Pharmacology

Question 1

sympathetic nervous system

Answer 1

fight or flight

Question 2

parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 2

rest and digest

Question 3

Which lung sound is associated with muco active/mucolytic drugs

Answer 3

Rhonchi (coarse crackles) or fine crackles if in small airways/atelectasis

Question 4

What are the three short acting adrenergics

Answer 4

Racemic epinephrine, albuterol, and levalbuterol

Question 5

What are the three long acting adrenergics

Answer 5

Salmeterol, formoterol, and arformoterol

Question 6

What are the three anti-cholinergic drugs?

Answer 6

Ipratropium, tiotropium, and Umeclindinium

Question 7

Albuterol drug name

Answer 7

Proventil, Ventolin

Question 8

Which type of drug do COPD usually receive?

Answer 8

Anti-cholinergics

Question 9

The two main ways that bronchospasms are treated are by what mechanisms?

Answer 9

stimulating the sympathetic nervous system OR blocking the parasympathetic nervous system

Question 10

adrenergic drugs work on which NS?

Answer 10

Sympathetic

Question 11

Which drugs mainly work on the receptors in the parasympathetic NS?

Answer 11

Anti-cholinergic

Question 12

Sympathomimetics can also be called what?

Answer 12

adrenergic

Question 13

parasympatholytics can also be called what

Answer 13

anti-cholinergic

Question 14

Adronergic drugs are best to treat what?

Answer 14

Asthma. they are considered an agonist because they are also called sympathimetics (“mimic” sympathetic NS)

Question 15

Racemic Epi acts on what receptor and what does that receptor do?

Answer 15

Alpha 1 receptors which is a vasopressor and vasoconstriction

Question 16

How often should someone have to be using their rescue inhaler?

Answer 16

less than two times a week

Question 17

When must you pre treat someone with a bronchodilator?

Answer 17

When administering Mucomyst (Acetylcysteine)

Question 18

Which drugs are considered maintenance drug

Answer 18

LABA and LAAC

Question 19

which are the rescue drugs?

Answer 19

SABA and SAAC

Question 20

Why do we only give corticosteroids in severe situations for COPD patients?

Answer 20

Can increase chance of pneumonia due to immunosuppressing

Question 21

Why are corticosteroids safer inhaled rather than oral?

Answer 21

they can cause a lot of side effects and inhaled will decrease systemic effects

Question 22

Corticosteroids help enhance the effects of what other drugs?

Answer 22

adrenergic

Question 23

Why use a filtered syringe?

Answer 23

helps filter out possible glass particles from ampule