Polypharmacy management US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Polypharmacy management Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: One adverse effect associated with digoxin is _____ (HR)
Answer: bradycardia
Flashcard 2: Alprazolam, Lorazepam, and Temazepam are benzodiazepines that have _____ half lifes
Answer: intermediate
Flashcard 3: Neuro/Psych_____ patients are more sensitive to the side effects of benzodiazepines (e.g. somnolence, confusion, disorientation)
Answer: Elderly
Flashcard 4: Examples of the beers criteria include drugs that increase the risk of anti_____ activity (antihistamines, GI antispasmodics)
Answer: cholinergic
Flashcard 5: Which phase of drug metabolism is lost first in geriatric patients? _____
Answer: Phase I
Flashcard 6: thalidomide
Answer: limb defects (flipper limbs)
Flashcard 7: warfarin
Answer: bone deformities, fetal hemmorhage, abortion, ophthalmologic abnormalities
Flashcard 8: disulfiram
Answer:
Extra: quitting alcohol use inhibits acetylaldehyde dehydrogenase wicked hangover-like symptoms (which are actually the desired effect)
Flashcard 9: Which vitamins, water or fat soluble, are more likely to cause toxicity? Why?
Answer: fat soluble; sequester in fat, less easy to wash out
Flashcard 10: Phase IV
Answer: Patients using the drug in the general population (required post-marketing surveillance)
Extra: Rare or long-term effects
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