Quiz 4 (Prescription Drugs) (Indications)

Question 1

albuterol

Answer 1

• Relief of bronchospasm in pts with reversible obstructive airway disease
• Maintenance to prevent exacerbations of bronchospasms
• Prevention of exercise-induced bronchospasm

Question 2

atenolol

Answer 2

• Management of hypertension
• Anagina pectoris
• Usage in severe renal impairment

Question 3

bisoprolol & hydrochlorothiazide

Answer 3

• Management of hypertension

Question 4

carbidopa & levodopa

Answer 4

• Treatment of symptoms of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (paralysis agitans), postencephalitic parkinsonism, & symptomatic parkinsonism which may follow injury to the nervous system by carbon monoxide intoxication or manganese intoxication.

Question 5

carvedilol

Answer 5

• Management of essential hypertension when used alone or in combination with other antihypertensive agents, especially thiazide-type diuretics
• Treatment of mild to moderate heart failure of ischemic or cardiomyopathic origin, in combination with digitalis, diuretics, & an ACE inhibitor, to reduce the progression of disease.
• Use in pts with left ventricular dysfunction following MI.

Question 6

clonidine

Answer 6

• Treatmentof hypertension

Question 7

dicyclomine

Answer 7

• Treatment of functional & irritable bowel syndromes

Question 8

doxazosin

Answer 8

• Treatment of hypertension alone or in combination with diuretics or beta-adrenergic blocking agents (IR only)
• Treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

Question 9

alendronate

Answer 9

• Treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women
• Prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women
• Treatment to increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis
• Treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in men & women
• Treatment of Paget’s disease of bone

Question 10

nebivolol

Answer 10

• Treatment of hypertension

Question 11

oxybutynin

Answer 11

• Relief of the symptoms of bladder instability associated with voiding in pts with uninhibited neurogenic or reflex neurogenic bladder.
• Treatment of overactive bladder with symptoms of urge urinary incontinence, urgency, & frquency

Question 12

propranolol

Answer 12

• Hypertension
• Arrhythmias
• Angina pectoris
• Migraine headache
• MI
• Hypertrophic subaortic stenosis
• Pheochromocytoma
• Preoperatively

Question 13

tamsulosin

Answer 13

• Treatment of the signs & symptoms of BPH

Question 14

terazosin

Answer 14

• Treatment of hypertension
• Treatment of BPH

Question 15

montelukast

Answer 15

• For prophylaxis & chronic treatment of asthma in adults & children 2 years & older
• For the relief of symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis for adults & children 2 years & older, & perennial allergic rhinitis in adults & pediatric pts 6 months & older
• Prevention of exercise-induced bronchoconstrition in pts 15 years & older

Question 16

cyclobenzaprine

Answer 16

• Relief of skeletal muscle spasm associated with acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions

Question 17

clonazepam

Answer 17

• Treatment of Lennoc-Gastaut syndrome (petit mal variant), akinetic & myoconic seizures, & in pts with absence seizures (petit mal) who have failed to respond to succinimides

Question 18

fluoxetine

Answer 18

• Treatment of depression
• Treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Treatment of bulimis nervosa
• Treatment of panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia

Question 19

topiramate

Answer 19

• As adjunctive & monotherapy for adults & pediatric pts ages 2-16 eith partial onset seizures, or primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures, & in pts 2 years & older with seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
• For initial montherapy treatment of partial onset or primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in pts over the age of 10
• For the prophylaxis of migraine headache in adults

Question 20

amoxicillin & clavulanate

Answer 20

Beta-lactamase producing strains

Question 21

meloxicam

Answer 21

• Relief of the signs & symptoms of osteoarthritis & rheumatoid arthritis
• Relief of the signs & symptoms of particular & polyarticular course Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) in pts 2 years & older

Question 22

trazodone

Answer 22

• Treatment of depression with or without associated anxiety

Question 23

sulfamethoxazole & trimethoprim

Answer 23

• Infections
• Prophylaxis against PCP in individuals who are immunosuppressed & considered to be at increased risk
• Treatment of traveler’s diarrhea in adults

Question 24

cephalexin

Answer 24

• Infections

Question 25

escitalopram

Answer 25

• Treatment of depression
• Acute treatment of generalized anxiety disorder in adults