VATI Pharmacology Study Set
oxybutynin - answersA bladder relaxant medication used to treat an overactive bladder
What are the effects of oxybutynin? - answersAnticholinergic effects: constipation, dry mouth, blurred vision, photophobia, dry eyes, anhydrosis, etc.,
What do you need to educate a client that is on oxybutynin? - answersAvoid activities that could lead to overheating; patient has a decreased ability to produce sweat in order
to cool the body
What is neonatal abstinence syndrome? - answersA group of conditions caused when a
baby withdraws from certain drugs they're exposed to in the womb before birth
What are some examples of neonatal abstinence syndrome? - answersfrequent yawning, high-pitched, shrill cry, hyperactivity with increased moro reflex, increased deep tendon reflexes, hypertonicity, etc.,
What is raloxifene? - answersA medication used to treat osteoporosis in women who have gone through menopause and postmenopausal women who have a high risk of breast cancer
What is digoxin? - answersA medicine to treat irregular heart beats
What are some contraindications of digoxin? - answersClients who have disturbances in
ventricular rhythm such as V-Fib, V-Tach, and second- and third-degree heart block
medications ending in -sone - answerssteroids
medications ending in -lam and -pam - answersanti-anxiety
medications ending in -done - answersopioid analgesic
medications ending in -dine - answersH2 blockers, anti-ulcer, prevents acids from forming What must be checked before giving atropine? - answersblood pressure
Antidote for magnesium sulfate? - answersCalcium gloconate
What diuretics need potassium levels monitored? - answershydrochlorothiazide and furosemide
What medication is a potassium-sparing diuretic? - answersSpironolactone
What is magnesium sulfate used for? - answersTo treat pre-eclampsia and pregnancy-
induced hypertension. Magnesium sulfate is an antihypertensive
Antidote for warfarin? - answersVitamin K
Antidote for heparin? - answersProtamine Sulfate
Side effects of prednisone? - answersimmunosuppression, hyperglycemia, cushing-like symptoms
What is an example of a inhaled glucocorticoid? - answersbeclomethasone
What to watch out for while on beclomethasone? - answersOral candidiasis; Rinse mouth or gargle with water after use
Complication of methylpredisolone - answershyperglycemia. Clients with diabetes should have blood glucose monitored
What is metformin? - answersMetformin is used to treat high blood sugar levels
Contraindications of metformin - answersthose who have severe infection, shock, kidney impairment, those with alcohol use disorder
What is Procainamide - answersA medication used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias; sodium channel blockers that slow cardiac conduction velocity
What is baclofen? - answersA muscle relaxant to and treat muscle spasms
What are some adverse effects of baclofen? - answersCNS depression: sleepiness, lightheadedness, fatigue
What is neostigmine? - answersA muscle strengthener; can treat myasthenia gravis (weakness and rapid fatigue of muscles) and reverse effects of anesthesia
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