Pharm - Chapter 31 - Thyroid and Antithyroid Drugs Study Guide Questions And 100% Accurate Answers.
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Pharmacology Chapter 31
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Pharmacology Chapter 31
The nurse is caring for a patient who has congenital hypothyroidism. Which medication would the nurse expect the primary health care provider to prescribe?
1
Liotrix
2
Methimazole
3
Levothyroxine
4
Propylthiouracil - Answer 3
Levothyroxine
Levothyroxine is a thyroid drug used to treat...
Pharm - Chapter 31 - Thyroid and
Antithyroid Drugs Study Guide
Questions And 100% Accurate Answers.
The nurse is caring for a patient who has congenital hypothyroidism. Which medication would the nurse
expect the primary health care provider to prescribe?
1
Liotrix
2
Methimazole
3
Levothyroxine
4
Propylthiouracil - Answer 3
Levothyroxine
Levothyroxine is a thyroid drug used to treat congenital hypothyroidism. Liotrix is a thyroid drug used to
treat hypothyroidism but not congenital hypothyroidism. Methimazole and propylthiouracil are the
antithyroid drugs used to treat hyperthyroidism but not congenital hypothyroidism.
Which food should a patient avoid while taking antithyroid medications?
1
Milk
2
Eggs
3
Seafood
4
Chicken - Answer 3
, Seafood
Patients taking antithyroid medications must avoid eating foods high in iodine, such as tofu and other
soy products, turnips, seafood, iodized salt, and some breads. Milk, eggs, and chicken do not contain
excess amounts of iodine.
The nurse is assessing an older adult who has been taking liotrix for 6 months. The nurse finds that the
patient has anxiety, tremors, and insomnia. Which would the nurse interpret from these findings?
1
The patient is hypersensitive to thyroid drugs.
2
The patient has common age-related symptoms.
3
The patient is not responding to the thyroid drugs.
4
The patient is experiencing adverse effects of the thyroid drugs. - Answer 4
The patient is experiencing adverse effects of the thyroid drugs.
Anxiety, tremors, and insomnia are the adverse effects of liotrix. These adverse effects may be due to
accumulation of the drug in the body or due to overdose of the medication. If the patient has an allergic
reaction immediately after taking the drug or within 24 hours after drug administration, it indicates that
the patient is hypersensitive to the medication. An elderly patient would not necessarily have anxiety,
tremors, and insomnia. Therefore the nurse would avoid generalizing the symptoms and avoid
considering them common age-related symptoms. If the patient were not responding to the medication,
the patient would have decreased thyroid hormone levels.
Which thyroid preparation, considered the purest form of thyroxine (T4), is the drug of choice for
hypothyroidism?
1
Liotrix
2
Liothyronine
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