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Pharmacology Q&A: Medications, Dosages, and Patient Care, Exams of Pharmacology

Key pharmacology concepts: medication usage, dosages, and patient-centered interviews. Covers meloxicam, levemir, glimepiride, metformin, simvastatin, irbesartan, escitalopram for arthritis, diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, depression. Outlines clinician-centered vs. patient-centered interviews, emphasizing patient concerns. Includes dental care medication management: bleeding risks, drug interactions, emergencies, prophylactic antibiotics, scheduling, stress management. A quick reference for students/professionals reinforcing pharmacology and patient care, providing drug action and interaction insights.

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2024/2025

Available from 05/31/2025

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Pharmacology ADHP | 100% Correct
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What does Meloxicam treat? - ✔✔Arthritis
What is Levemir - ✔✔Insulin
What is Glimepiride used for? - ✔✔Diabetes
What is metformin used for? - ✔✔PCOS, Pre-Diabetic, Diabetic
What is Simvastatin used for? - ✔✔High cholesterol
What is Irbesartan used for? - ✔✔Hypertension ( high blood pressure )
What is escitalopram used for? - ✔✔depression and anxiety
Patient centered interview
Clinician Centered - ✔✔-focused on the clinicians needs to elicit symptoms, details, and other data
-personal concerns are ignored
-focuses on disease, not patient with disease
Example: patient with diabetes, and you tell them NO apple pie
Patient centered interview
Patient centered - ✔✔-evolved over last few years
-encourage to express most important to patient, including personal concerns and emotions
-compliments the clinician centered model
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Pharmacology ADHP | 100% Correct

Answers | Verified | Latest Version

What does Meloxicam treat? - ✔✔Arthritis What is Levemir - ✔✔Insulin What is Glimepiride used for? - ✔✔Diabetes What is metformin used for? - ✔✔PCOS, Pre-Diabetic, Diabetic What is Simvastatin used for? - ✔✔High cholesterol What is Irbesartan used for? - ✔✔Hypertension ( high blood pressure ) What is escitalopram used for? - ✔✔depression and anxiety Patient centered interview Clinician Centered - ✔✔-focused on the clinicians needs to elicit symptoms, details, and other data

  • personal concerns are ignored
  • focuses on disease, not patient with disease Example: patient with diabetes, and you tell them NO apple pie Patient centered interview Patient centered - ✔✔-evolved over last few years
  • encourage to express most important to patient, including personal concerns and emotions
  • compliments the clinician centered model

Example: patient with diabetes, we say okay you can have the apple pie if you skip the dinner roll What can you do if patient does not know there medications - ✔✔Call their pharmacy and get a list, it will not show over the counter prescriptions What giving a patient a new drug what should you ensure - ✔✔What the medication is for.. How do you take the medication.. What should you expect from the medication.. How is antibiotics given to children - ✔✔Based off of weight What percentage of pediatric antibiotics is given incorrectly - ✔✔60% You MUST have the weight to dose correctly What is the maximum dose of Metformin when given for Disbetes - ✔✔1000mg twice a day What is the dosage of metformin when given for PCOS - ✔✔850mg 3x a day What is the dosage of metformin when given for pre-diabetes - ✔✔500mg 2x a day What are the 4 major concerns or risks with medication in the dental care - ✔✔1. Risk of bleeding/hemostasis

  1. Susceptibility
  2. Risk of drug actions and/or interactions
  3. Risk of acute medical emergency in dental office (ability to withstand dental treatment) Before dental treatment - ✔✔1. Prophylactics antibiotics

Betta Receptor - ✔✔Activated by epinephrine makes the heart pump Distribution Physiology factors - ✔✔Blood flow

  • cardiac output Body Composition
  • lean vs fat Protein Binding
  • alpha 1 acid glycoprotein
  • albumin Distribution physical/chemical factors of drug - ✔✔O/W partition coefficient
  • lipophilic drugs Degree of ionization
  • pka of drug vs ph of body Liver is the - ✔✔Primary area of metabolism Pharmacodynamics - ✔✔what the drug does to the body