Why are nitrate-free periods every 24 hours necessary for the patient on nitroglycerin therapy? - ANSWER To inhibit the development of tolerance
What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate? - ANSWER
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Why are nitrate-free periods every 24 hours necessary for the patient on nitroglycerin therapy? - ANSWER To inhibit the development of tolerance
What does a low level of thyroid-stimulating hormone indicate? - ANSWER Hyperthyroidism
What would be the best option to treat a newly diagnosed patient with a low TSH level with? - ANSWER Propanolol (Inderal)
Spironoaldactone (Aldactone) has what mechanism of action (MOA)? - ANSWER Aldosterone antagonist
Heparin exerts its therapeutic action by what? - ANSWER Upregulating the activity of one of the body's natural anticoagulant molecules, antithrombin III
What physiologic action happens when the offending drug is administered during an anaphylactic reaction. - ANSWER Mast cells liberate large doses of histamine.
What are two systemic psoriasis medications? - ANSWER Photo-therapy and topical corticosteroids
What is the first choice of drug therapy for the majority of patients with uncomplicated stage I hypertension? - ANSWER Thiazide diuretics
What is the effect of cardiac glycosides? - ANSWER Digitalis glycosides have a negative chronotropic effect on the cardiac muscle cells.
Amenorrhea is the most common side effect of which birth control medication? - ANSWER Medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera)
What is an anti-hypertensive agent which competes with epinephrine for available beta- receptor sites? - ANSWER Atenolol (Tenormin)
What type of action does nitrates have on the body? - ANSWER Reduction in systemic venous tone.
What is the recommended level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) for patients with known coronary artery disease? - A
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