NR 565 Advanced Pharmacology Fundamentals Final Exam
Smoking cessation – what works best?
Correct Answer:
one drug and counseling work best together. Chantix most effective
(cardiovascular risk).
Nicotine replacement s/e
Correct Answer:
local irritation where the substance enters the body
How does nicotine replacement work
Correct Answer:
help with withdrawal cravings
Nicotine patch
Correct Answer:
steady level of nicotine
Nicotine gum
Correct Answer:
unpleasant taste, requires good chewing technique, can’t eat or drink, can
damage dental work, hard with dentures
Nicotine nasal spray
Correct Answer:
fasted nicotine delivery and highest nicotine levels that can be achieved,
most irritating
Wellbutrin/Bupropion are
Correct Answer:
Nicotine free
Wellbutrin contrainidications
Correct Answer:
history of seizure, anorexia, nervosa, cocaine use and alcohol withdraw.
Bupropion s/e
Correct Answer:
serious neuropsychiatric effects
Recommended length of treatment for bupropion
Correct Answer:
12 weeks
What constitutes drug resistant TB
Correct Answer:
Drug-resistant tuberculosis occurs when TB bacteria become resistant to the
drugs used to treat the disease and includes multidrug-resistant (MDR TB)
and extensively drug-resistant (XDR TB).
Treatment of TB in a pregnant person, what all should be included?
Correct Answer:
A 9-month regimen of isoniazid is recommended for pregnant women and
should also receive pyridoxine supplements.
Isoniazid (INH)
Correct Answer:
a drug that can be used to prevent TB in people that have been exposed.
Rifabutin TB
Correct Answer:
deemed the safest during pregnancy.
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