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If your sympathetic response was initiated, what would your pupils do?
If someone's parasympathetic system was activated, would they have increased or decreased urinary frequency?
Which sympathomimetics cannot be administered orally due to rapid metabolism from the GI tract and liver?
This anticholinergic drug is used in patients with symptomatic cardiac disorders (including bradycardia)
In times of stress, hypothalamus triggers release of _______
insufficiency or inaction of insulin is cause of ___________ ____________
peptides and catecholamines bind to ____________ on the cell surface and activate intercellular processes through ___________ ______________
calcitriol (active vitamin D) begins in the _______
**most hormones are taken up and degraded by _______ and _________
**under secretion of ADH causes __________ ____________
a patient who has been taking Indinavir (crixivan) for a year has just been told that the organism is now resistant to this drug. The patient expresses worry to you that this means the disease will now progress to (AIDS) and death will soon follow. What is your best response?
laboratory blood tests show that a patient has a T3 level of 190ng/dL. How should you interpret this finding
which laboratory value in a 76 year old woman on systemic fluconazole (Diflucan) therapy should you report immediately to the prescriber
For which opioid pain drug order should you contact and question the prescriber?a. Adult male, hydromorphone (Dilaudid) 4 mg orally every 4 hoursb. Older adult, meperidine (Demerol) 50 mg IM every 3 hoursc. Child, codeine 0.5 mg/kg orally every 6 hoursd. Adult women, hydrocodone with acetaminophen (Vicodin) 5 mg orally every 6 hours
an older patient is prescribed (Zitromax) 500mg on the first day and 250 mg for days 2 through 5. For which drug also prescribed for this patient would you notify the prescriber
what type of bacteria cause infection when a patients immune system is imparied
what is the most important question to ask before administering the first dose of celecoxib (Celebrex) to a patient
A patient with type 2 diabetes and heart failure who is prescribed metformin extended release once daily now has muscle aches, drowsiness, low BP, and a slow irregular heartbeat, What is your best action?
Which food, drink, or herbal supplement should you warn a patient prescribed nevirapine (Viramune) to avoid
a patient taking oxycodone with acetaminophen (percocet) for pain at home 3 days after fracturing an ankle reports constipation and continuing moderate to severe pain that is relieved by the prescribed drug. What is your best advice ?