REGIS NU 641 CLINICAL ADV PHARMACOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETYAILED ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+

REGIS NU 641 CLINICAL ADV PHARMACOLOGY

MIDTERM EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 100

QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETYAILED

ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+

Patient education regarding prescribed medications includes -

ANSWER- discussion of expected adverse drug reactions

Patient education when prescribing clopidogrel includes which of the

following statements? - ANSWER- Do not take any herbal products

without first discussing this with the provider

When starting a patient on a statin, what would education include? -

ANSWER- If they stop the medication, their lipid levels will return to

pretreatment levels; medication is a supplement to diet therapy and

exercise; and if they have muscle aches or pain, they should contract

their provider

When treating a patient for hypertension with a non-selective beta

blocker, what other organ may be unintentionally affected? - ANSWERLung

When writing a prescription for warfarin it is common to write this on

the prescription - ANSWER- The brand name of warfarin and "do not

substitute"

Which formulation of nitrate may be most cost effective for the patient

who rarely has the need for dosing? - ANSWER- Sublingual tablets

What disease processes could be made worse by taking a nonselective

beta blocker? - ANSWER- Asthma

What drug is considered as treatment for hypertension in women during

pregnancy? - ANSWER- Oral Methyldopa

Treatment for possible traveler's diarrhea - ANSWER- bismuth

subsalicylate before each meal and at bedtime

Elderly prescribed lactulose for chronic constipation; Monitoring with

long-tern treatment would include - ANSWER- electrolytes, including

potassium and chloride

An acceptable first-line treatment for peptic ulcer disease with positive

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) test is: - ANSWER- PPI bid plus

clarithromycin plus amoxicillin for 14 days

After H. pylori treatment is completed, the next step in peptic ulcer

disease therapy is: - ANSWER- a PPI for 8 to 12 weeks until healing is

complete

A patient with mild GERD is started on the medication first -

ANSWER- Histamine 2 Receptor Antagonists

The next step in treatment when a patient has been on PPIs twice daily

for 12 weeks and not improving is to: - ANSWER- refer the patient for

endoscopy

82-year-old man takes two aspirin every morning to treat the arthritis

pain in his back. Heartburn lately from the aspirin. After ruling out an

acute GI bleed, what would be an appropriate course of treatment for

him? - ANSWER- Add an H2 blocker such as ranitidine to his therapy

or decrease his aspirin does to one tablet daily

Education for AA Women about Osteoporosis - ANSWER- AA women

as a group are at risk of developing osteoporosis due to their lower

calcium intake when young and 75% of them are lactose-intolerant, so