Autonomic/CV Drugs — Flashcards

Flashcard 131: Docusate is used medically as a(n) _____

Answer: stool softener

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: GI (Relaxatives)

Flashcard 132: What drug class does chlorpheniramine belong to? _____

Answer: 1st generation H1 receptor antagonist

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Respiratory

Flashcard 133: Daclizumab is a monoclonal antibody against _____ that is used to treat relapsing multiple sclerosis

Answer: CD25 (part of IL-2 receptor)

Extra: First Aid Pharmacology: Immunology

Flashcard 134: What drug enhances activity of antithrombin? _____

Answer: Heparin

Flashcard 135: In addition to erectile dysfunction, sildenafil may also be used to treat _____

Answer: pulmonary hypertension

Extra: First Aid Pharmacology: Respiratory Pulmonary hypertension (1/2) Chest x-ray (PA) Regular diaphragm; enlarged left auricle and atrium (LAA) leading to the loss of the cardiac silhouette; Dilation of the left pulmonary artery (P; shaded area represents the dilation); Extensively enlarged pulmonary arteries at the lung hilus (marked area); Vascular rarefaction in the peripheral lungs with sudden change in diameter between central and peripheral pulmonary arteries. Here, the possible cause of pulmonary hypertension is mitral valve disease. Pulmonary hypertension (2/2) Lateral chest x-ray: decreased retrosternal spay due to hypertrophy of the right ventricle as well as decreased retrocardiac space due to left atrial enlargement .

Flashcard 136: What three treatments for hyperammonemia act by reacting with glycine / glutamine, forming products that are renally excreted? _____

Answer: Benzoate, Phenylacetate, Phenylbutyrate

Flashcard 137: Filgrastim is a recombinant form of _____

Answer: G-CSF

Extra: First Aid Pharmacology: Immunology

Flashcard 138: The antibody-heparin-PF4 complex may activate _____, leading to thrombosis and thrombocytopenia

Answer: platelets

Flashcard 139: How does the pH change in infected tissue? _____

Answer: Decreased (acidic)

Extra: First Aid Pharmacology: Neuro/Psych

Flashcard 140: VEGF RTK inhibitors can cause hyper_____

Answer: tension