BIOD351 / BIOD 351 Module 3 (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Pharmacology | Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct - Portage Learning
Question:
A patient taking thiazide diuretics would have which adverse effects?
Answer:
low potassium leading to dehydration, muscle weakness, and fatigue
Question:
Which antihypertensive drug therapy is one of the preferred therapies for the treatment of hypertension?
Answer:
ACE-inhibitors - Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
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Question:
A patient is experiencing adverse side effects of a dry cough and angioedema (swelling of the face and oral cavity), which drug are they most likely taking?
Answer:
ACE inhibitors
Question:
Which drug makes it a better choice for patients with coronary artery disease or arrhythmias? (non-dihydropyridines or dihydropyridines) & why?
Answer:
Non-dihydropyridines because they decrease heart rate and heart conduction
Question:
What is the mechanisms of action of nitrates?
Answer:
- relaxing the vascular smooth muscle that happens when the nitrate ions are
converted to nitric oxide which is a potent vasodilator
- vasodilation leads to a decrease in blood volume returned to the heart which
reduced the workload of the heart
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