2024 Pharmacology Exam 3 Practice Questions exam 2024
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2024 Pharmacology Exam 3 Practice Questions exam 2024
Which of the following adverse effects would you expect to see in a patient taking propylthiouracil?
a. Severe kidney injury
b. Agranulocytosis
c. Hyperthyroidism
d. Hypoglycemia - ANSWER-B
Which of the following antagonists is used for ac...
2024 Pharmacology Exam 3
Practice Questions exam
2024
Which of the following adverse effects would you expect to see in a patient taking
propylthiouracil?
a. Severe kidney injury
b. Agranulocytosis
c. Hyperthyroidism
d. Hypoglycemia - ✔✔✔ANSWER-B
Which of the following antagonists is used for acute toxicity in patients taking
benzodiazepines intravenously?
a. Naloxone (Narcan)
b. Flumazenil (Romazicon)
,c. Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
d. Naproxin (Aleve) - ✔✔✔ANSWER-B
1st generation NSAIDS inhibit:
a. COX-1 only
b. COX-2 only
c. COX-1 and COX-2 - ✔✔✔ANSWER-C
2nd generation NSAIDS inhibit:
a. COX-1 only
b. COX-2 only
c. COX-1 and COX-2 - ✔✔✔ANSWER-B
A 25-year-old woman on fluoxetine (Prozac), a stimulating antidepressant, has
trouble with falling asleep. You would expect which of the following drugs to be
used?
a. Lorazepam (Ativan)
b. Buspirone (BuSpar)
c. Trazodone (Desyrel)
d. Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) - ✔✔✔ANSWER-C
A 37-year old female patient has just been admitted to your clinic for a chief
complaint of diarrhea. Your client states, "I have trouble concentrating, I feel hot
,and sweaty all the time, and I'm eating ALL the time but losing weight! Also, for
some reason my eyes look like they're bulging out of my head." Which of the
following disease's do you suspect your patient of having based on these
symptoms?
a. Hashimoto's disease
b. Type II diabetes
c. Menopause
d. Grave's disease - ✔✔✔ANSWER-D
A COX-1 inhibitor medication benefits the body by:
a. Suppressing inflammation
b. Reducing fever
c. Preventing platelet aggregation
d. Relieving pain - ✔✔✔ANSWER-C
A nurse assesses a patient who takes a maintenance dose of lithium carbonate
(Lithobid) for bipolar disorder. The patient complains of hand tremor, nausea,
vomiting, and diarrhea. The patient's gait is unsteady. What might the nurse suspect
in this situation? The patient:
a. may have consumed some foods high in tyramine.
b. has not taken the lithium as directed.
c. has probably developed tolerance to the lithium.
d. may have developed lithium toxicity. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-D
, A nurse is educating a patient knowledge they should know when taking COX
inhibitors (both 1 and 2). Which of the following statements made by the patient
requires further instruction?
a. "I should use a soft bristle toothbrush to prevent my gums from bleeding."
b. "I should take a blood thinner while on this medication to reduce it's side
effects."
c. "I should be careful about running into things, like a table, to prevent bruising."
d. "I should expect to see a relief of pain, fever, and inflammation when taking
this." - ✔✔✔ANSWER-B
A nurse should recognize that a patient who is receiving an angiotensin-converting
enzyme (ACE) inhibitor medication while also receiving aspirin is at risk to
develop which of these complications?
a. Aspirin poisoning
b. Liver toxicity
c. Renal failure
d. Hemorrhage - ✔✔✔ANSWER-C (High-dose aspirin should be avoided in
patients taking ACE inhibitor medications. In susceptible patients, these
medications can impair renal function when they are combined with aspirin.
Aspirin overdose causes poisoning. Liver toxicity and hemorrhage are not effects
from ACE inhibitors and aspirin interactions.)
A nurse teaches a patient who is taking daily low-dose aspirin for protection
against myocardial infarction and stroke to also avoid taking which of these
medications?
a. Ibuprofen (Motrin)
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