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Unit 5 MN553 Pharm
Elderly patients who are started on levothyroxine for thyroid replacement should be monitored for:
Question options:

Excessive sedation

Tachycardia and angina

Weight gain

Cold intolerance Correct Answer: Tachycardia and angina

Potentially fatal granulocytopenia has been associated with treatment of hyperthyroidism with
propylthiouracil. Patients should be taught to report:
Question options:

Tinnitus and decreased salivation

Fever and sore throat

Hypocalcemia and osteoporosis

Laryngeal edema and difficulty swallowing Correct Answer: Fever and sore throat

Metformin is a primary choice of drug to treat hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes because it:
Question options:

Substitutes for insulin usually secreted by the pancreas

Decreases glycogenolysis by the liver

Increases the release of insulin from beta cells

Decreases peripheral glucose utilization Correct Answer: Decreases glycogenolysis by the liver

Hypoglycemia can result from the action of either insulin or an oral hypoglycemic. Signs and symptoms
of hypoglycemia include:
Question options:

"Fruity" breath odor and rapid respiration

Diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss, and hypertension

Dizziness, confusion, diaphoresis, and tachycardia

, Easy bruising, palpitations, cardiac dysrhythmias, and coma Correct Answer: Dizziness, confusion,
diaphoresis, and tachycardia

Sulfonylureas may be added to a treatment regimen for type 2 diabetics when lifestyle modifications
and metformin are insufficient to achieve target glucose levels. Sulfonylureas have been moved to Step
2 therapy because they:
Question options:

Increase endogenous insulin secretion

Have a significant risk for hypoglycemia

Address the insulin resistance found in type 2 diabetics

Improve insulin binding to receptors Correct Answer: Have a significant risk for hypoglycemia

Treatment with insulin for type 1 diabetics:
Question options:

Starts with a total daily dose of 0.2 to 0.4 units per kg of body weight

Divides the total doses into three injections based on meal size

Uses a total daily dose of insulin glargine given once daily with no other insulin required

Is based on the level of blood glucose Correct Answer: Starts with a total daily dose of 0.2 to 0.4 units
per kg of body weight

The American Heart Association states that people with diabetes have a 2- to 4-fold increase in the risk
of dying from cardiovascular disease. Treatments and targets that do not appear to decrease risk for
micro- and macro-vascular complications include:
Question options:

Glycemic targets between 7% and 7.5%

Use of insulin in type 2 diabetics

Control of hypertension and hyperlipidemia

Stopping smoking Correct Answer: Glycemic targets between 7% and 7.5%

Drugs used to treat diabetic peripheral neuropathy include:
Question options:

Metoclopramide

Cholinergic agonists

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