Farm Final :) Flashcards
______: Derived from microorganisms ex: penicillin
Antibiotics
_______: Ability to kill bacteria (irreversible)
Bactericidal
_______: Synthetic (made in a laboratory) (ex: Sulfonamides)
Antibacterial agents
______: Range of anti-infective properties
Spectrum
______: Ability of organism to be unaffected by an anti-infective agent. (May be natural or acquired)
Resistance
_______: Ability to inhibit the growth of bacteria. (reversible)
Bacteriostatic
A ____ may be narrow or wide.
spectrum
________: Appearance of a new infection with other than the original organism while the patient is taking an antimicrobial agent. An example of this would be candidiasis as a result of taking tetracycline.
Suprainfection (super infection)
The word stat on a prescription means
a. before meals.
b. at bedtime.
c. immediately.
d. every.
c. immediately.
The word stat on a prescription means immediately (now). The abbreviation ac means before meals, hs means at bedtime, and q means every.
On a prescription, the directions to the patient are preceded by
a. Rx.
b. Sig.
c. #.
d. Disp.
b. Sig.
* Sig. is the abbreviation for the Latin word signa, or write. This word precedes the instructions to the patient. Rx means take thou and precedes the prescription instructions, # denotes the number of tablets, capsules, and so forth to be dispensed. Disp. is short for dispense and precedes the amount to be dispensed, analogous to #.*
______(Cleocin) is an antibacterial agent used in patients who are penicillin-allergic. Its mechanism of action is ______ or ____ depending on the dose. It _____ bacterial protein synthesis and retards bacterial growth and reproduction.
Clindamycin; bactericidal or bacteriostatic; inhibits
_____ occurs when the effect of two agents used together is lesser.
Antagonism
The mechanism of action for ______ inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis so it is _______.
penicillin; bacteriocidal
_____ have a 10% cross-sensitivity with penicillin.
Cephalosporins
______(Cleocin) is an antibacterial agent used in patients who are penicillin-allergic. Its mechanism of action is ______ or ____ depending on the dose. It _____ bacterial protein synthesis and retards bacterial growth and reproduction.
Clindamycin; bacteriacidal or bacteriistatic; inhibits
What antibacterial agents are the first line of treatment?
Penicillin and Amoxicillin
What antibacterial agent is the first line of treatment when a ‘cilin cannot be used?
Clindamycin
What is the adjunctive agent used with ‘cilin antibacterial agents?
metronidazole
True or False Bacteriostatic and bactericidal antibiotics should not be used together because its effectiveness will be reduced.
True
Penicillin is a _____ -spectrum antibiotic, whereas, amoxicillin is a ________ -spectrum antibiotic
narrow; broad
______ is bactericidal and causes bacterial DNA to lose its structure. It is important that alcohol is not consumed with this antibiotic.
Metronidazole (Flagyl)
A patient care consideration for ________ is pseudomembranous colitis. This is associated with C. dif.
clindamycin
Nutritional or herbal supplements
a. carry the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for disease states.
b. are not drugs.
c. can cause adverse effects.
d. will not interact with other drugs the patient may be taking.
c. can cause adverse effects.
* Nutritional or herbal supplements are quite capable of causing adverse effects. The majority of nutritional or herbal supplements do not carry FDA approval for treating disease states. These supplements are drugs and can cause adverse effects and interact with different drugs.*
Which type of drug name usually begins with a lowercase letter?
a. Brand name
b. Code name
c. Generic name
d. Trade name
c. Generic name
* Before any drug is marketed, it is given a generic name that becomes the “official” name of the drug. Each drug is assigned only one generic name selected by the U.S. Adopted Name Council, and the name is not capitalized. The brand name is equivalent to the trade name and is capitalized. Although the brand name is technically the name of the company marketing the product, this term is often used interchangeably with the trade name. The code name is the initial term used within a pharmaceutical company to refer to a drug while it is undergoing investigation and is often a combination of capital letters and numbers, the letters representing an abbreviation of the company name.*
