Medication Classes
Drug class that inhibits HMG-CoA reductase and reduces hepatic cholesterol synthesis
What are statins?
Tikosyn (brand name)
What is dofetilide?
Type of heart failure with an ejection fraction < 40%
What is heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)?
Oldest building on NCBH campus
What is the Progressive Care Building?
Newest NCBH Residency Program and it's Residency Program Director
What is a PGY2 in Solid Organ Transplant and RPD Eric Kelly?
What is the willow tree?
Drug class that includes metformin; reduces glucose production, decreases intestinal absorption, and increases insulin sensitivity
What are biguanides?
What is Cresemba?
Duration of wash-out period between an ACEi and starting an ARNI
What is 36 hours?
Most frequently dispensed medication at the hospital
Vice President of Pharmacy Operations for Atrium Health
Who is Don Mabe?
Soft drink that contained lithium in the 1920's (current name)
What is 7-up?
Drug class that binds to the 30S ribosomal subunit and exhibits bactericidal activity
What are aminoglycosides?
Cariprazine (generic name)
What is Vraylar?
3 evidence-based beta blockers used for heart failure
What are carvedilol, metoprolol succinate, and bisoprolol?
The floor and tower of each of the 3 inpatient pharmacies
What is Ground - Ardmore Tower (Central Pharmacy), 6 - Ardmore Tower (Peds Satellite Pharmacy), and 10 - Cancer Center (Oncology Satellite Pharmacy)?
Longest tenured clinical inpatient pharmacist
Who is Sandy Irvin (NICU pharmacist)?
Researchers removed the pancreas of this animal to develop the first insulin
What is a K-9 (dog)?
Drug class of antiarrhythmics that work by inhibiting potassium channels and prolonging repolarization
What are Class III antiarrhythmics?
Benicar (brand name)
What is olmesartan?
Site in which SGLT2i's work to enhance natriuresis and glycosuria by inhibiting glucose reabsorption
What is the proximal convoluted tubule in the kidney?
Number of CE hours (bonus for live hours) needed per NC Pharmacy Law
What is 15 (5 live) CE hours?
Number of residency programs in the Wake Forest market
What are 13 residency programs?
Discovery of warfarin's anticoagulant properties can be traced back to a cattle farmer discovering his cows were eating this and hemorrhaging
What is spoiled sweet clover hay?
Drug class treats tardive dyskinesia by inhibiting vesicular monoamine transporter 2, reducing presynaptic dopamine release in the central nervous system
What are VMAT-2 inhibitors?
Primaxin (brand name)
What is imipenem/cilastatin?
Target dose of Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) for heart failure
What is 97/103 mg twice daily?
Number of Omnicells (including Anesthesia Workstations) at NCBH
What are 273 Omnicell cabinets?
Number of possible residents in the Wake Forest market (assuming all programs are full)
What are 25 residents?
Chemotherapy agent that is derived from the Pacific Yew Tree
What is paclitaxel?