Antispasmodic - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

USMLE STEP 3 REVIEW EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS Tx of IBS - correct answer Best initial therapy: *Fiber* If fiber fails: Antispasmodic/anticholinergic agents. First line: 1. Dicyclomine 2. Hyoscyamine Secondline: 1. TCA's (amitriptyline) CCS, What test should you order for IBS? - correct answer 1. Stool: stool guiac, leukocytes, cultures, ova & parasites. 2. Colonoscopy 3. Abdominal CT scan Umbilical hernia in newborns is associated with? - correct answer Congenit...

USMLE STEP 3 REVIEW EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS Tx of IBS - correct answer Best initial therapy: *Fiber* Antispasmodic/Anticholingergics: dicyclomine, Hyoscyamine Second line- TCAs (amitryptiline) CCS, What test should you order for IBS? - correct answer 1. Stool: stool guiac, leukocytes, cultures, ova & parasites. 2. Colonoscopy 3. Abdominal CT scan Umbilical hernia in newborns is associated with? - correct answer Congenital hypothyroidism Screen with TSH (you should sc...

Barbituates Four main categories: 1. Ultra-short-acting - used to induce surgical anesthesia 2. Short-acting 3. Intermediate-acting - used as sedative-hypnotics 4. Long-acting Butalbital Barbituate. Used in treatment of migraines. Phenobarbital Barbituate. Used as anticonvulsant. Pentobarbital Barbituate. Used to relieve intracranial pressure following trauma. Atropine Belladonna Alkaloid. Derived from certain plants including jimson weed and deadly nightshad...

Exam 3: PNR 105 / PNR105 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Pharmacology Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Grade A- Fortis Q: What produced by the pancreas that lowers your blood sugar? Answer: Insulin Q: What are the 3 main side effects of diabetes (symptoms)? Answer: - polyuria - polydipsia - polyphagia Q: Your patient has hypothyroidism and gained weight while eating only a minimum amount, she is always cold, her skin is dry and flaky, and her vital ...

AIT Med Terms- NAB Exam Therapeutic Action of Drugs, Abbreviations, Prefixes, Suffixes Analgesic - Correct Answer-Reduces pain ex: Aspirin Antacid - Correct Answer-Neutralizes the acid in the stomach Ex: Maalox antianemic - Correct Answer-used in treatment of anemia Ex: liver extract antibiotic - Correct Answer-destroys microorganisms in the body ex: penicillin anticoagulant - Correct Answer-depresses (slows) the clotting of blood antidote - Correct Answer-used to counteract poisons a...

Tx of IBS - correct answer Best initial therapy: *Fiber* If fiber fails: Antispasmodic/anticholinergic agents. First line: 1. Dicyclomine 2. Hyoscyamine Secondline: 1. TCA's (amitriptyline) CCS, What test should you order for IBS? - correct answer 1. Stool: stool guiac, leukocytes, cultures, ova & parasites. 2. Colonoscopy 3. Abdominal CT scan Umbilical hernia in newborns is associated with? - correct answer Congenital hypothyroidism Screen with TSH (you should scree...

A nurse is caring for a client who has multiple sclerosis and has a new prescription for baclofen. Which of the following findings indicates to the nurse that the medication is having a therapeutic effect? A) Decreased muscle spasticity The nurse should identify that baclofen is an antispasmodic that decreases muscle spasticity in a client who has multiple sclerosis. B) Increased urinary output Urinary frequency is an adverse effect of baclofen rather than a therapeutic effect. C) Increas...

Tx of IBS - correct answer Best initial therapy: *Fiber* Antispasmodic/Anticholingergics: dicyclomine, Hyoscyamine Second line- TCAs (amitryptiline) CCS, What test should you order for IBS? - correct answer 1. Stool: stool guiac, leukocytes, cultures, ova & parasites. 2. Colonoscopy 3. Abdominal CT scan Umbilical hernia in newborns is associated with? - correct answer Congenital hypothyroidism Screen with TSH (you should screen for TSH anyway) What three metabolic conditions...

A nurse is caring for a client who has multiple sclerosis and has a new prescription for baclofen. Which of the following findings indicates to the nurse that the medication is having a therapeutic effect? A) Decreased muscle spasticity The nurse should identify that baclofen is an antispasmodic that decreases muscle spasticity in a client who has multiple sclerosis. B) Increased urinary output Urinary frequency is an adverse effect of baclofen rather than a therapeutic effect. C) Increas...

Barbituates - Answer-Four main categories: 1. Ultra-short-acting - used to induce surgical anesthesia 2. Short-acting 3. Intermediate-acting - used as sedative-hypnotics 4. Long-acting Butalbital - Answer-Barbituate. Used in treatment of migraines. Phenobarbital - Answer-Barbituate. Used as anticonvulsant. Pentobarbital - Answer-Barbituate. Used to relieve intracranial pressure following trauma. Atropine - Answer-Belladonna Alkaloid. Derived from certain plants including jimson w...