Name That Drug (eBook)

M.D. Ashok S. Karnik (Autor)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
200 Seiten
Bookbaby (Verlag)
978-1-4951-9654-6 (ISBN)

book for pharmacy examinations for pharmacy , medical ,nurse practitioners,physician assistants, nursing students.

it is a book that will test the knowledge and clarity of thoughts regarding generic drugs. Each question is a brief relevant informationthat should help recognize the drug. It is the reverse of textbooks that start with the name first. It is unique book in pharmacy books. It is hoped that pharmacy teachers will promote this book to students taking examination or going into practice.

Question 1

Description: This is an antiepileptic drug.

Indication: Partial onset/primary generalized, tonic /clonic seizures. Prophylaxis of migraine.

Availability: Tablet 25, 50, 100, 200 mg. Sprinkle capsules 15, 25 mg.

Side Effects: Paresthesia, taste perversion, anorexia.

Precautions: Watch for eye complaints, visual field defects, glaucoma, acute myopia must lead to discontinuation.

NDC: 50458-639

Hint: The head is the top part of the body.

Your Answer: __________________________

Question 2

Description: This drug is a topical high potency steroid for allergic and chronic dermatologic conditions.

Pharmacology: It is a synthetic adrenocortical steroid, analog of prednisone with anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, and vasoconstrictive actions.

Indication: Eczema, allergic dermatitis, psoriasis.

Availability: Cream, ointment, lotion, gel .05%, 0.1%, 0.12% regular or augmented potency intermediate or super high.

Side Effects: Usually none. Skin atrophy with chronic use.

Precautions: Large area occlusive dressings, prolonged regular use can lead to systemic absorption and suppress hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.

Hint: It is not triamcinolone!

Your Answer: ____________________________

Question 3

Description: This drug helps in weight reduction and is an adjunct to other measures in patients with BMI>30 kg/m2.

Pharmacology: It is a serotonin 2C receptor agonist (serotonergic).

Indication: Morbid obesity.

Availability: Tablet 10 mg BID. Dosage: 1 tab BID.

Side Effects: Headache, hypoglycemia in diabetics on antidiabetic therapy, nausea, constipation.

Precautions: Do baseline CBC, EKG. Beware the possibility of serotonin excess syndrome with neurologic, cardiovascular, and GI symptoms. Use with caution in patients with erectile dysfunction.

Contraindication: Pregnancy.

NDC: 62856-529

Hint: The only 5-HT2C receptor agonist approved for weight loss.

Your Answer: ____________________________

Question 4

Description: This drug lowers high blood pressure and heart rate.

Pharmacology: It is a synthetic beta-1 cardioselective adrenoreceptor blocking agent.

Indication: Hypertension, angina, myocardial infarction.

Availability: Tablet 25, 50, 100mg.IV dose 5 mg/mL.

Dosage: 50-200 mg qd.

Side Effects: Hypotension, sinus bradycardia, bronchospasm, CHF.

Precautions: Evaluate heart rate and rhythm, hypotension, bradycardia, heart block.

Contraindication: Sinus bradycardia, 2nd and 3rd degree heart block, congestive heart failure, asthma, COPD.

NDC: 42291-140

Hint: Do not confuse it with Toprol.

Your Answer: ____________________________

Question 5

Description: This drug is an antiprotozoal agent.

Pharmacology: It is an analog of naphthoquinone.

Indication: Pneumocystis carinii treatment and prevention in HIV patients that cannot tolerate TMP-SMX.

Availability: Suspension 750 mg/5mL. Dosage 5 mL BID for 21 days.

Side Effects: Rash, headache, GI upset.

Precautions: Rifampin can decrease absorption by 50%.

Hint: Absorption of the medicine is increased with meal!

Your Answer: ____________________________

Question 6

Description: This drug is useful in the management of HIV infection.

Pharmacology: It is a nucleoside analogue, an inhibitor of reverse transcriptase, an antiretroviral agent.

Indication: HIV infection.

Availability: Tablet 300 mg. Oral Solution 20 mg/mL.

Dosage: One tablet BID.

Side Effects: Bad dreams, sleep problems, nausea, headache,

tiredness, vomiting.

Precautions: Patient should be evaluated for allele HLA-B*5701 as they are high risk for hypersensitivity reaction. Reduce dose for hepatic involvement. Watch for hypersensitivity reaction.

NDC: 0378-4105

Hint: The brand name starts with the letter Z, but it is neither Zerit nor Zovirax.

Your Answer: ____________________________

Question 7

Description: This drug is helpful in the management of neuropathic and muscle pain.

Pharmacology: It has high affinity to the α 2-delta site in CNS tissues, probably causing antinociceptive and anti-seizure effects.

Indication: Peripheral neuropathy, fibromyalgia, adjunct in

partial onset seizures. Postherpetic

Availability: Capsule 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 225, 300 mg.

‘Oral solution 20 mg/mL.

Side Effects: Dizziness, somnolence, dry mouth.

Precautions: Watch for angioedema and myopathy.

NDC: 50436-1265

Hint: It is not Cymbalta!

Your Answer: ____________________________

Question 8

Description: This is a lipid-lowering agent.

Pharmacology: It is an HMG-COA reductase inhibitor.

Indication: Hyperlipidemia.

Availability: Tablet 1, 2, 4, mg. Dosage: 2 mg qd.

Side Effects: Back pain, GI symptoms.

Precautions: Increased risk of myopathy with higher dose of 4 mg qd. Monitor liver enzymes and CK levels.

NDC: 66869-104

Hint: It is the only statin with 1 mg dosage. The brand name is suggested by words livelong!

Your Answer: ____________________________

Question 9

Description: This is an antibacterial drug. It is helpful in diarrhea and liver failure.

Pharmacology: It is a structured analog of Rifampin.

Indication: Traveler’s diarrhea due to non-invasive E. coli,

reduction of overt hepatic encephalopathy.

Availability: Tablet 200, 550 mg. Dosage: For diarrhea: 200 mg TID x 3 days. For encephalopathy: 550 mg BID.

Side Effects: GI related.

Precautions: Not effective in other. coli organism causing diarrhea.

NDC: 54868-6154

Hint: The brand name has the strength of the tablets, 200 mg or 550 mg. It is the only medicine with dosage 200 mg TID for 3 days.

Your Answer: ____________________________

Question 10

Description: This drug helps in smoking cessation treatment.

Pharmacology: It binds with high affinity and selectivity at 4B2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. This binding is considered to produce agonist activity and prevents nicotine binding.

Indication: Smokers with nicotine dependency.

Availability: Tablet 0.5 mg, 1 mg. Dosage: 1 mg BID x 12 weeks.

Side Effects: Nausea and other GI related symptoms, sleep disturbance.

Precautions: Observe for serious neuropsychiatric symptoms including depression and/or suicidal thoughts.

NDC: 54868-5664

Hint: It is not Zyban!

Your Answer: ____________________________

Question 11

Description: This drug is an alkaloid useful for prevention and management of acute flare up of gout.

Pharmacology: The drug suppresses activation of interleukin-1B and neutrophils.

Indication: Prophylaxis and treatment of gout flares.

Availability: Tablet 0.6 mg. Dosage: 0.6 mg 1-2 per day.

Maximum 3 tabs/day.

Side Effects: GI related, blood dyscrasias.

Precautions: Monitor CBS, chemistry. Watch for myopathy when using lipid-lowering agent concomitantly.

Contraindication: Severe renal or hepatic impairment.

NDC: 0143-3018

Hint: It is the only arthritic medicine that comes in 0.6 mg tablet form.

Your Answer: ____________________________

Question 12

Description: This drug is useful in the management of rheumatoid arthritis.

Pharmacology: It inhibits T cell activation and production of cytokines.

Indication: Rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Availability: IV: 250 mg vial. Subcutaneous injection 125 mg syringe.Dosage: 1-4 vials depending on weight every four weeks.

Side Effects: Headache, upper respiratory tract infection, nausea.

Precautions: Avoid concomitant use of TNF antagonists,

watch COPD patients for exacerbation.

NDC: 0003-2187

Hint: This is not methotrexate or prednisone.

Your Answer: ____________________________

Question 13

Description: This drug reduces thrombotic events in the coronary artery system.

Pharmacology: It is a thienopyridine, a P2Y12 inhibitor of platelet activation and...

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2016
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
ISBN-10	1-4951-9654-2 / 1495196542
ISBN-13	978-1-4951-9654-6 / 9781495196546

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