Pharm Flashcards
What medication can shorten the course of influenza A and B if taken within 48 hrs? What is the MechOfAction?
OS-ELT-AM-IVIR (Tamiflu)..neuraminidase inhibition
What is the most common side effect of elderly patients and benzodiazapenes?
confusion! (insomnia is not an adverse effect)
What is an IRREVERSIBLE, long-acting, alpha-adrenergic BLOCKER that prevents peripheral vasoconstriction and is therefore used to resect a PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA which is spewing out EPI???
PHEN-OXY-BENZ-AMINE
Which CHEMO drug is notorious for causing TINNITUS and hearing loss??
Cis-Platin
What is a common antiemetic drug Rx’d to Pt’s on chemo?
ON-DAN-Set-Ron
Name that Chemo Drug based on its side effects: vertigo and psychosis
glucocorticoids (prednisone)
Name that Chemo Drug based on its side effects: alopecia, GI irritation and myelosupression
E-TOP-O-SIDE
Name that Chemo Drug based on its side effects: Alopecia, MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE, and myelosuppression
DOX-O-RUBICIN
Name that Chemo drug based on its side effects: myelosuppression and FATTY change in the liver
METH-o-TREX-ate
HEY, one of my pt’s is on this…What med can cause intersitial pneumontits (dyspnea, cough, dry inspiritory crackels)?
AMIDARONE (antiarythmic agent)
_______ and other anticoagulant agents can predispose patients to diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH)
API-X-ABAN
What are the two main side effects of HydroxyChloroquine?
1.skin pigmentation changes and 2.retinopathy
LONG TERM prednisone use is associated with ________ syndrome
Cushing’s
The two main adverse effects of SOTALOL include:
- torsades de pointes 2.excessive beta blockade
What receptor in the stomach does MISO-PRO-STOL affect?
Prostaglandin E receptors
WHY do NSAIDS cause gastric ulcers???
NSAIDS block COX1. W/o COX 1 no prostaglandins are made. No prostaglandins = less MUCUS secretion in stomach
What is a good med to combat NSAID induced peptic ulcer?
Miso-Pro-Stol (no not miso soup, which is good for your stomach too :))
What are two examples of HISTAMINE blockers used to treat stomach acid?
Cim-et-IDINE and Ran-it-IDINE (get it!? the end in INE, like histamINE!!)
ASPIRIN-exacerbated airway disease: 10% of pt with asthma and is caused by DYSREGULATION of _________ metabolism due to __________ inhibition.
Arachidonic Acid metabolism…CycloOxygenase inhibition
IF you BLOCK COX 1,2 via Aspirin you can make more Leukotrienes via WHAT ENZYME???
5-LipOxyGenase
PLEASE NAME the progression of Membrane Phospholipids to Leukotrienes: Membrane Lipids—>________ enzyme—>_________ intermediate—->________enzyme—->Leukotrienes
Membrane PHOSPHOlipids—>PHOSPHOLIPASE A2—>Arachadonic Acid—>5-Lipoxygenase—>Leukotrienes
PLEASE NAME the progression from membrane phospholipids to PROSTAGLANDINS: Membrane phospholipids—>_________ enzyme—–>______intermediate—->_______ enzyme—->Prostaglandins
Membrane Phospholipids—>phospholipase A—>arachadonic acid—>cyclooxegenase 1 and 2—> Prostaglandins
What is a good med for aspirin-exacerbated airway disease?
montelukast (singulair)
After administration of Nitroglycerin for Angina, what happens to HR and End-Diastolic Left Ventricular Volume?
HR = INCREASE (no direct effect, but REFLEX tachycardia)…End-diastolic left ventricular Volume = decrease
What is the category of drug for indomethacin and what is it used for?
an NSAID…Prostaglandin E antagonist… INTERESTING: can be used to close a patent ductus arteriosis
the AntiTB drug Isoniazid can induce a pyridoxine deficiency…so vitamin ___ supplementation is required with this drug!
B6
_________ disease is caused by a defect in the branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex
MAPLE SYRUP URINE disease mmmmm
Severe flushing or diarrhea assoiciated with CARCINOID syndrome can be tx’d with _______, which is a _______ analog that functions by inhibiting the release of bioactive peptides by the carcinoid tumor
OCT-REO-TIDE…somatostatin
______ is a pretreatment useful in reducing cutaneous flushing in patients taking niacin
ASPIRIN
________ is a prodrug ANTIHISTAMINE associated with QT PROLONGATION in some patients!! (REMOVED FROM US MARKET)
TERF-EN-ADINE
PROPANOLOL is a _______ useful in DECREASING HR, BP, and myocardial contractility and myocardial oxygen demand
beta-blocker
_______ and all other SULFONYLUREA agents, REDUCE blood glucose levels primarily by stimulating insulin release from pancreatic beta cells
CHLOR-PROP-AMIDE
_________ competitively blocks ALPHA-ADGRENERGIC receptors, mitigating HTN caused by EPI and NorEpi. Useful in short-term tx of PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA-induced HTN
PHENTOLAMINE
Fungi such as CANDIDA are eukaryotes that have ______ genomes and chitinous cell walls impervious to penicillins.
DIPLOID
________ are small, OBLIGATE intracellular bacteria that have MULTIPLE copies of circular, PLASMID-like genomes
CHLAMYDIAE
What feature of Chlamydia is unique so that a certain antibiotic cannot treat it? What Antibiotic is this?
An unusual peptidoglycan wall impenetrable to PENICILLINS
Chlamydia has a rigid membrane due to its CYSTINE rich proteins that are connected by WHAT?
disulfide bonds
WHAT are oral ANTIDIABETIC medications that exert their glucose-lowering effects by decreasing insulin resistance?
THIAZO-LID-IN-ED-IONES