Midterm Exam: NR565 NR 565

Midterm Exam: NR565 / NR 565

(Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Pharmacology Fundamentals | Questions and Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct – Chamberlain

Question:

Opioid Tolerance

Answer:

a normal physiologic condition that results from long-term opioid use, in which larger doses of opioids are required to maintain the same level of analgesia and in which abrupt discontinuation of the drug results in withdrawal symptoms

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Question:

Opioid Withdrawal

Answer:

the signs and symptoms associated with abstinence from or withdrawal of an opioid analgesic when the body has become physically dependent on the substance

Question:

Order HTN medications for non-Black Patients

Answer:

Thiazides, ACEI, ARB

Question:

Order HTN medications for Black Patients

Answer:

Thiazides, CCB

Question:

Which HTN medication is best for someone with diabetes

Answer:

ACEIs, ARBs, CCBs, and diuretics (in low dose) 2 / 4

Question:

Diabetic Nephropathy best HTN medications?

Answer:

ACEIs and ARBs can slow the progression of renal damage and reduce albuminuria.

Question:

Why not CCB rather than ACE-I?

Answer:

CCB's can increase the risk for MI

Question:

Thiazide or thiazide-type diuretics

Answer:

-increase renal excretion of sodium, chloride, potassium and water

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Question:

ACE Inhibitors

Answer:

angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors "PRILs"

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ARBs

Answer:

Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers

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CCBs

Answer:

dihydropyridines act primarily on arterioles

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