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NURS 350 Pharmacology Exam 4 Study
Guide.
Garlic - answer✔- Commonly used herbal remedy
- Used for hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, prevention of heart disease, stomach, and
colon cancer
- Side effects include heartburn, upset stomach, body odor, and decreased blood clotting
Ginger - answer✔- Commonly used herbal remedy
- Used for nausea, motion sickness, diarrhea, pain, swelling, and arthritis stiffness
- Side effects include nausea, gas, bloating, and heart burn
Oatmeal and Soy - answer✔- Commonly used herbal remedy
- Used to decrease cholesterol levels
Vitamin A - answer✔- Fat soluble vitamin
- Deficiency causes night blindness, skin lesions, and dysfunctional mucous membranes
- Excessive causes teratogenic effects, thrombocytopenia, hair loss, skin peeling, and GI upset,
lethargy
Vitamin K - answer✔- Fat soluble vitamin
- Deficiency causes spontaneous hemorrhage
- Given to decrease blood clotting/prevent bleeding tendency
Vitamin B1 - answer✔- Thiamine
- Water soluble
- Imperative for our neurological system
- Deficiency can cause polyneuritis, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, neurological disorders,
diplopia, ataxia
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- Mostly seen in alcoholism
- can be found in legumes, whole grains, some meats and fish
Vitamin B2 - answer✔- Riboflavin
- Water soluble
- Important for cellular respiration
- Deficiency can cause sore throat, cheilosis: skin cracks in the corners of the mouth
- Can be found in meats, mushroom, dairy products, milk, green vegetables
Vitamin B3 - answer✔- Niacin
- Water soluble
- Important for nervous system function and boosts brain function
- Can be found in liver, chicken breasts, tuna
- Deficiency can cause red tongue, rash, headache, GI upset, memory loss
Vitamin B6 - answer✔- Pyridoxine
- Water soluble
- Can be found in poultry, soy beans, peanuts
- Important for peripheral nervous system function
- Deficiency can cause neuritis, seizures, depression, confusion, anemia, seborrheic dermatitis
- Used in conjunction to prevent deficiency when using other medications such as Isoniazid
Vitamin C - answer✔- Water soluble
- Found in citrus foods such as oranges, grapefruit, etc.
- Deficiency can cause poor wound healing, scurvy, bleeding gums, and faulty bone and tooth
development
- Adverse effects due to excess dosages include decreased oral anticoagulant effect, crystalluria
if taken with aspirin or sulfonamides, GI upset, nausea, vomiting, headaches
Folic acid - answer✔- Imperative supplement in pregnant women - helps development of CNS in
the fetus
- Deficiency causes GI upset, stomatitis, fatigue, blood dyscrasias, alopecia
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