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