Monster Medications
Trick or Treat
What's in the Box
Brand Name Brain Busters
Fall Frenzy
100

This medication can cause urine, tears, and sweat to turn orannge-red.

What is rifampin?

100

This popular Halloween candy was originally marketed as "Chicken Feed."

What is candy corn?

100

This NSAID carries a boxed warning for increased risk of serious cardiovascular thrombotic events and gastrointestinal bleeding. 

What is celecoxib?

100

This commonly used biologic therapy is marketed as Skyrizi.

What is risankizumab?

100

This spice blend commonly combines cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves.

What is pumpkin spice?

200

This smoking cessation medication can cause vivid dreams and unusual sleep disturbances.

What is varenicline?

200

This New England city became infamous for witch trials in 1692. 

What is Salem?

200

This antiarrhythmic carries a boxed warning against use in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation due to an increased risk of death, stroke, and heart failure.

What is dronedarone?

200

This single-tablet HIV regimen contains bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide.

What is Biktarvy?

200

This candy is America's most popular Halloween candy.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

300

This uric acid lowering medication should be used cautiously in patients with Southeast Asian ancestry due to risk of severe cutaneous adverse reactions associated with HLA-B*5801.

What is allopurinol?

300

This Connecticut city is home to the Mark Twain House.

What is Hartford?

300

This immunomodulatory medication used in multiple myeloma requires a REMS program because of severe teratogenicity and thrombosis risk. 

What is lenalidomide?

300

This anti-obesity medication marketed as Contrave combines bupropion with this opioid antagonist. 

What is naltrexone?

300

This Halloween classic film features three resurrected witch sisters in Salem, Massachusetts. 

What is Hocus Pocus?

400

This antiarrhythmic medication can turn a patient's skin blue-gray after long-term use.

What is amiodarone?

400

In Irish folklore, the original jack-o'-lanterns were carved from this root vegetable before pumpkins became popular.

What is a turnip?

400

This oral antifungal's use is limited by a boxed warning for severe hepatotoxicity.

What is ketoconazole?

400

Dapagliflozin + metformin 

What is Xigduo XR?

400

This annual event ends on the first Sunday of November.

What is Daylight Saving Time?

500

This antiplatelet medication can cause shortness of breath despite normal lung function.

What is ticagrelor?

500

This Celtic festival is often considered the origin of Halloween.

Samhain?

500

A patient must be HLA-B*57:01 negative before starting this HIV medication because of a potentially fatal hypersensitivity reaction.

What is abacavir?

500

This combination inhaler marketed as Trelegy Ellipta contains fluticasone, umeclidinium, and this LABA.

What is vilanterol?

500

The very first time the White House was officially decorated for Halloween took place in 1958, when this First Lady hung paper owls and goblins.

Who is Mamie Eisenhower?

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