OSTEOPOROSIS MEDS (EXAM 4)

Question 1

CALCIUM (W OR W/O VD)

MED
INCREASE (PREVENT)
HYPER

Answer 1

OS-CAL

INCREASE FLUIDS (PREVENT URINARY CALCULI)
HYPERCALCEMIA

Question 2

BISPHOSPHONATES

MED
TAKE ON, WHEN, PREVENT

DO NOT GIVE, CAUSE

IV, CHECK, CAUSE

Answer 2

ALENDRONATE (FOSAMAX OR PLUS D)

TAKE ON EMPTY STOMACH IN AM (PREVENT ESOPHAGITIS, ESOPHAGEAL ULCERS, GASTRIC ULCERS)

DO NOT GIVE IF SENSITIVE TO ASPIRIN (BRONCHOCONSTRICTION)

IV = CHECK SERUM CREATININE (RENAL INSUFFICIENCY OR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE)

Question 3

ESTROGEN AGONISTS/ANTAGONISTS

Answer 3

RALOXIFENE (EVISTA)

VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM (VTE)
4 MONTHS