Drugs (brand names, generic, class)

Question 1

What is Pariet?

Answer 1

Rabeprazole, a PPI

Question 2

What’s the usual dose of rabeprazole?

Answer 2

20mg

Question 3

How should rabeprazole be taken? (timing with meals)

Answer 3

With food or empty stomach - doesn’t matter

Question 4

What is Gastro-Stop?

Answer 4

Loperamide, a mu-opiod receptor agonist

Question 5

What’s the MoA of mu-opiod receptor agonsists?

Answer 5

They act on the myenteric plexus to decrease tone of the large bowel to increase transit time leading to harder stools

Question 6

What is Celebrex?

Answer 6

Celecoxib, a selective cox-2 inhibitor

Question 7

What’s the usual dose of celecoxib for arthritic pain (OA, RA, ank spond)

Answer 7

200-400mg/day

Question 8

How should celecoxib be taken? (timing with meals)

Answer 8

Doesn’t matter

Question 9

What is Stemetil?

Answer 9

Prochlorperazine, a dopamine D2 receptor antagonist

Question 10

What are the indications for procholorperazine?

Answer 10

Nausea, vomiting
Dizziness
Migraine

Question 11

What is Monoplus?

Answer 11

A combination of fosinopril, an ACEi and hydrocholorthiazide, a diuretic

Question 12

What’s the usual dose of Monoplus?

Answer 12

10-20mg fosinopril + 12.5 mg HCT

Question 13

How should Monoplus be taken?

Answer 13

Timing with food doesn’t matter, but not within 2 hours of an antacid

Question 14

What’s Indocid

Answer 14

Indomethacin, an NSAID