Pharm Cardio Redemption

Question 1

what can amiodarone do to EKG segments?

Answer 1

elongate QT interval

Question 2

what vitamin is used as a cholesterol lowering medication?

Answer 2

Nicotinic acid

Question 3

a patient has an extreme cardiovascular disease and a perisistent arrhythmia. what drug caused it?

Answer 3

quinidine

Question 4

what drug can cause a lupus-erythemas type rash

Answer 4

hydralazine

Question 5

what is the dose of lisinopril

Answer 5

2.5-40mg

Question 6

what is the dose of HCTZ

Answer 6

12.5-50 mg

Question 7

what drug causes pulmonary fibrosis

Answer 7

amiodarone

Question 8

a women comes in for a pap smear and says she wants to get pregrant. what medication does she need to get off of?

Answer 8

ACE inhibitor

Question 9

a resident tells you that amiodarone is a class 3 drug, what is the MOA

Answer 9

it interferes with outward K+ channels

Question 10

what drug is good for renal failure and treatment of htn

Answer 10

loop diuretics

Question 11

what beta blocker has partial agonist activity

Answer 11

acebutolol

Question 12

what is the dosage of atropine for a-fib

Answer 12

100-200mg

Question 13

what is the dosage of atenolol

Answer 13

50mg

Question 14

what is the dosage of aliskiren

Answer 14

150mg

Question 15

what is the dosage of hydralazine?

Answer 15

10-100mg, max of 300mg

Question 16

what is the lowest bioavailability route of administration

Answer 16

inhalation

Question 17

MOA of a statin?

Answer 17

HMG-CoA reductase

Question 18

what drug causes reflex tachycardi?

Answer 18

CCB?

Question 19

what medication can cause gallstones?

Answer 19

fibrates (gemfibrozil)
bile acid resins (cholestyramine)

Question 20

what does alisriskerin bind to?

Answer 20

Renin

Question 21

Pt had an MI and currently has V-tach, what do you give him?

Answer 21

lidocaine

Question 22

MOA of niacin

Answer 22

Inhibits lipolysis and fatty acid release in adipose tissue through blockade of hormone-sensitve lipase and decreases hepatic VLDL synthesis

Question 23

Nitroprusside side effect

Answer 23

cyanide poisoning

Question 24

diuretic that acts on the distal portion of the tubule

Answer 24

thiazide or aldosterone inhibitors

Question 25

MOA of cholesterol absorption inhibitors (ezetimibe/zetia) or Zetia+simvastatin

Answer 25

selective inhibition of cholesterol reabsorption at the brush border of enterocytes

-decrease LDL
-decrease slightly triglycerides
-slight increase of HDL

Question 26

MOA of nitroglycerin

Answer 26

activate guanylyl cyclase

Question 27

starting on a beta blocker, what is the regime

Answer 27

start on a low dose and gradually increase

Question 28

effect of beta blockers in angina

Answer 28

reduces cardiac oxygen demand

Question 29

person has hyperthyroidism and HTN, what drug does she get

Answer 29

Propranolol (beta blocker)

Question 30

what is efficacy

Answer 30

how well a drug produces a response

Question 31

Beta blockers with additional alpha blocking

Answer 31

labetalol
carrvedilol
bucindolol

Question 32

what is the MOA of beta blockers

Answer 32

decrease cardiac output

Question 33

MOA of digoxin

Answer 33

slow the conduction of the AV node

Question 34

what is true of ezetimibe/simvastatin

Answer 34

use when insufficient LDL cholesterol lowering with statin alone (combo lowers LDL better than statin alone)