Pharm 4

Question 1

diuretic

Answer 1

increase urine excretion

Question 2

what does diuretic treat?

Answer 2

reduce circulating fluid volume to help treat edema and hypertension

Question 3

most common diuretic

Answer 3

thiazide

Question 4

thiazides is most frequently used for

Answer 4

increase excretion of water, sodium, chloride & potassium

Question 5

example of thiazides

Answer 5

hydrochlorothiazide

Question 6

thiazide treatment

Answer 6

edema
hypertension
kidney stones

Question 7

thiazide side effects

Answer 7

hypokalemia

lower bp

Question 8

loop diuretics treatment

Answer 8

edema
ascites
hypertension

Question 9

loop diuretics

Answer 9

inhibit sodium and chloride reabsorption

Question 10

when are potassium sparing diuretics used?

Answer 10

seldomly used alone

Question 11

potassium sparing diuretics side effects

Answer 11

hyperkalemia

Question 12

why do people pick potassium sparing diuretics?

Answer 12

if they have cirrohois

Question 13

use for potassium sparing diuretics

Answer 13

combined with thiazide to increase the diuretic and hyposensitive effects

Question 14

osmotic agents

Answer 14

reduce intracranial or intraocular pressure

Question 15

gout

Answer 15

arthritis/ accumulation of uric acid crystals in various joints

Question 16

most common area for gout

Answer 16

big toe

Question 17

NSAID

Answer 17

anti-inflammatory

acute gout

Question 18

corticosteriods

Answer 18

use for acute gout if they can’t tolerate NSAIDs

Question 19

colchicine

Answer 19

used to relieve inflammation

acute gout

Question 20

important colchicine

Answer 20

drink lots of water

Question 21

uricosuric agents

Answer 21

promote urinary excretion of uric acid

chronic gout

Question 22

uricosuric agents side effects

Answer 22

kidney stones

Question 23

xanthine oxidase inhibitor

Answer 23

chronic gout

Question 24

example of xanthine oxidase inhibitor

Answer 24

allopurionol

Question 25

allopurinol

Answer 25

prevention of kidney stones

Question 26

overactive bladder

Answer 26

frequency and urgency

Question 27

frequency

Answer 27

more than 8x per 24 hours

Question 28

antispasmodics

Answer 28

anticholinergics used to increase capacity and decrease urgency

Question 29

bladder antispasmodics side effects

Answer 29

drying dizzy drowsy

Question 30

cholinergics

Answer 30

gotta go gotta go

Question 31

cholinergics side effects

Answer 31

urgency

Question 32

urinary analygesics

Answer 32

short term relief burning pain | UTI

Question 33

AZO standard

Answer 33

only for symptomatic relief

Question 34

urinary analgestics side effects

Answer 34

orange/red urine

Question 35

BPH

Answer 35

most common benign tumor in men | prostate enlargement

Question 36

anti androgens

Answer 36

suppress growth of prostate

Question 37

alpha blocker

Answer 37

improves urine flow decrease BPH symptoms 1st LINE

Question 38

PDE inhibitor

Answer 38

ED & BPH

Question 39

loop side effects

Answer 39

fluid imbalance hypokalemia hypotension

Question 40

loop example

Answer 40

Lasix

Question 41

osmotic example

Answer 41

mannitol

Question 42

NSAID example

Answer 42

ibuprofen

Question 43

when are cholinergics used?

Answer 43

surgery/childbirth

Question 44

PDE example

Answer 44

Cialis