REVIEW Flashcards
What is the DOD Prescription Form?
D 1289
What is the Poly-Prescription form?
NAVMED 6710/6
What do you NOT want to do while filling out a prescription?
Do not use shorthand
If a DD 1289 is not required, what must you fill out for proper documentation?
A proper SOAP note
What is the study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion? (Activities of the drug after it enters the body)
Pharmacokinetics
What is:
A carrier molecule such as a protein or enzyme ACTIVELY moves the drug across the membrane? (ATP)
Active absorption
What is:
Diffusion of a drug across a membrane from higher concentration to lower concentration?
Passive absorption
what is:
Drug’s ACTIONS and effects within the body?
Pharmacodynamics
What is:
A compulsive need to use a substance to obtain a pleasurable experience?
Psychological Dependence
What is:
A compulsive need to use a substance repeatedly to avoid mild to severe withdrawal symptoms?
Physical Dependence
What is:
A drug that binds with a receptor to produce the therapeutic effect?
Agonist
What is:
A drug that binds to a receptor stronger than the agonist?
Antagonist (Narcan)
What is:
A reaction that occurs when the combined effect of two drugs is equal to the sum of each drug given alone?
Additive drug reaction
What is:
A drug interaction that occurs when drugs produce an effect greater than the sum of their separate actions?
Synergism
What sex require smaller doses due to less fat and water ratios?
Women
What are the 3 oral routes?
- Nasogastric (NG)
- Sublingual
- Buccal
What drug administration means:
Giving a drug into the body but NOT through the G.I. tract?
Parenteral
What Parenteral route:
Is placed into the tissues between the skin and muscle?
Subcutaneous
What Parenteral route:
Is placed directly into the muscle?
Intramuscular
What Parenteral route:
Is placed directly into the blood via needle?
Intravenous
What Parenteral route:
Is typically used to administer sensitivity tests, such as TB test?
Intradermal
What drug route:
Are rapidly absorbed from the skin and have systemic effects?
Transdermal
What medication class:
Depress the sensory cortex, decrease motor activity, alter cerebellar function, and produce drowsiness, sedation, and hypnosis?
Barbiturates
Phenobarbital is what class?
Barbiturate
What are the 2 subclasses of Antianxiety drugs?
- Benzodiazepines
2. Non- Benzodiazepines
What subclass:
Bind to receptors in the GABA receptor complex, which enhances the binding of this inhibitory neurotransmitter?
Benzodiazepines (Benzos)
What subclass:
Act on brain’s dopamine and serotonin receptors?
Non-Benzodiazepines
What subclass causes a higher risk of dependency when used long term?
Benzos
- Alprazolam
- Diazepam
- Lorazepam
Benzos
- Buspirone Hydrochloride (Bu Spar)
- Hydroxyzine
- Sertraline (SSRI)
Non-Benzo
What is the GO-TO medication class for antidepressants?
SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)
What Antidepressant class:
Increase serotonin by inhibiting neuronal uptake to the Central Nervous System (CNS)?
SSRI
Do not take TCA’s and MAOI’s within how many days from each other?
Within 14 days
What Antidepressant class has MANY MEDICATION INTERACTIONS?
MAOI’s
Antidepressants may take up to how many weeks for desired effect?
4-6 weeks
- Venlafaxine
2. Duloxetine
SNRI’s
- Fluoxetine
- Sertraline
- Paroxetine
SSRI’s
What class:
Block dopamine receptors in the brain; also alter dopamine release and turnover?
Antipsychotics
How are Antipsychotics classified?
- Typical (1st gen)
2. Atypical (2nd gen)
- Haloperidol
Antipsychotic drug
What class:
A reduction of excitability of the neurons in the brain?
anticonvulsant
Using Benzos and Non-Benzos for this class? (reduce excitability)
Anticonvulsants
- Prochlorperazine (Phenothiazine)
- Ondansetron
- Promethazine
Antiemetics
- Meclizine
- Diphenhydramine
- Benzodiazepines
Antivertigo
What class:
Produce a local anesthesia by inhibiting transport of ions across neuronal membranes?
Local Anesthetics
What medication causes neuro-inhibition and anesthesia, where the patient is dissociated from their surrounding?
Ketamine
How much Ketamine should be given for pain control?
20-40 mg IM
- Lidocaine
2. Bupivacaine
Local Anesthetics
- propofol
General anesthetic
What are:
The 4 classes of Non-Narcotic Analgesics?
- Salicylate
- Non-Salicylate
- NSAIDS
- Urinary analgesic
What non-narcotic analgesic class MAY cause Reye Syndrome in children with chickenpox or flu?
Salicylates
- Aspirin
Salicylate
- Relieve mild to moderate pain
- Reduce body temperature
- Arthritis
Non-Salicylate
- Acetaminophen
2. Benzocaine-Menthol
Non-Salicylates
What non-narcotic analgesic class:
Inhibit COX-1 and COX-2 which is responsible for prostaglandin synthesis?
NSAIDS
- Anti-Inflammatory
- Analgesic
- Antipyretic
NSAIDS
- Ibuprofen
- Ketorolac
- Naproxen
- Meloxicam
- Mobic
NSAIDS
- Phenazopyridine
Urinary Analgesic
What medication may turn urine a reddish orange color?
Phenazopyridine (Urinary Analgesic)
What class:
Alters the perception of and response to pain?
Narcotic Analgesics
DO NOT give this drug class to a patient with a head injury or increased ICP?
Narcotic Analgesics
- Codeine
- Fentanyl
- Hydromorphone
- Morphine Sulfate
- Oxycodone
- Hydrocodone
Narcotics
What medication is a competitive antagonist that bind to opioid receptors?
Naloxone
What is a chemical created in the body? Highest amounts are found in basophils and mast cells.
Histamines
How do H-1 Antihistamines work?
Bind to H1 receptors in mast cells, smooth muscle, and endothelium in the body as well as in the brain to prevent release of histamine.
How do H-2 Antihistamines work?
bind to H-2 histamine receptors in the Upper G.I. tract, primarily in the stomach.
- Diphenhydramine
- Hydroxyzine
- Promethazine
1st gen Antihistamines
- Cetirizine HCL
- Fexofenadine
- Loratadine
2nd gen Antihistamine
- Oxymetazoline HCL
- Pseudoephedrine
- Phenylephrine
Decongestants
What drug class:
contraindicated for patients with cardiac arrhythmia or taking a beta blocker?
Beta 2 Agonist
- Albuterol sulfate
2. Levalbuterol HCL
Beta 2 Agonist
- Ipratropium
2. Tiotropium
Muscarinic Antagonist
What class inhibit the release of substances that cause bronchoconstriction and inflammation from the mast cells in the respiratory tract?
Mast Cell Stabilizer
What Class:
Decrease inflammatory process in the airway through inhibiting multiple different inflammatory cytokines?
Inhaled Corticosteroids
- Budesonide
2. Fluticasone
Inhaled Corticosteroids
What Class:
Depress the cough center (central acting)?
Antitussives
- Codeine sulfate
- Benzonatate
- Dextromethorphan
- Diphenhydramine
Antitussives
What class:
Loosen and mobilize thick mucus from respiratory system?
Mucolytic