Gastrointestinal Drugs 2

Question 1

What are the therapies for disorders of the lower GI Tract?

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Question 2

What are the types laxatives ?

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Question 3

Describe constipation

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Question 4

Describe the etiology of constipation

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Question 5

What’s the first-line strategy for constipation?

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Question 6

What are the bulk-forming laxatives? What do they do?

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Question 7

What are Cathertics(laxatives)?

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Question 8

Describe caster oil as a laxative

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Question 9

What do use as stool softeners?

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Question 10

Describe lubricant laxatives

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Question 11

Describe osmotic laxatives

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Question 12

Describe polyethylene glycol as an osmotic laxative

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Question 13

Describe lubiprostone

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Question 14

What are the adverse efffects of lubiprostone?

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Question 15

What are the selective Mu-opioid receptor antagonists?

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Question 16

What are the opioid agonists?

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Question 17

How do opioid agonists aid for anti diarrheal drugs?

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Question 18

How can Ocreotide act as an anti diarrheal drug?

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Question 19

What are the indications of Octreotide?

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Question 20

What are the adverse effects of octreotide?

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Question 21

Describe Bismuth compounds as anti diarrheal

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Question 22

What is irritable bowel syndrome ?

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Question 23

Describe the first-line treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

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Question 24

What do we use constipation predominant IBS?

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Question 25

How do we use diarrhea predominant IBS?

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Question 26

Give an overview of inflammatory bowel disease

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Question 27

What do we use to guide IBD ?

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Question 28

Describe the mild category of IBD

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Question 29

Describe moderate to severe disease of IBD

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Question 30

Describe the severe-fulminant disease of IBD

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Question 31

Give an overview of how we treat different severities of IBD

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Question 32

Describe Aminosalicylates that are used to treat IBD

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Question 33

Describe describe the MOA theories of aminosalicylates to treat IBD

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Question 34

Describe the treatment of Aminosalicylates for IBD

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Question 35

How does sulfasalzine work?

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Question 36

What is sulfasalzine used for?

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Question 37

What are the adverse effects of Aminosalicylates?

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Question 38

Describe the use of balsalazide as Aminosalicylates

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Question 39

Describe mesalamine as aminosalicylates

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Question 40

How are glucocorticoids used for IBD? MOA

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Question 41

How are glucocorticoids used to treat IBD? MOA

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Question 42

How are glucocorticoids used to treat IBD? MOA

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Question 43

How can prednisone and prednisolone be used to treat IBD?

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Question 44

What are the adverse effects of prednisone & prednisolone?

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Question 45

How is budnesone used to treat IBD?

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Question 46

Describe Immunosuppresants used to treat inflammatory bowel disease

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Question 47

What are the adverse effects of immunosuppressants?

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Question 48

Describe Allopurinol

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Question 49

Describe the methotrexate

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Question 50

Describe the adverse effects of methotrexate

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Question 51

Describe the cyclosporine

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Question 52

Describe the adverse effects of cyclosporine?

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