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155 Cards in this Set
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DIGOXIN
DIG DIGITALIS AA |
LANOXIN
AA |
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LIDOCAINE
AA |
XYLOCAINE
AA |
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PHENYTOIN
AA ALSO FOR SEIZURES |
DILANTIN
AA |
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ATENOLOL
BB |
TENORMIN
BB |
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CARVEDIOL
BB |
COREG
BB |
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LABETALOL
BB |
NORMODYNE
TRANDATE BB |
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METOPROLOL
BB |
LOPRESSOR
TOPROL XL BB |
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PROPRANOLOL
ALSO TREATS MIGRAINES BB |
INDERAL
BB |
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AMLODIPINE
CC |
NORVASC
CC |
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DILTIAZEM
CC |
CARDIZEM
CC |
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FELODIPINE
CC |
PLENDIL
CC |
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NIFEDIPINE
CC |
ADALAT
PROCARDIA CC |
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VERAPAMIL
CC |
CALAN
CC |
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BENAZEPRIL
ACE |
LOTENSIN
ACE |
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CAPTOPRIL
ACE |
CAPOTEN
ACE |
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ENALAPRIL
ACE |
VASOTEC
ACE |
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FOSINOPRIL
ACE |
MONOPRIL
ACE |
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LISINOPRIL
ACE |
PRINIVIL
ZESTRIL ACE |
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MOEXIPRIL
ACE |
UNIVASC
ACE |
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PERINDOPRIL
AC |
ACEON
ACE |
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QUINAPRIL
ACE |
ACCUPRIL
ACE |
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RAMIPRIL
ACE |
ALTACE
ACE |
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IRBESARTAN
A2 |
AVAPRO
A2 |
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LOSARTAN
A2 |
COZAAR
A2 |
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VALSARTAN
A2 |
DIOVAN
A2 |
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CLONIDINE
CA |
CATAPRES
CA |
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GUANFACINE
CA |
TENEX
CA |
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METHYLDOPA
CA |
ALDOMET
CA |
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DOXAZOSIN
AB |
CARDURA
AB |
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PRAZOSIN
AB |
MINIPRESS
AB |
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TERAZOSIN
AB |
HYTRIN
AB |
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MINOXIDIL
ROGAINE PV |
LONITEN
ROGAINE PV |
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ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE
VAS |
ISORDIL
VAS |
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ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE
VAS |
IMDUR
VAS |
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NITROGLYCERIN
VAS |
NITROSTAT
VAS |
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WHAT IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR WARFARIN
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PHYTONADIONE
VITAMIN K |
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CLOPIDOGREL
AAF |
PLAVIX
AAF |
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WARFARIN
AAF |
COUMADIN
AAF |
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WHAT IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR HEPARIN
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PROTAMINE SULFATE
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ATORVASTATIN
HMG |
LIPITOR
HMG |
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FLUVASTATIN
HMG |
LESCOL
HMG |
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LOVASTATIN
HMG |
MEVACOR
HMG |
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PRAVSTATIN
HMG |
PRAVACHOL
HMG |
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SIMVASTATIN
HMG |
ZOCOR
HMG |
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GEMFIBROZIL
FAD |
LOPID
FAD |
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CHOLESTYRAMINE
POWDER ONLY BAS |
QUESTRAN
POWDER ONLY BAS |
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NIACIN
MISC CHOL |
NICOBID
MISC CHOL |
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DOXAZOSIN
PROSTATIC DISEASE |
CARDURA
PROSTATIC DISEASE |
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FUROSEMIDE
DIURETIC |
LASIX
DIURETIC |
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HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE
HCTZ DIURETIC |
ESIDRIX
HYDRODIURIL DIURETIC |
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INDAPAMIDE
DIURETIC |
LOZOL
DIURETIC |
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METOLAZONE
DIURETIC |
ZAROXOLYN
DIURETIC |
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SPIRONOLACTONE
DIURETIC |
ALACTONE
DIURETIC |
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TORSEMIDE
DIURETIC |
DEMADEX
DIURETIC |
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TRIATERENE/HYDROHLOROTHIAZIDE
DIURETIC |
DYAZIDE (CAPSULE)
MAXZIDE (TABLET) DIURETIC |
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WHAT ARE THE ABCs
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ACE INHIBITORS, ENDS IN PRIL
BETA BLOCKERS, ENDS IN OLOL CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS, ENDS IN TIAZEN, PINE, AMIL |
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WHAT DO ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENTS DO?
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REGULATES HEARTBEAT
AA |
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF BETA BLOCKERS
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CONTROLS HT, ANGINA, ARRHYTHMIA
BB |
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ACE INHIBITORS ARE ALSO
KNOWN AS WHAT |
ANGIOTENSION 1 DRUGS
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WHAT ARE ACE INHIBITORS
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ANGIOTENSION CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBTORS; THEY LOWER HIGH BP, RESHAPE/DOWNSIZE THE HEART; INCREASE THE VITAL SIGNS
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WHAT IS A MAJOR SIDE EFFECT OF ACE INHIBITORS
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DRY HACKING COUGH
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WHAT IS A MAJOR BENEFIT OF ACE INHIBITORS
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DOES NOT DEPLETE POTASSIUM IN THE BODY
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WHAT IS A WARNING ON CENTRALLY ACTING DRUGS
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YOU HAVE TO BE WEANED OFF
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CLONIDINE (CATAPRES) COMES IN WHAT DOSAGE
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TABLET & PATCH
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WHAT CENTRALLY ACTING DRUG (CA) IS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN ONLY
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METHYLDOPA (ALDOMET)
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NITROSTAT COMES IN WHAT DOSAGE FORM
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SUBLINGUAL TABLET
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WHAT IS AN ARRHYTHMIA
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IRREGULAR HEART RHYTHM
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NAME 7 DRUGS THAT ARE USED FOR ARRHYTHMIAS
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DILANTIN
LIDOCAINE INDERAL CORDARONE CARDIZEM CALAN LANOXIN |
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A NORMAL HEART RHYTHM
STARTS WITH WHAT? |
SA NODE
SINOATRIAL NODE |
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PREMATURE BEATS OF THE HEART MAY CAUSE
WHAT |
TACHYCARDIA
FLUTTER FIBRILLATION |
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WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM
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PALPITATIONS, CHEST PAINS, ABDOMINAL PAIN, CRAMPING, DIARRHEA, SYNCOPE & CYANOSIS
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CHF AFFECTS ABOUT WHAT PERCENT OF PEOPLE OVER 75 YEARS
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10 %
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WHAT ARE 3 CAUSE FOR CHF
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CARDIOMYOPATHY
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE HYPERTENSION |
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WHAT IS CHF TREATED WITH
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DIURETICS
DIGITALIS ACE INHIBITORS |
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TRUE OR FALSE:
BETA BLOCKER AND CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS SHOULD NOT BE USED TO TREAT CHF |
TRUE
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TRUE OR FALSE:
HYPERKALEMIA IS A SIDE EFFECT OF ACE INHIBITORS |
TRUE
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WHAT TYPE OF DRUG IS PRESCRIBED FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF MI
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BETA BLOCKERS
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TRUE OR FALSE:
ASA IS RECOMMENDED WHEN A MI OCCURS |
TRUE
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WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF MI
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TIGHTNESS/SQUEEZING IN THE CHEST; CHOKING, INDIGESTION LIKE EXPANSION, SUBSTANTIAL PAIN RADIATING TO NECK, THROAT, JAW, SHOULDERS, AND ARMS
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WHAT IS ANGINA PECTORIS
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IMBALANCE BETWEEN OXYGEN SUPPLY AND OXYGEN DEMAND
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WHAT TYPE OF DRUG IS USED TO TREAT ANGINA
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NITRATES
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HOW DO NITRATES WORK
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THEY DILATE CORONARY VESSELS LEADING TO REDISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD FLOW TO ISCHEMIC TISSUES; THEY REDUCE PRELOAD ON THE HEART
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TRUE OF FALSE
A TRANSDERMANL NTG PATCH SHOULD BE REMOVED AT NIGHT TO AVOID DRUG TOLERANCE |
TRUE
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WHAT IS A SIDE EFFECT OF NTG
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SEVERE HEADACHE
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WHAT ARE THE STEPS IN TREATING HT
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CHANGE LIFESTYLE
TAKE DIURETICS ADD AN ABC DRUG |
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WHAT IS THE FIRST BETA BLOCKER APPROVED FOR CHF
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COREG
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WHAT IS THE ONLY APPROVED DRUG TO TREAT HT IN PREGNANCY
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ALDOMET/METHYLDOPA
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WHAT IS THE THERAPY FOR PREVENTNG BLOOD CLOTS
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LOW DOSE HEPARIN & COUMADIN
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF ANICOAGULANTS
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PREVENT BLOOD CLOT FORMATION
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF ANTIPLATELETS
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DISSOLVES BLOOD CLOTS WHEN THEY FORM
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WHAT ARE 2 PRIMARY EVENTS THAT CAUSE STROKES
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CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE
CEREBRAL INFARCTION |
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WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS FOR STROKE
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ADVANGED AGE, MALE GENDER, HT, SMOKER, ALCOHOL ABUSE, DIABETES AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL
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WHAT TYPE OF DRUGS ARE USUALLY PRESCRIBED FOR STROKE PREVENTION AND/OR REOCCURRENCE
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ANTIPLATELETS
ANTICOAGULANTS |
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LIPIDS OCCUR IN THE BLOOD IN THE FORM OF
WHAT |
FATTY ACIDS
TRIGLYCEIDES LIPOPROTEINS CHOLESTEROL |
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FOOD FATS CONTAIN A MIXTURE OF 3 FATTY ACIDS.
WHAT ARE THEY |
SATURATED
MONOSATURATED POLYSATURATED |
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WHERE IS LDL FOUND
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ARTERY WALLS; RESTRICTING BLOOD FLOW AND CLOGGING ARTERIES
CAUSING HEART ATTACK |
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF HDL
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MAY PREVENT CHOLESTEROL BUILD UP IN ARTERIS AND MAY REMOVE DEPOSITS ALREADY FORMED
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HYPERLIPIDEMIA ARE PART OF WHAT DRUG FAMILY
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STATINS
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HOW MANY GALLONS OF BLOOD ARE PUMPED BY THE HEART EACH DAY
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4300
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE HEART
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TO DELIVER OXYGEN RICH BLOOD TO EVERY CELL IN THE BODY
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THE AVERAGE BODY CONTAINS HOW MUCH BLOOD
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5.6 LITERS
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ON WHICH SIDE OF THE HEART DOES CHF TYPICALLY TAKE PLACE
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RIGHT
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WHAT IS ARTERIALSCLEROSIS
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STIFFENING OF THE ARTERIES
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WHAT INCREASES THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF THE GLYCOSIDES TO THE HEART
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LOW POTASSIUM LEVELS IN THE SERUM
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WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONAL UNITS OF THE KIDNEYS
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NEPHRONS
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WHAT ARE SOME CONDITIONS THAT CAN AFFECT THE KIDNEY FUNCTION
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VOMITING
DIARRHEA HEMORRHAGE BURNS |
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE KIDNEYS
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REGULATE THE EXTRA CELLULAR FLUID ENVIRONMENT IN THE BODY
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HOW DOES URINE FORMATION HELP THE BODY
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REGULATES:
BLOOD PLASMA VOLUME , REGULATES BP; REGULATES WASTE PRODUCTS IN THE BLOOD; ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATION |
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DEFINE ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
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RAPID REDUCTION IN KIDNEY FUNCTION RESULTING IN ACCUMULATION OF NITROGEN & OTHER WASTES
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WHAT IS LOSS OF RENAL RESERVE
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ASYMPTOMATIC FOR RENAL FAILURE
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WHAT ARE SOME SYMPTOMS OF RENAL FAILURE
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NOCTURIA (EXCESSIVE URINATION AT NIGHT)
MILD AMENIA FATIGUE, CAN'T STAND COLD; NAUSEA, VOMITIG, LEG CRAMPS, UREMIA |
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WHAT DOES RENAL DRUG THERAPY ENTAIL
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MAINTAINING BLOOD PRESSURE AND BODY FLUIDS SUCH AS SODIUM,POTASSIUM, CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM
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WHAT CAUSES ANEMIA
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RENAL FAILURE; CAUSED BY DECREASED ERYTHROPOIETIN
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WHAT IS EPOGEN OR PROCRIT USED FOR
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TREAT ANEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH ESRD
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WHAT IS FOLVITE OR FOLIC ACID (B9) USED FOR
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REPLACEMENT FOR WHAT WAS LOST DURING DIALYSIS
|
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WHAT IS NESTREX (B6) USED FOR
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REPLACEMENT FOR WHAT WAS LOST DURING DIALYSIS
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WHAT DO YOU TAKE FOR ELECTROLYTE IMBLANCE
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MULTIPLE VITAMIN
|
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WHAT IS UTI
|
URINARY TRACT INFECTION; PRESENCE OF BACTERIA IN THE URINE WITH LOCALIZED SYMTOMS
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THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF UTI OCCURS IN WHAT
DEMOGRAPHIC |
SEXUALLY ACTIVE WOMEN
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WHAT ARE THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF UTI
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CYSITIS
URETHRITIS PROSTATITS |
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WHAT IS PYRIDIUM USED FOR
|
URINARY PAIN
|
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WHAT IS DITROPAN & DETROL USED FOR
|
BLADDER SPASMS TO DECREASE URINATION FREQUENCY
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WHAT DO FLUOQUINOLONES TREAT
|
BACTERIA INFECTIONS
|
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WHAT IS BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY
|
AN ABNORMAL ENLARGEMENT OF THE PROSTATE GLAND USUALLY IN OLDER MEN
|
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WHAT DRUG CLASS TREATS BENIGH PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY
|
ALPHA BLOCKER (DRUGS ENDING IN ZOSIN)
|
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ALPHA BLOCKERS WERE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR TREATING WHAT
|
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
|
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WHAT DO ALPHA BLOCKERS DO
|
CAUSE RELAXATION OF SMOOTH MUSCLES ESPECIALLY IN THE PROSTATE
|
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NAME 4 DRUGS THAT TREAT BPH
|
MINIPRESS-PRAZOSIN
CARDURA-DOXAZOSIN HYTRIN-TERAZOSIN FLOMAT-TAMSULOSIN |
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WHAT IS THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF A DURETICS
|
RIDS THEBODY OF EXCESS FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES
|
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF DIURETICS
|
THIAZIDES
LOOP K-SPARING CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS OSMOTIC |
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POTASSIUM SHOULD NOT BE TAKING CONCURRENTLY WITH WHAT DIURETICS
|
DYAZIDE & MAXZIDE
|
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DILANTIN (PHEYTOIN) IS USED FOR WHAT
|
RESISTANT ARRHYTHMIA AND SEIZURES
|
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LANOXIN (DIGOXIN) IS USED FOR WHAT
|
FLUTTER & FIBRILLATION; SLOWS VENTRICULAR RATE AND TREATS CARDIAC FAILURE
|
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WHAT IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR DIGOXIN TOXIITY
|
DIGIBIND
DIGOXIIN IMMUNE FAB |
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WHY ARE BETA BLOCKERS
NOT GOOD THERAPY FOR DIABETICS |
MAY MASK SYMPTOMS OF HYPERGLYCEMIA AND CAUSE BRADYCARDIA
|
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WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF BETA BLOCKERS
|
BRONCHOCONSTRICTION
IMPOTENCE/DEPRESSION FATIGUE |
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WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF ACE INHIBITORS
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DRY NON-PRODUCTIVE COUGH
DIZZINESS DURING FIRST FEW DAYS |
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HOW CAN THE RISK OF MI BE LESSENED
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DON'T SMOKE - CONTROL DIABTES - REDUCE HT - EXERCISE - DECREASE ALCOHOL - TAKE BABY ASPIRIN - REDUCE CHOLESTEROL
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HOW MAY MG OF ASA IS IN BABY ASPIRIN
|
81 MG
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WHAT DOSAGE FORM DOES NITROSTAT COME IN
|
SUB LINGUAL TAB
|
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WHAT DOSAGE FORM DOES MINTRAN COME IN
|
PATCH
|
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WHAT DOSAGE FORM DOES NITROLINGUAL COME IN
|
SUBLINGUAL SPRAY
|
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WHAT ARE THE WARNINGS FOR ACE INHIBITORS
|
1. STAND SLOWLY
2. AVOID SALT SUBSTITUTE 3. DO NOT TAKE POTASSIUM SUPPLEMENTS |
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ANGIOTENSION II DRUGS END IN WHAT SUFFIX
|
'SARTAN'
|
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WHY ARE ANGIO II DRUGS BETTER THAN ACE INHIBITORS
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PRODUCE LESS COUGHING
BETTER TOLERATED |
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WHY CANT NITRATES AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION DRUGS BE USED CONCURRENTLY
|
CAUSE DEATH - BP DROPS SUDDENTLY
|
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WHAT IS A THROMBI
|
BLOOD CLOT
|
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WHAT CAUSES BLOOD CLOTS
|
ABNORMALIES WITH BLOOD COAGULATION, BLOOD FLOW, PLATELET ADHESIVENESS, AND VESSEL WALLS
|
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF FIBRINOLYTICS
|
DISSOLVE BLOOD CLOTS ALREADY FORMED
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WHAT IS PLAVIX USED FOR
|
PREVENTS MI/STROKE
|
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WHAT ARE 2 CAUSES OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE DEVELOPMENT
|
ENLARGEMENT OF THE HEART
CARDIAC HYPERTROPIC |
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WHAT IS PTT AND WHAT AFFECTS ITS RESULTS
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PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME - HEPARIN (IV ONLY)
|
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WHAT IS PT AND WHAT AFFECTS IT RESULTS
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PROTHROBIN TIME
WARFARIN (COUMADEN) - TABLET ONLY |
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WHAT IS INR
|
INTL NORMALIZED RATION
|
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE PTT, PT , AND INR TESTS
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THEY MEASURE THE COAGULATION TIME FOR
BLOOD CLOT FORMATION |