MCPHS Drug Lit Exam 1: Questions With A+ Solutions
What is Drug Information (DI)? Right Ans - Drug Information is integration
of:
- locating
- analyzing
- applying
- communicating
information around drugs.
Who requests DI? Right Ans - Anyone. Patient, provider, law enforcement,
etc.
Steps to answer a DI Right Ans - 1. Demographic (BG info on) requestor
2. Background information of request
3. Determine and Categorize actual request
4. Determine search strategy and conduct search
5. Perform evaluation, analysis, and synthesis
6. Formulate and Communicate Response
7. Follow up and document response
Pregnancy and Lactation Old Ratings Right Ans - A - Controlled Trials in
humans showed no risk
--->Doxylamine, Folic, Levoxyl
B - Human studies showed no risk/animal studies risk or no risk/limited
human studies
---> Amoxicillin, Loratidine, Ondansetron
C - No data or evident risk in animals
---> Fluconazole, Metoprolol, Sertraline
D - Evidence of risk in humans, weight benefits vs risks
---> Lithium, Lisinipril, Phenytoin
X - Evidence of risk or no utility of drug in pregnancy
---> Methotrexate, Simvastatin, Warfarin
Pregnancy and Lactation New Ratings Right Ans - - Provide more details
- Fetal Risk Summaries
---> Teratogenic
---> Fetopathic
---> Imparied physiological function
, - Indicate if information from humans or animals
---> If in humans, description of effects on fetus
- Some on reproductive effects on fetus
- Only drugs after June 30th 2015
MedScape Right Ans - References on Disease, Medication, Interaction, Pill
ID
Epocrates Right Ans - Monographs
Drugs.com Right Ans - Information on Rx and OTC medication with pricing
MedPage Today Right Ans - Daily updates on breaking news for healthcare
professionals
Monthly Prescribing Reference (MPR) Right Ans - Medical news, drug
database, medication charts, clinical calculators.
Stat!Ref Right Ans - Contains:
- Trissels handbook of injectable drugs
- AHFS
Access Pharmacy Right Ans - Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology
Goodman and Gilman
Pharmacy and Federal Drug Law Review
Pharmacotherapy: Pathophysiological Approach
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
NAPLEX Review Guide
Access Medicine Right Ans - Cardiovascular Disease Reference
Neurology
Emergency Medicine
Otolaryngology
Obstetrics
Gynecology
Pyschology
Pediatrics
Geriatrics
What is Drug Information (DI)? Right Ans - Drug Information is integration
of:
- locating
- analyzing
- applying
- communicating
information around drugs.
Who requests DI? Right Ans - Anyone. Patient, provider, law enforcement,
etc.
Steps to answer a DI Right Ans - 1. Demographic (BG info on) requestor
2. Background information of request
3. Determine and Categorize actual request
4. Determine search strategy and conduct search
5. Perform evaluation, analysis, and synthesis
6. Formulate and Communicate Response
7. Follow up and document response
Pregnancy and Lactation Old Ratings Right Ans - A - Controlled Trials in
humans showed no risk
--->Doxylamine, Folic, Levoxyl
B - Human studies showed no risk/animal studies risk or no risk/limited
human studies
---> Amoxicillin, Loratidine, Ondansetron
C - No data or evident risk in animals
---> Fluconazole, Metoprolol, Sertraline
D - Evidence of risk in humans, weight benefits vs risks
---> Lithium, Lisinipril, Phenytoin
X - Evidence of risk or no utility of drug in pregnancy
---> Methotrexate, Simvastatin, Warfarin
Pregnancy and Lactation New Ratings Right Ans - - Provide more details
- Fetal Risk Summaries
---> Teratogenic
---> Fetopathic
---> Imparied physiological function
, - Indicate if information from humans or animals
---> If in humans, description of effects on fetus
- Some on reproductive effects on fetus
- Only drugs after June 30th 2015
MedScape Right Ans - References on Disease, Medication, Interaction, Pill
ID
Epocrates Right Ans - Monographs
Drugs.com Right Ans - Information on Rx and OTC medication with pricing
MedPage Today Right Ans - Daily updates on breaking news for healthcare
professionals
Monthly Prescribing Reference (MPR) Right Ans - Medical news, drug
database, medication charts, clinical calculators.
Stat!Ref Right Ans - Contains:
- Trissels handbook of injectable drugs
- AHFS
Access Pharmacy Right Ans - Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology
Goodman and Gilman
Pharmacy and Federal Drug Law Review
Pharmacotherapy: Pathophysiological Approach
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
NAPLEX Review Guide
Access Medicine Right Ans - Cardiovascular Disease Reference
Neurology
Emergency Medicine
Otolaryngology
Obstetrics
Gynecology
Pyschology
Pediatrics
Geriatrics
