Autonomic/CV Drugs — Flashcards

Flashcard 51: What adverse effect is associated with bosentan? _____

Answer: Hepatotoxicity (thus monitor LFTs)

Extra: First Aid Pharmacology: Respiratory

Flashcard 52: _____ is a recombinant form of PTH used to treat osteoporosis

Answer: Teriparatide

Extra: First Aid Pharmacology: Endocrine

Flashcard 53: Amiodarone can cause _____ as a result of its class II antiarrhythmic activity

Answer: heart block

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Cardiovascular (Antiarrhythmics)

Flashcard 54: Cardiac glycosides (e.g. digoxin) cause _____ cardiac contractility due to increased sarcoplasmic Ca2+ stores

Answer: increased

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Cardiovascular (Cardiac Glycosides)

Flashcard 55: Recombinant IFN-α can be used to treat malignant _____, hairy cell leukemia and renal cell carcinoma

Answer: melanoma

Flashcard 56: Glucocorticoids inhibit production of inflammatory _____ by cyclooxygenase

Answer: prostaglandins

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Thyroid, Pituitary, & Adrenal

Flashcard 57: Theophylline is metabolized by _____

Answer: cytochrome P-450

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Respiratory (Asthma)

Flashcard 58: What drug class do fluoxetine and paroxetine belong to? _____

Answer: SSRIs

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Neuro/Psych

Flashcard 59: Benzodiazepines increase Cl- conductance by increasing the _____ of channel opening

Answer: frequency

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Neuro/Psych

Flashcard 60: What sympathomimetic is used to treat cardiogenic shock? _____

Answer: Dobutamine

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Autonomics (Sympathomimetics)