptic drugs)?
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What drugs are given for musculoskeletal injury?
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What patient education should be given to patients taking opioids?
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What is the antidote to opioids?
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Explain the Schedule system for controlled substances.
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Explain how neonates and children respond differently to medications, compared to adults.
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Explain how older adults respond differently to medications.
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Explain the first-pass effect.
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What are side effects of epinephrine?
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What happens when a patient takes two drugs that are highly protein bound?
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What is bethanechol used for?
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How does tiotropium work?
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What education should be provided for patients taking psyllium?
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What are side effects of cephalosporins?
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How do NSAIDS work?
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What is Tensilon used for?
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How does atropine work?
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What conditions are anticholinergics used for?
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How do indirect-acting cholinergic agonists work?
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How do alpha-adrenergic blockers work?
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What are side effects of beta2 adrenergic agonists?
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What are side effects of digoxin?
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