Final Exam: NU641 NU 641 Latest

Final Exam: NU641 / NU 641 (Latest

Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Clinical Pharmacology | Questions with Verified Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct - Regis

Question:

Headache History

Answer:

• How often?
• How severe?
• How often is pain medication being taken?
• Headache diary
• Family history
• Social history-use of ETOH

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Question:

Types of Headaches

Answer:

-Primary: Headaches with unidentifiable cause

-Tension -Cluster -Migraine

-Secondary: Headaches with identifiable causes

Question:

causes of secondary headache

Answer:

-HTN -Hyperthyroidism -Tumors -Infection -HEENT disorders

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Question:

SNOOP; Red flag symptoms associated with serious headaches

Answer:

-S: systemic symptoms (fever, weight loss) or Secondary risk factors (HIV,

malignancy)

-N: neurologic symptoms or abnormal signs (eye pain, visual loss, confusion,

impaired alertness or consciousness) -O: onset: sudden (thunderclap) -O: older: new onset and progressive headache, especially in patients > greater 50 years old (giant cell arteritis).

-P: previous headache history; first or worst headache or different (change in

severity or clinical features)

Question:

Tension Headaches Characteristics

Answer:

-Bilateral -Non-throbbing, "headband" distribution -Mild to moderate pain -Daytime occurrence -Minimal impact on daily life -Precipitated by eye strain, aggravation

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Question:

treatment tension headaches

Answer:

-Non-opioid, NSAID or acetaminophen -Amitriptyline (Elavil) for prophylaxis - is a TCA

Question:

Cluster Headaches

Answer:

-Neuronal disorder originating in the hypothalamus that alters the biologic "clock" -Unilateral, behind the right or left eye -Throbbing, piercing pain severe pain -Lasts 15 min - 2 hours every day for 2-3 months -Occurs during the night -Lacrimation, conjunctival redness, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, ptosis, miosis -Unidentifiable triggers, no aura or nausea -More common in males

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