Drugs

Question 1

What epilepsy drugs in particular can interfere with the functioning of OCPs?

Answer 1

phenytoin,

Question 2

What chemotherapeutic agents can cause peripheral neuropathies?

Answer 2

taxel, vincristine

Question 3

What chemo drug can cause cerebellar ataxia?

Answer 3

cytosine arabinoside or 5-FU

Question 4

A renal transplant patient presents with confusion, agitation, loss of autoregulation. This is..

Answer 4

PRES

Question 5

A patient develops akathisia while taking haldol. Treatment?

Answer 5

diphenhydramine

Question 6

A patient who is being treated for “swelling” starts hallucinating and having difficulty sleeping. the culprit?

Answer 6

steroids

Question 7

A young girl is found to have ataxia and diplopia. She was tx for a sore throat last week - her carbamazepine level was found to be 14. What was she treated with?

Answer 7

erythromycin

Question 8

A young woman with major depression comes in headache and nausea as well as generalized tonic clonic seizures. What is she taking?

Answer 8

buproprion - lowers seizure threshold

Question 9

A patient with a hx of depressinon presents with tremor, agitation and tachycardia. This is..

Answer 9

serotonin syndrome

Question 10

A young girl presents with blurred vision, seeing strange things on the wall, tachycardia. Her mom thinks she got something from the med closet. This is..

Answer 10

anticholinergic syndrome