High yield pharmacology from First AID

Question 1

Bethanecol use

Answer 1

Activates BOWEL and BLADDER smooth muscle for post operative and neurogenic ileus

makes you pee and poop

Question 2

Carbachol

Answer 2

CARBon copy of ACh that’s resistant to AChE

Question 3

Carbachol use

Answer 3

Relieves intraocular pressure in glaucoma

Question 4

Pilocarpine effects

Answer 4

WET cholinergic effects for GLAUCOMA

Question 5

Galantamine, donepezil, and rivastigmine pneumonic for use

Answer 5

ALZHEIMER’s patients GALANTly swimg DOwN the RIVer by increasing ACH

Question 6

Antidote for anticholinergic toxitity

Answer 6

Physostigmine “phyxes” atropine overdose

Question 7

Benztropine mneumonic for use

Answer 7

PARK my BENZ (parkinsons)

Question 8

Benztropine MOA

Answer 8

Muscarinic antagonist

Question 9

Ipratropium use

Answer 9

I PRAy i can breath soon

COPD, asthma

Question 10

Ipratropium MOA

Answer 10

muscarinic antagonist

Question 11

Albuterol MOA and use

Answer 11

B2 agonist for asthma and COPD

Question 12

Dobutamine MOA and use

Answer 12

Increase INOTROPY in HF

Question 13

Fenoldopam USe

Answer 13

D1 agonist for HTN

D1 vasoD1lates

Question 14

Phenylephrine use

Answer 14

A1 agonist to act as vasoconstrictor with HYPOtension

Question 15

a-methyldopa use and side effect

Answer 15

Gestational HTN (a2 agonist)

Can cause SLE like syndrome

Question 16

-OSIN suffix

Answer 16

a1-blockers to treat BPH, PTSD (prazosin), and HTN (except tamsulosin)

Question 17

B-blocker adverse effects

Answer 17

ED
Bradycardia, AV block, HF
Seizures, sedation, sleep alterations
EXACERBATE ASTHMA, COPD

Question 18

B1 selective blockers naming

Answer 18

A-M in alphabet with -olol

Question 19

Nonselective B blockers naming

Answer 19

N-Z in alphabet with -olol

Question 20

Nonselective a and B blockers naming

Answer 20

Modified from -olol to -ALOL or -ILOL

Question 21

Drugs causing cutaneous flushing

Answer 21

Vanco
Adenosine
Niacin
Nitrates
Ca channel blockers
Echinochandins

“VANNCE”

Question 22

Drugs causing torsades de pointes

Answer 22

anti-Arrhythmics 
anti-Biotics
anti-"C"ychotics
anti-Depressants (TCAs)
anti-Emetics

anti-“ABCDE”

Question 23

Medications causing SIADH

Answer 23

SSRIs
Carbamazepine
Cyclophosphamide

Question 24

Hepatitis and jaundice

Answer 24

Erythromycin

Question 25

Focal to massive hepatic necrosis

Answer 25

Halothane
Valproic acid
Acetominophen

Question 26

Pancreatitis causing drugs

Answer 26

Corticosteroids
Alcohol
Valproic acid
Azithioprine
Diuretics

Question 27

Gray baby syndrome

Answer 27

Chloramphenicol

Question 28

Megaloblastic anemia causing drugs

Answer 28

Hydroxyurea
Phenytoin
Methotrexate
Sulfa drugs

“Yur having a MEGA BLAST with PMS”

Question 29

Gout causing drugs

Answer 29

Pyrazinamide
Thiazides
Furosemide
Niacin
Cyclosporine

Question 30

Photosensitivity causing drugs

Answer 30

Sulfonamides
Amiodarone
Tetracyclines
5-FU

“SAT For PHOTO”

Question 31

Steven’s Johnson syndrome causing drugs

Answer 31

Anti-EPILEPTIC drugs (-LAMOTRIGINE)
Allopurinol
Sulfa drugs
Penicillin

“Steven Johnson has EPILEPTIC ALLergy to SULFA DRUGS and PENICILLIN”

Question 32

Cinchonism causing drugs

Answer 32

Quinidine

Quinine

Question 33

Parkinson causing drugs

Answer 33

Anti-psychotics
Reserpine
Metoclopramide

(Cogwheel rigidity of ARM)

Question 34

Seizure causing drugs

Answer 34

Isoniazid
Bupropion
Imipenin
Tramadol
Enflurane

With SEIZURES, I BITE my tongue

Question 35

Pulmonary fibrosis causing drugs

Answer 35

Methotrexate
Nitrofurantoin
Carmustine
Bleomycin
Busulfan
AMiodarone

“My Nose Cannot Breathe Bad Air”

Question 36

Disulfuram effect reaction drugs

Answer 36

Sulfonylureas
Cephalosporins
Metronidazole