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WHAT FIVE THINGS ARE MEDICATIONS USED FOR?
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TO TREAT, CURE, PREVENT DISEASE, PROVIDE RELIEF
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WHAT IS A FORMULARY?
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REFERENCE BOOK FOR TECHS
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WHAT DRUG NAME IS ASSIGNED BY THE US ADOPTED NAME COUNCIL?
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GENERIC NAME
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WHY WERE DRUG STANDARDS DEVELOPED?
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ENSURE MEDS ARE OF UNIFORM PRODUCT QUALITY, PURITY, QUALITY, PACKAGING, SAFETY LABELING
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WHO IS INVOLVED IN SELECTING, OBTAINING, AND STORING DIFFERENT MEDICAITONS, AS WELL AS ACCOUNTING FOR THE SAFE DISPENTION OF MEDICATIONS?
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PHARMACISTS
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WHAT TWO ESSENTIAL PATIENT HISTORY CONSIDERATIONS MUST BE OBTAINED AND DOCUMENTED BEFORE ADMINISTERING A MEDICATION?
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CURRENT MEDICATIONS AND ALLERGIES
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LIST THE FOUR BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
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RIGHT PATIENT, RIGHT MEDICATION, RIGHT DOSE, RIGHT ROUTE, RIGHT TIME
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LIST THE FOUR BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
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KNOWLEDGABLE, JUDEMENT, SKIL IN DELIVERY, PT EDUCATION
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WHAT MEDICATION REFERENCES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE TECHNICIAN IF NEEDED?
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PDR, NURSES REFERENCES BOOK
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WHAT ARE THE BASIC FIVE RIGHTS OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT IS THE SIXTH ADDITIONAL RIGHT?
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RIGHT MEDICATION, RIGHT AMOUNT, RIGHT TIME, RIGHT ROUTE, RIGHT PATIENT, DOCUMENT
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WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN PREPARING A MEDICATION?
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VERIFY MEDICATION ORDER
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WHAT IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF DRUG THAT WILL PRODUCE A THERAPEUTIC EFFECT WITHOUT SYMPTOMS OF TOXICITY?
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MAX DOSE
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DEFINE LOADING DOSE
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INITIAL HIGH DOSE TO ELEVATE THE LEVEL OF DRUG IN THE BLOOD QUICKLY, FOLLOWED BY SMALLER DOSES
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WHAT ARE SEVEN ELEMENTS OF PROPER MEDICATION DOCUMENTATION?
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MEDICATION, DOSAGE, PT RESPONSE, TIME, EFFECTS, LOCATION, ADVERSE REACTIONS
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IF A PATIENT REFUSES TO TAKE A MED, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
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TRY TO EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MED, AND THE CONSEQUNCES
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WHAT FORM DO YOU USE TO REPORT A MEDICATION ERROR?
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AF FORM 765
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A PALLIATIVE DRUG REACTION?
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RELIEVES DISEASE SYMPTOMS BUT NOT THE DISEASE
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WHAT CATEGORY OF THERAPEUTIC DRUG HAS THE PURPOSE OF REPLACING BODY FLUIDS OR SUBSTANCES?
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SUBSTITUTIVE
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THIS TERM IS APPLIED WHEN DRUGS ARE USED TO RETURN THE BODY TO HEALTH, BUT NOT CURE THE DISEASE
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RESORATIVE
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WHAT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS MUST THE TECHNICIAN WARN THE PATIENT THEY MAY EXPERIENCE AFTER TAKING AN ADRENERGIC MEDICATION?
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PALPITATIONS, NERVOUSNESS OR TREMORS, TACHYCARDIA, CARDIAC ARRYTHEMIAS
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explaine the function of the sympathetic nervous system. which category of drugs is used to prevent its action in the body?
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sympathetic nervous system acts as the flight or fight reaction which mobilizes the body for a quick reaction, beta blockers block this reaction.
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A PATIENT YOU ARE CARING FOR HAS CHF, AND IS TAKING ORAL DIGITALIS. WHAT CATEGORY OF MEDICATIONS IS CONTRAINDICATED FOR USE WITH THE PATIENT?
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BETA BLOCKERS
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ONCE CHOLINERGIC MEDICATIONS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED INTO THE BOYD, WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS OF THIS TYPE OF DRUG?
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SECRETIONS, PERISTALSIS, INCREASED MUSCLE STRENGTH, LOWER INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE, CONSTRICT PUPILS, LOWER H.R.
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DURING HER MEDICAL HISTORY SCREENING , MRS JOHES ADMITT4D TO TAKING OTC TAGAMET FOR HEARBURN AT HOME, AND THAT HER DR HAD PREVIOUSLY PRESCRIBED TOFRANIL FOR HER DEPRESSION. FOR WHAT TYPE OF DRUG INTERACTION DO YOU NEED OT B ALERTED, AND IS IT DESIRABLE OR UNDESIRABLE?
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UNDESIRABLE, UNDESIRABLE POTENTIATION
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WHAT IS THE PROCESS CALLED IN WHICH A MEDICAITON IS TRANSPORTED FROM THE SITE OF ENTRY TO THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM?
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ABSORPTION
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HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE EFFECTS OF A DRUG TOXICITY TO BE NOTICED?
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IMMEDIATELY TO SEVERAL MONTHS
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WHAT IS THE TERM USED FOR SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION?
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AHAPHYLATIC SHOCK
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WHEN AN OVERDOSE OF A DRUG OCCURS, WHAT NORMALLY RESULTS?
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DRUG TOXICITY
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NAME TWO TYPES OF DRUG DEPENDENCES
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PHYSICAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MOST DRUG THERAPY?
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TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT LEVEL OF DRUG IN THE BODY, TO PERMIT A THEUROPUTIC EFFECT TO BE ACHIVED.
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WHY ARE INFANTS HIGHLY AFFECTED BY DRUGS?
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IMMATURE LIVER AND KIDNEY FUNCTION
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WHEN PATIENTS DO NOT BELIEVE A CERTAIN MEDICAITNO WILL HELP THEM, WHAT FACTORS ARE INFLUENCING THEM?
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PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTOR
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WHY DO ORAL MEDICATION S TAKEN BEFORE MEALS USUALLLY ACT FASTER IN THE BODY?
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LOW DIGESTIVE CONTENT
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A SPECIALIST WHO CAN GUIDE A PROVIDER IN PRESCRIBING DRUGS IS BEST DEFINED AS A
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CLINICAL PHARMACIST
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OUT OF THE SEVERAL NAMES GIVEN EACH MEDICATION, WHICH OF THESE DRUG NAMES IS GIVEN BY THE MANUFACTURER?
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TRADE NAME
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WHICH STATEMENT IS TRUE REGARDING THE ROLD OF A MEDICAL SERVICE TECHNICIAN IN MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION?
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TECHNICIANS ARE PERMITTED TO ADMINISTER MEDICATIONS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A NURSE OR PHYSICIAN
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WHICH STATEMENT IS NOT CONSIDERED ONE OF THE PATIENTS LEGAL AND ETHICAL RIGHTS?
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CHOOSE THE METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
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WHAT TYPE OF MEDICATIONORDER STATES THAT A MEDICATION IS TO BE ADMINISTERED IMMEDIATELY AND ONLY ONCE?
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STAT
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A PROVIDER CAN INITIATE A DRUG ORDER IN HOW MANY WAYS?
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TWO, VERBAL AND WRITTEN
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DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS CONTROLLEED PRIMARILY BY
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FEDERAL LAW
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WHAT CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR MEDICAL USE?
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SCHEDULE 1
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NARCOTICS, SUCH AS CODEINE, COCAIN, AND AMPHETAMINES, THAT HAVEA A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE BUT HAVE ACCEPTABLE MEDICAL USES ARE CLASSIFIED AS
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SCHEDULE 2
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WHAT LAW REQUIRES A PERIODIC INVENTORY OF ALL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT
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PENICILLIN ADMINISTERED TO TREAT AN INFECTION IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CATEGORY OF DRUGS?
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CURATIVE
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THE PURPOSE OF MOST DRUG THERAPY IS TO
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MAINTAIN A CONSTANT LEVEL OF DRUG IN THE BODY
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WHY ARE ORAL MEDICATIONS THAT ARE TAKEN BEFORE MEALS GENERALLY FASTER ACTING?
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LOWER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CONTENT
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WHICH STATEMENT IS TRUE REGARDING HOW AMBIENT TEMPERATURE CAN AFFECT DRUG ACTION?
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WARMER TEMPERATURES INCREASE CIRCULATION AND CAUSE PARID DRUG ACTION
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WHICH OF THESE IS A COMMON REFERENCE SOURSE FOR DRUGS?
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PHYSICIAN DESK REFERANCE
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WHAT PUBLICATION CONTAINS A LIST OF MEDICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE MTFS PHARMACY, RECOMMENDED DISPENSING INSTRUCTIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDLINES
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LOCAL FACILITY FORMULARY
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AN OILY LIQUIDuse on the skin describes a type of medication preparation called a
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LINIMENT
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WHAT TYPE OF MEDICATION IS USED TO PREVENT OR CORRECT IRREGULAR HEART ACTION?
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ANTIARRHYTHMICS
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WHAT TYPE OF MEDICATION HAS A CLEANSING ACTION THAT PRODUCES WATERY EVACUATION OF INTESTINAL CONTENT?
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CATHARTICS
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WHAT ARE THE FIVE GENERAL ROUTES OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION?
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PARENTAL, ORAL, SUBLINGUAL, BUCCAL, TOPICAL
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WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO TAKE WHEN PREPARING A MEDICATION FOR ADMINISTRATION?
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VERIFY THE ORDER
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WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON METHOD OF CALCULATING DRUG DOSAGES?
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BASIC CACULATION METHOD-AMOUNT ORDERED DIVIDED BY AMOUNT SUPPLIED TIMES QUANTITY
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WHAT ARE THE FOUR TYPES OF PARENTERAL INJECTION METHODS?
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SUBCUTANEOUS, SUBDURAL, INTRAMUSCULAR, IV
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WHAT TYPE OF PARENTAL INJECTION TECHNIGUQ IS ADMINISTERED TO THE SKINS DERMIS LAYER?
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INTRADURMAL
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WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF IV DRUG ADMINISTRATION METHODS?
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IV DRIP, IV PUSH
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WHAT FACTORS MAY CAUSE REDUCED MUSCLE MASS AT A PORTENTIAL INJECTION SITE?
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AGE, INACTIVITY, DISEASE, MALNUTRITION
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WHAT THE PLUNGER OF A SYRINGE IS PULLED BACK, WHAT OCCURS WITHIN THE BARRELL?
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VACCUUM IS CREATED, FLUID ENTERS THE BARRELL
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WHAT ARE TEH BASIC COMPNENTS OF THE NEEDLE?
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SHAFT, BEVEL, HUB
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WHERE MUST ALL SYRINGES AND NEEDLES STORED?
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IN A LOCKED AREA
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WHERE ARE SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTIONS GIVEN?
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IN THE FATTY TISSUE
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WHY ARE THE QUADRICEPS FEMORIS SITES PREFERRED FOR THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT?
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DO NOT CONTAIN NERVES OR BLOOD VESSELS
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WHAT ARE THE THREE DISADVANTAGES OF THE ORAL METHOD OF ADMINISTERING MEDICATION?
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UNPLESANT TASTE, SLOW AND POSSIBLE GASTRIC IRRITATION
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IDEALLY, IN WHAT POSITION SHOULD YOU PLACE A PATIENT TO ADMINISTER AN ORAL MEDICATION?
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SITTING
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WHY IS THERE A MINIMAL LOSS OF POTENCY WHEN ADMINISTERING A SBULINGUAL MEDICATION?
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BYPASSES THE LIVER
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WHAT THREE GENERAL AREAS OF THE OBYD ARE TOPICAL MEDICATIONS ADMINISTERED TO?
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SKIN, BODY ORIFICES, BODY CAVITIES
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WHY SHOULD YOU WEAR GLOVES WHEN APPLYING A DERMATOLOGIC MEDICATION?
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INFECTION CONTROL, AND TO AVOID SKIN CONTACT WITH MEDICATION
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HOW OFTEN DO YOU ASSESS A PATIENTS VITAL SIGNS WHEN ADMINISTERING AN INHALATION?
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BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER
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IN WHAT PART OF THE EYE DO YOU ADMINISTER OPTHALMIC MEDICATIONS?
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BELOW THE CONJUNCTIVAL SAC
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HOW DO YOU ADMINISTER EAR DROPS IN A PATIENT YOUNGER THEN 3?OLDER THEN THREE?
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YOUNGER THEN THREE, PULL DOWN ON THE EAR LOBE TO STRAIGHTEN THE EAR CANAL, OLDER THEN THREE PULL UP AND BACK ON THE ORICLE
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WHICH OF THESE ELEMENTS IS NOT REQUIRED ON A MEDICATION ORDER?
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AGE
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BEFORE ADMINISTERING ANY MEDICATIONS, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT
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FOR ENSURING A1C JONES IS AVAILABLE FOR WORK THE NEXT DAY
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HOW MANY POUNDS ARE EQUAL TO 65 KGS?
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143
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DR YOUNG HAS ORDERED MRS GREEN TO RECIEVE 5MG/KG OF ANCEF TWICE A DAY. SHE WEIGHTS 65 KGS. HOW MANY MILIGRAMS OF MEDICATION WILL BE GIVEN TWICE A DAY?
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325
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DR YOUNG HAS ORDERED MRS GREEEN TO RECEIVE 5 MG/KG OF ANCEF TWICE A DAY. MRS GREEN WEIGHS 65 KGS. THE MEDICAITON ANCEF IS SUPPLIED IN VIALS 50 MGS/ML. HOW MANY ML WILL SHE RECIEVE WITH EACH DOSAGE?
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6.5
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LTCOL MCNAMARA ORDERED A SINGLE DOS OF PHENERGAN 12.5 MG TO BE ADMINISTERED INTRAMUSCULAR TO A1C JONES FOR NAUSEA AND VOMITING. THE PHENERGAN IS SUPPLISED IN 50MG/2ML SYRINGES. HOW MANY ML WOULD YOU ADMINISTER?
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.50
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WHICH ONE OF THESE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE REGARDING SUCUTANEOUS INJECTIONS?
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ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS CAN BE ADMINSTERED
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THE METHOD OF PARENTERAL MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION THAT INVOLVES INJECTING A DRUG INTO A MUSCLE IS
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INTRAMUSCULAR
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WHERE ARE SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTIONS COMMONLY ADMINISTERED?
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UPPER ARMS
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WHAT METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION DELIVERS MEDICATION DIRECTLY INTO A PATIENTS DIGESTIVE SYSTEM?
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ORALLY
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TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION AND ACCIDENTAL SPILLS, LIQUID MEDICATIONS BEING ADMINISTERED TO INPATIENTS ARE USUALLY POURED AT WHAT LOCATION?
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AT THE PATIENTS BEDSIDE
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WHICH OF OF THESE STATEMENTS IS A DISADVANTAGE OF INHALATION MEDICATION?
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MONITORING THE PRECISE AMOUNT OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION IS DIFFICULT
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WHICH STATEMENT IS PROPER PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTERING INHALATIONS INTO THE RESPIRATORY TRACT OF A PATIENT?
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ASSESS PATIENTS VITAL SIGNS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER TREATMENT
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INTO WHAT BODY CAVITY ARE OTIC MEDICATIONS ADMINISTERED TO?
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EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL
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TO ADMINSTER EAR DROPS IN A PATIENT UNDER 3 YEARS OF AGE, YOU GENTLY PULL THE EARLOBE
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DOWN TO STRAIGHTED THE EAR CANAL
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WHEN ADMINISTERING A VAGINAL DOUCHE, HOW HIGH ABOVE THE PATIENTS VAGINA DO YOU HANG THE BAG?
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12 TO 18 INCHES
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HOW CAN A HEALTHCARE WORKER ASSESS A PATIENTS LEVEL OF PAIN?
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FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, VITAL SIGNS, ASKING
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DEFINE ENDORPHINS
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CHEMICLES WHICH CONTROL EMOTIONS AND PAIN
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WHAT ARE THE THREE CLASSIFICATIONS OF ANALGESICS?
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OPIOD, NONOPOID, ADVJANT
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LIST THE SIDE EFFECTS OF OPIOIDS
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SEDATION, EUPHORIA, CONFUSION, BRADYCARDIA
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REVIA, BUFFERIN, PANADOL, ULTRAM, EQUAGESIC ARE ALL:
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NONPIOID ANALGESIC
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STADOL, CODEINE, DEMEROL, PERCOCET ARE ALL:
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OPIOID ANALGESIC
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NARCAN IS A
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OPIOID ANTAGONIST
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WHAT DOES THE LAY PUBLIC NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHEN CONSIDERING NONOPIOID ANALGESICS?
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AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF SELF MEDICATING, OVERDOSAGES, SIDE EFFECTS
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LIST FIVE DISORDERS FOR CHICH ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES ARE COMMONLY PRESCRIBED
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ARTHRITIS, BURSITIS, MUSCLE SPASMS
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EXPLAIN THE FUNCTION OF A COX-2 INHIBITOR
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NEWER NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMITORY WHICH SELECTIVITLY INHIBITES CYCLOXYGENASE
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BARBITURATES ARE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT SITUATIONS AND WHY?
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FATALITIES DUE TO ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE ESPECIALLY WHEN COMBINES WITH CNS DEPRESSENTS OR ETHONOL
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LIST THE SIDE EFFECTS OF NONBARBITURATES
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NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, RASH, DIZZINESS, ATAXIA
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HOW DO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS WORK?
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EXERT A THERAPUTIC EFFECT ON AN INDIVIDUALS MENTAL PROCESS, EMOTIONS OR BEHAVIOR
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WHY ARE CNS STIMULANTS GIVEN?
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PROMOTE CNS SYSTEM FUNCTIONING
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ANTIDEPRESSENTS WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHICH NEUROTRANSMITTERS?
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DOPAMINE, SEROTONOIN, AND NOREPINEPHRINE
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF AN ANTIDEPRESSENT?
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ENABLES NEUROTRANSMITTERS TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE SYNAPSE-USED TO TREAT PHYSCOLOGICAL PROBLEMS.
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WHAT DISORDERS ARE BOTH REMERON AND SERSONE USED TO TREAT?
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CALMING ANTIDEPRESSANTS USED IN TREATING AGITATED DEPRESSION ANXIETY
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WHAT IS THE ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTION OF THE MAOIS?
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INCREASES CONCENTRATION OF SERATONIN, NOREPINEFINE, AND PRFAMINE BY INHIBITING MONOAMIN, OXIDASE ENZYME
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WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF LITHIUM TOXICITY?
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DROWSINESS, BLURRED VISION, SOME SIDE EFFECTS WORSEN SUCH AS TREMORS...CAN CAUSE COMA OR DEATH
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WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS CONSIDERED WHEN ANTIARRHYTHMICS ARE CHOSEN?
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THE TYPE OF ARRITHMIA, FREQUENCY, CARDIAC OR RENAL CONDITION, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THE PATIENT IS SHOWING.
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HOW DO B-ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS WORK?
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THEY COMBAT ARRITHMIAS BY BLOCKING SYMPTHETIC NERVE INCEPTORS
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ANGINA IS TREATED WITH:
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CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER AND OR INDERAL
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ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IS TREATED WITH
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CARDIAC GLUCOSIDE
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LUNG CONDITIONS ARE TREATED WITH:
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ATENOLOL
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LIFE THREATENING VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS ARE THREATED WITH
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TONOCARD
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ATRIAL FLUTTER IS TREATED WITH:
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CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE
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HYPERTENSION IS TREATED WITH
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CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER OR INDERAL
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PROPHYLACTIC AFTER CARDIOVERSION IS TREATED WITH
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PROCAINAMIDE AND OR QUINIDINE
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PCV IS TREATED WITH
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LIDOCAINE
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CHF IS TREATED WITH
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CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE
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TACHYCARDIA IS TREATED WITH
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CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE, OR QUINIDINE
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THE USE OF LOCAL ANESTHETICS FOR ANTIARRHYTHMIC THERAPY IS CONTRAINDICATED FOR WHAT TYPE OF PATIENTS?
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PTS WHO ARE HYPERSENSITIVE TO LOCAL ANASTETICS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION, OR KNOWN HEART BLOCKS, PREGNANT OR BREAST FEEDING WOMEN.
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WHAT ARE THE INITIAL TREATMENTS USED FOR MILD HYPERTENSION?
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LIFE STYLE CHANGES, DIET CHANGES (SODIUM REDUCTION) WEIGHT REDUCTION, WORKING OUT
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WHAT DRUG IS USED TO TREAT HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH NEUROPATHY AND WHY?
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ACE INHIBITORS CAN BEUSED ALONE OR WITH DIRURETICS, ACE INHIBITORS SLOW THE RATE OF RENAL FAILURE
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EXPLAIN THE ACTION OF COUMARIN DERIVATIVES
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ALTER THE BLOOD COAGULATION SYNTHESISIN THE LIVER BY INTERFERRING WITH VITAMIN K
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EXPLAIN THE GUIDELINES FOR GIVING THROMBOLYTIC AGENTS
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ADMINISTERATION OF A THROMBOLYTIC AGENT IS DONE IN AN ER OR ICU WITHIN THE FIRST FEW HOURS (LESS THEN 6) AFTER AN M.I.
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WHAT FACTORS WILL THE CHOICE OF ANTACID BE DEPENDANT UPON?
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PALATIBILITY, ADVERSE EFFECTS, ACID NEUTRALIZATION CAPABILITIES, SODIUM CONTENT, PTS RENAL AND CARDIAC FUNCTION
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WHAT IS THE PRIMARY USE OF ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENTS?
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LOWER THE NUMBER OF LOOSE STOOLS A PT IS HAVING
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WHAT SHOUDL THE PT EDUCATION INCLUDE WHEN TAKING ABSORBENTS AND PROTECTANTS?
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ACOIDANCE OF SELF MEDICATING > 48 HOURS OR IF A FEVER DEVELOPS, DIET OF BLAND FOODS
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WHAT ARE THE CONTRAINDICATIONS OF TAKING LOMOTIL AND IMODIUM?
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DIARREAH INDUCED BY INFECTIONS OR POISONING, PTS WITH COLITIS, CONTRAINDICATED IN YOUNG ADULTS OR PREGNANCY.
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LACTINEX IS USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF WHAT CONDITIONS?
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SIMPLE DIARRHEA CAUSED BY ANTIBIOTICS, INFECTION, IRRITABLE COLON, COLONOSTOMY OR AMEBIASIS
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WHAT IS THE TREATMENT OF CHOICE FOR SIMPLE CONSTIPATION, AND WHAT FORM IS IT AVAILABLE IN?
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CELLULOSE DIRIVITIVES AND BRAN, POWDERS, FLAKES, GRANULES,
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WHICH FORM OF CATHARTIC IS THE PRIMARY CHOICE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN?
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STOOL SOFTNERS, DOCUSATE
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WHAT SITUATIONS ARE STIMULANT LAXATIVES USED FOR?
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WHEN RAPID BOWEL EMPTYING IS NEEDED. WHEN A PT IS SCHEDULED FOR A SIGMOIDOSCOPY
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UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS ARE ANTIEMETICS USED?
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TO TREAT OR PREVENT NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIZZINESS
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HOW DO ADRENAL GLANDS FUNCTION?
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SECRETE HORMONES CALLED CORICOSTEROIDS THAT ACT ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO SUPPRESS THE BODYS RESPONSE TO TRAUMA OR INFECTION
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DELAYED WOUND HEALING, MUSCLE PAIN AND WEAKNESS, FLUID AND ELECTOLYTE IMBALANCE, GASTRIC OR ESOPHAGEAL IRRITATION, ULCERATION OR HEMMORAGE, STUNTING THE GROWTH IN CHILDREN, PETECHIA, EASY BRUISING AND SKIN THINNING OR TEARING ARE CONDITIONS WHICH ARE_________ FROM CORICOSTEROID THERAPY.
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LONG-TERM SIDE EFFECTS
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ORGAN TRANSPLANT, ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISORDERS, ACUTE FLARE UPS OF RHEUMATIC OR COLLAGEN DISORDERS, ALLERGICE REACTIONS ARE__________FROM CORICOSTEROID THERAPY
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SHORT TERM THERAPY
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EXPLAIN HYPOTHYROIDISM AND THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
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UNDER-UTILAZATION OF THE THYROID-SLOWED METABOLISM, FATIGUE, DRY SKIN, WEIGHT GAINE, SENSITIVITY TO COLD
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WHY IS INSULIN ADMINISTERED PARENTERALLY?
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BECAUSE ITS DESTROYED THROUGHT THE GI TRACT
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EXPLAIN PEAK, ONSET, DURATION OF MEDICATION CONCENTRATION
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ONSET-TIME BETWEEN ADMINISTERING AND EFFECTS, PEAK-HIGHEST CONCENTRATION CAUSED BY DOSAGE
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LIST THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HYPOGLYCEMIA AND WHEN DO THESE SIGNS USUALLY OCCUR?
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USUALLY HAPPENS SUDDENLY AND AT AN INSULIN PEAK, CONFUSION, IRRITABILITY INCREASED RESPIRATIONS
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LIST THE CONTRAINDICATIONS OF SULFONYLUREAS
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LIVER AND KIDNEY IMPAIRMENT, DEBILITATED, OR MALNURITTED PT, SEVERE INFECTIONS
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EXPLAIN THE ACTION OF GLUCOPHAGE:
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DECREASES HEPATIC GLUCOSE OUTPUT, INCREASES INSULIN SENSITIVITY IN MUSCLES
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WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN ANTIINFECTIVE DRUG THERAPY?
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DETERMINE THE CAUSITIVE AGENT AND THE SPECIFIC MEDICATION ITS SENSITIVE TO
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WHAT INSTRTUCTIONS SHOUDL BE GIVEN TO A PT BEING TREATED WITH ERYTHROMYCIN?
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GI COMPLICATIONS ARE EXPECTED, YOGURT/BUTTERMILK CAN OFFSET THE DIARRHEA
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PENICILLINS ARE USED PROPHYLACTICALLY FOR WHAT DISEASES?
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RHEUMATIC FEVER AND ENDOCARTIS
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NAME THE GENERIC NAME WITH TRADE NAME:DOXYCYLINE, AMPICILLIN, CETFIAXONE
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VIBRAMYCIN, OMINPEN, ROCEPHIN
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NAME THE GENERIC NAME WITH THE TRADE NAME: GENTAMYCIN, CEFASOLIN, AMOXICILLIN-CLAVULANATE
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GARAMYCIN, ANCEF, AUGMENTIN
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NAME THE GENERIC NAME TO THE TRADE NAME: CEFUROZIME, CEPHALEXIN, AZITHROMYCIN, CIPROFLOXACIN
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CEFTIN, KFLEX, ZITHROMAX, CIPRO
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MATCH THE VACCINE TO THE CONDITION: FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE OCCUPATION MAKES THEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO SIMPLE LACERATIONS AND ABRASIONS IE: CREW CHEF, MAINTENANCE, AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
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TETANUS/DIPHTHERIA (TD)
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VACCINE TO THE CONDITION: THIS DISEASE CAUSES APPROXIMATELY 250,000 DEATHS ANNUALLY:
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HEPATIIS B
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VACCINE TO CONDITION: CHICKENPOX
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VARICELLA
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VACCINE TO CONDITION: FOR PERSONS GOING TO AREAS SUCH AS ASIA, AFRICA, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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TYPHOID
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VACCINE TO CONDITION: A VIRAL DISEASE TRANSMITTED BETWEEN HUMAN AND MOSQUITO
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YELLOW FEVER
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VACCINE TO CONDITION: CAN BE SPREAD BY PERSON TO PERSON CONTACT UNTIL SCAB FALLS OFF
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SMALL POX
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VACCINE TO CONDITION:ALL AIR FORCE RECRUITS RECEIVE ANTIBODY SCREENING AND RECEIVE THE VACCINE ONLY IF REULTS ARE NEGATIVE
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MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA
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VACCINE TO CONDTION: VACCINE ADMINISTERED ANNUALLY TO ALL ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS
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INFLUENZA
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VACCINE TO CONDITION: THIS DISEASE CAUSES APPROCIMATELY 14000 DEATHS ANNUALLY
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HEPATITIS A
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VACCINE TO CONDITION: THIS DISEASE MAY AFFECT YOUR SKIN, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND LUNGS
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ANTHRAX
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VACCINE TO CONDITION: 95% EFFECTIVE, NO BOOSTER DOSES AT THIS TIME:
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POLIO INACTIAVED VACCINE
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WHEN IS HISTAMINE RELEASED?
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WHEN BODILY INJURY FROM A PATHOGEN, CHEMICAL OR TRAUMA OCCURS
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EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ANTITUSSIVE AND EXPECTORANT
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ANTITUSSIVES CONTROL THE MEDULA FOR COUGHS, EXPECTOANTS THIN AND CONTROL THE BRACHIOLES
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HOW SHOUDL TRANSDERMAL HORMONE CONTRACEPTION PATCHES BE APPLIED? WHAT SHOUDL YOU ENSURE THE PATIENT UNDERSTANDS?
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1 PATCH, ONCE WEEKLY, FOR 3 WEEKS, OLD PATCH MUST BE REMOVED ONCE NEW PATCH IS APPLIED
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WHY SHOULD DRINKING GRAPEFRUIT JUICE BE AVOIDED WITH MANY MEDICATIONS?
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LOWERS ACTIVITY LEVELS OF SPECIFIC ENZYMES IN THE INTESTINAL TRACT THAT NORMALLY BREAK DOWN MEDICATIONS AND END UP ALLOWING LARGER AMOUNTS OF THE MEDICATION TO REACH THE BLOODSTREAM AND RESULT IN INCREASING THE DRUG ACTIVITY
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEDICATIONS PRIMARY ACTION IS PAIN RELIEF?
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ANALGESICS, SEDATIVES AND HYPNOTICS
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OPIOIDS ARE CONTRAINDICATED WITH
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HEAD INJURY PATIENTS
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ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
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PREVENTING THE FORMATION OF PROSTAGLANDINS
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEDICATIONS ARE USED PRIMARILY FOR ANALGESIC ACTIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF ARTHRITIS?
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ACETAMINOPHEN
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WHICH STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE OF THE NONSTEROIDAL ANIT-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS?
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RAISES PROSTAGLANDIN LEVELS
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CONTRAINDICATIONS OF NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT
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WHEN TAKEN WITH DAIRY PRODUCTS
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CNS STIMULANTS OBTAINED OVER THE COUNTER IS FREQUENTLY TAKEN IN PROLONGED HIGH DOSES PRODUCING HABITUATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE?
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CAFFEINE
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ALL OF THE FOLLWING ARE CONTRAINDICATIONS OF CNS SYSTEM STIMULANTS EXCEPT
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IRRITABILITY
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SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS SELECTIVELY BLOCK THE REABSORPTION OF CHICH CHEMICAL NEUROTRANSMITTER?
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SEROTONIN
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SIDE EFFECTS OF TRICYCLICS INCLUDE ALL THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT
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PUPIL CONSTRICTION
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ANTIAMXIETY MEDICATIONS ARE PRESCRIBED FOR
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THE TREATMENT OF INSOMNIA
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ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS ARE CATEGORIZED AS
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MAJOR TRANQUILIZERS
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WHICH MEDICATION POTENTIATES THE EFFECTS OF ANALGESICS WHEN COMBINED WITH ANTIPSYCHOTICS?
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TYLONEL
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EFECTS OF CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES IS TO
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STRENGTHEN THE HEART BEAT
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BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATION OF DIGITALIS, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PULSE POINTS IS IT IMPORTANT TO CHECK?
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APICAL
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TOXIC SIDE EFFECTS OF DIGITALIS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT
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TACHYCARDIA
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ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS ARE USED IN LOW DOSES FOR PATIENTS WITH
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LUNG CONDITIONS THAT CAUSE BROCHOSPASMS
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CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS SUPPRESS THE ACTION OF CALCIUM DURING CONTRACTION OF THE HEART BY
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REDUCING THE CARDIAC EXCITABILITY AND DILATION OF THE MAIN CORONCARY ARTERIES
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CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR PROCAINAMIDE INCLUDE PERSON WITH KNOWN
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CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
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QUINIDINE IS USED PRIMARILY AS PROHYLACTIC THERAPY TO
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MAINTAIN NORMAL RHYTHM AFER CARDIOVERSION
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THE MOST COMMON SIDE EFFECT OF ANTIHYPERTENSIVES IS
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POSTURAL HYPOTENSION
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ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME (ace) INHIBITORS LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE BY
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DECREASING VASOCONSTRICTION
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WHEN ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME (ace) INHIBITORS ARE TAKEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIURETICS OR VASODILATORS, WHAT AFFECT IS PRODUCED?
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POTENTIATE HYPOTENSION
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CENTRAL ACTING ALPHA ADENERGIC INHIBITORS ARE COMBINED WITH
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DIURETICS
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THE ANTIDOTE FOR BLEEDING COMPLICATIONS WHILE UNDER COUMARIN THERAPY IS TO ADMINISTER
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VITAMIN K
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MR JOHNSON HAS UNDERGONE A HIP REPLACEMENT AND IS RECEIVING HEPARIN TREATMENT POST SURGICALLY TO PREVENT
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DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
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THE MOST SERIOUS COMPLICATION OF THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY IS
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BLEEDING
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ANTACIDS CONTAINNIG ALUMINUM OR CALCIUM CARBONATE HAVE THE COMMON SIDE EFFECT OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?
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CONSTIPATION
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEDICATIONS IS A LAXATIVE?
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MINERAL OIL
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WHAT TYPE OF LAXATIVE IS SORBITOL?
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HYPEROSMOTIC
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AMONG THE ENDOCRINE MEDICATIONS, WHAT DRUG ACTION CATEGORY DO ADRENAL CORTICOSTEROIDS FALL WITHIN?
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SUPPORTIVE
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ACUTE ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY, SHOCK, AND POSSIBLY DEATH CAN RESULT FROM
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AN ABRUPT WITHDRAWEL OF ADRENAL CORTICOSTEROIDS THERAPY
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WHICH ENDOCRINE THERAPY DRUGS ARE USED TO PREVENT ORGAN TRANSPLANT REJECTION?
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CORTICOSTEROIDS
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INSULIN MAY POTENTIATE A HYPOGLYCEMIC EFFECT WHEN TAKEN CONCOMITANTLY WITH
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ALCHOHOL OR CALICYLATES
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SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES ARE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT
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EXCESSIVE WEIGHT LOSS
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEDICATIONS CAN INTERACT WITH QUINOLONES TO POTENTIATE CARDIAC ARREST:?
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THEROPHYLINE
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THE INFLUENZA VACCINE IS MANUFACTURED
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WITH AN INACTIVE VIRUS
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING VACCINES SHOULD NOT BE ADMINISTERED TO INDIVIDUALS ALLERGICE TO EGGS OR EGG PRODUCTS?
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INFLUENZA
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HEPATITIS A IS CONTRACTED THROUGH THE TRANSMISSSION OF
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CONTAMINATED FOOD OR WATER
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HOW MANY DOSES ARE GIVEN IN A SERIES OF HEPATITIS B VACCINE REGIMENT?
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THREE
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WHICH VACCINE DO ALL RECRUITS RECEIEVE A BOOSTER FOR UPON ENTERING THE AF?
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TETANUS
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CHICH VIRAL DISEASE DO MOSQUITOS TRANSMIT?
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YELLOW FEVER
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WHAT TYPE OF MEDICATION WOULD YOU EXPECT A PATIENT WITH SEASONAL ALLERGIES TO TAKE ON A REGULAR BASIS?
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ANTIHISTIMINES
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WHEN A PATIENT HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED TESSALON PERLES TO HELP STOP COUGHING, WHAT PATIENT-EDUCATION WOULD BE APPORPRIATE?
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DO NOT CHEW
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