PHARMACOLOGY MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM 2024/2025
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
DRUG THERAPY FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHIRITIS INCLUDE WHICH MEDICATIONS? - Correct Answer -
NSAIDS
-GLUCOCORTICOIDS
-DISEASE-MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUGS (DMARDS)
WHAT MEDICATION DECREASES JOINT INFLAMMATION, SUPPRESS' IMMUNE RESPONSE, AND HAS A
SLOW THERAPEUTIC ONSET? - Correct Answer DMARDS WHAT ARE THE 3 CATEGORIES OF DMARDS DRUGS? - Correct Answer DMARDS 1: METHOTREXATE
(RHEUMATREX)
DMARDS 2: ETANERCEPT (ENBREL)
DMARDS 3: OLD MEDS ONLY USED IN SEVERE CASES
WHAT ARE SIDE EFFECTS OF DMARDS 1? - Correct Answer LIVER DAMAMGE
BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION
INCREASE INFECTION RISK
GI BLEEDING
WHAT ARE SIDE EFFECTS OF DMARDS 2? - Correct Answer INFECTIONS
REACTIVATION OF TB
HEART FAILURE
SEVERE SKIN REACTIONS
WHAT DOES THE NURSE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR WITH DMARDS? - Correct Answer CBC, INFECTION, GI
BLEEDING
LIVER FUNCTION TESTS
AVOID VACCINES 1 / 2
WHAT ARE SOME CONTRAINDICATION FOR DMARDS? - Correct Answer METHOTREXATE PREGNANCY
RISK X
LIVER & RENAL INSUFFICEIENCY WHAT MEDICATIONS CAN BE USED FOR OSTEOPOROSIS? - Correct Answer SERMS
BISPHOSPHONATES
CALCITONIN
CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS
RALOXIFENE (EVISTA) IS A PROTOTYPE DRUGE FOR WHAT? - Correct Answer SERMS WHAT ARE SOME SIDE EFFECTS OF SERMS MEDICATIONS? - Correct Answer PULMONARY EMBOLI DVT
HOT FALSHES
WHAT SHOULD THE NURSE LOOK OUT FOR WITH A PATIENT TAKING SERMS? - Correct Answer
MONITOR BONE DENSITY
SIGNS FOR THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENTS
WHAT SHOULD THE NURSE EDUCATE PATIENTS WHILE TAKING SERMS? - Correct Answer -CONSUME
CALCIUM AND VIT D
-DAILY WEIGHT BEARING EXERCISES
-USE CONTRACEPTION
ALENDRONATE (FOSAMAX) IS A PROTOTYPE DRUG FOR WHAT? - Correct Answer BISPHOSPHONATES-
DECREASES OSTEOCLASTS
WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS FOR BISPHOSPHONATES? - Correct Answer ESOPHAGITIS MUSCLE & JOINT PAIN EYE PAIN & VISION CHANGES
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