Pharm - Quiz 7

Potent rx NSAID that should not be used for more than 5 days:

Common OTC NSAID with a 6-8 hour half life:

Major advantage of Tylenol over the NSAIDs:

Drug rx for RA as well as cancer:

Injectable drug that inhibits tumor necrosis factor:

Life-threatening adverse effect of opiate overdose

More potent opiate than morphine w/ lower incidence of nausea:

About 7% of the american population do not get very good pain relief from codeine because:

______ is a morphine derivative that was the most commonly rx drug in the country in 2005 and is the drug of choice of Dr. House. It is almost always combined with ______.

Another common morphine derivative available in long-acting form that has become a popular street drug and was publicized by Rush Limbaugh and was reformulated in fall 2011 because:

Opiate that is currently drug of choice for the pain associated with childbirth:

Antitussive with mild hallucinogenic properties:

______ was originally developed as an alternative to heroin that did not require needles but has been increasingly used as a pain med in its own right. It has (rapid/slow) onset.

Opiate that is commonly rx for cancer patients and those with frequent vomiting:

Antidote for opium overdose:

Opioid that is used to tx diarrhea:

There's little likelihood Imodium can be abused because:

Common local anesthetic in the dental office:

Cocaine causes major damage to the noses of regular snorters due to its ________ properties.

Tagamet, Pepcid, and Axid are examples of ______ family of drugs which are used to reduce ulcer pain.

Family name of drug family other than histamine 2 antagonists that reduce ulcer pain:

Generic proton pump inhibitors all end in:

Commonly prescribed proton pump inhibitor:

Prior to the 1970's most medical research was funded by the ________.

What alternatives to an implanted defibrillator are suggested by Dr. Abramson:

How did drug makers make sure Nexium appeared more efficacious than Prilosec:

In what way is the list of authors on a medical article misleading?

which proton pump inhibitor is the biological right hand of Prilosec?

The vast majority of ulcers are due to infection with:

First H2 antagonist that has largely been replaced:

Common adverse effect of Tagamet:

Synthetic opioid that causes less constipation that morphine:

Synthetic opioid that was popular for dental pain but has since bene pulled off the market:

The 2 classes of local antithetics based on organic functional groups:

Ester that is strictly a topical anesthetic:

Family of drug for tx of migraines:

How to local anesthetics work: