Unique Drug Features

Question 1

Acyclovir/valcyclovir

Answer 1

Antivirals

safe in pregnancy

Question 2

Amantadine/Rimantadine

Answer 2

Antivirals

TYPE A2 FLU ONLY=decrease symptomatic period only

Question 3

Oseltramivir

Answer 3

Antiviral

USED FOR BIRD FLU

Question 4

Palivizumab

Answer 4

Antiviral

passive RSV immunity

Question 5

Interferon

Answer 5

antiviral

blocks ALL aspects of viral pathology

Question 6

Lamivudine

Answer 6

antiviral

DOC for hepatitis

Question 7

Zidovudine

Answer 7

antiviral

decreases mother to child transmission

Question 8

Didanosine/Zalcitaibe/Staruvidine

Answer 8

antivirals

PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

Question 9

Ritonavir

Answer 9

antiviral

used to increase the bioavailability of other protease inhibitors

Question 10

Amprenavir

Answer 10

antiviral

Stevens Johnson Syndrome

Question 11

Nevirapine

Answer 11

antiviral

DOC for HIV in pregnancy

Question 12

Cisplatin

Answer 12

Antineoplastic
acoustic nerve damage/tinnitus
-sensitizes cell to radiation treatment

Question 13

5fluorouracil

Answer 13

antineoplastic

SOLID TUMOR TREATMENT

Question 14

Doxorubicin hydrochloride

Answer 14

antineoplastic

CARDIOTOXIC via free radical production-increases Fe

Question 15

Vinblastine/vincristine

Answer 15

antineoplastic

tubulin binding prevents segregation of chromosomes

Question 16

Paclitaxel

Answer 16

antineoplastic

BREAST/OVARIAN CANCER TX

Question 17

Azathioprine

Answer 17

immunosuppressant

reduced dose if giving with allopurinol

Question 18

Thalidomide

Answer 18

immunosuppressant

PREVENT GRAFT-VS-HOST REACTIONS

Question 19

Muronomab-CD3

Answer 19

immunosuppressant

ACUTE REJECTION TREATMENT

Question 20

inhaled corticosteroids

Answer 20

asthma

SE: oropharyngeal candidiasis

Question 21

Magnesium

Answer 21

GI drug

diarrhea

Question 22

Aluminum

Answer 22

GI drug

constipation

Question 23

Cimetidine

Answer 23

GI drug

HIGH DRUG INTERACTIONS, ANTIANDROGEN

Question 24

Omeprazole

Answer 24

GI drug

inhibits CYP2C19, decreases metabolism of phenytoin, cyclosporine, warfarin

Question 25

Misoprostol

Answer 25

GI drug UTERINE CONTRACTIONS DO NOT USE IN PREGNANCY

Question 26

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Answer 26

GI drugs | active on chemoreceptor zone (CTZ) FOR EMESIS

Question 27

Dronabinol

Answer 27

GI DRUG | chemo-induced emesis + appetite stimulation

Question 28

Lactulose

Answer 28

GI DRUG | NH4 decrease in cirrhosis due to ion trapping

Question 29

Antihistamine w/most sedation

Answer 29

diphenhydramine

Question 30

Antihistamine for MOTION SICKNESS

Answer 30

dimenhydramate

Question 31

Antihistamine Anti-emetic

Answer 31

Promethazine

Question 32

Antihistamine w/ renal metabolism

Answer 32

certrizine/acrivistine

Question 33

antihistamine 1st generation overdose effects

Answer 33

similar to atropine O: red as a beet mad as a hatter

Question 34

antihistamine 2nd generation interactions

Answer 34

grapefruit juice, erythromycin, cimetidine, ketoconazole

Question 35

stopped at antimalarials

Answer 35

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