Endocrine
This is the part of the brain that controls the endocrine system.
What is the hypothalamus?
A patient on an SSRI or SNRI medication to treat depression would expect these common side effects after a delayed onset of action
What are sleep disturbances and decreased libido?
Instructions for administering nasal spray include
What is aim away from the nasal septum?
A patient with urinary burning, frequency and pain and sometimes some blood in the urine is likely experiencing this
What is a UTI?
This is how we know that numbing eye drops are working.
What is an absent blink reflex?
Step one in treating contact dermatitis.
What is removing the irritant if known?
This is the goal for the hemoglobin A1C of a diabetic.
What is a "7"?
This disease involves a lack of anti-diuretic hormone. The drug used for this condition is vasopressin or desmopressin.
What is Diabetes insipidous?
This herbal product should not be taken with anti depressants.
What is St. John's Wort?
Bronchodilators such as albuterol should be given at this point in the order of other medications to treat lower respiratory disorders.
What is First?
A patient with fever and flank pain along with burning sensation and pain with urination that appears bloody likely has this.
What is pyelonephritis?
This disease is caused by increased pressure in the eye.
What is glaucoma?
What is duct tape?
This is the prototype drug and first line of oral therapy for T2 Diabetes.
What is metformin?
The disease process associated with decreased T3 and T4 and low levels of TSH is
What is secondary hypothyroidism?
Paxil must be monitored closely in older adults for this reason.
What is that it's protein-bound?
Inhaled epinephrine is known to cause these types of side effects
What are cardiac side effects?
The reason that methenamine requires drinking cranberry juice is this.
What is that the urine has to have a low pH?
Non-selective beta blockers cannot be given to a patient with this lower respiratory disorder
What is asthma?
Acne vulgaris can be treated with Accutane however it has one significant side effect.
What is that it's teratogenic to a fetus?
The name for the diabetic emergency associated with a very high blood glucose level is
What is diabetic ketoacidosis?
The disease process associated with decreased T3 and T4 along with elevated levels of TSH is
What is primary hypothyroidism?
This is the reason MAOI inhibitors are often a "last resort" medication.
What are significant dietary limits?
Aged cheese, fava beans, dried fruit, beer and wine, soy, cured meat, yeast
This is what should be done after using an inhaled glucocorticoid medication
What is rinse your mouth?
Phenazopyridine does this
What is numbs the urinary tract?
An effective way to help prevent external otitis is
What is dry your ears with a hair dryer?
If a teenage girl is taking Accutane, she should be seen monthly for this.
What is a pregnancy test?
This is the preferred form of insulin for humans as there are less risk of allergic reactions
What is human insulin?
Diseases with Low levels of cortisol and high levels of cortisol are known respectively as
What are Addison's disease and Cushing's disease?
A person experiencing side effects from Lithium would expect to have this evaluated
What is a serum Lithium level?
This side effect may be considered the most challenging when using the asthma medication albuterol.
What is jitteriness?
Anytime is suspected that bacteria may be present in the urine this test should be run
What is a culture?
The best way to prevent otitis media in children is
What are vaccines?
Severe atopic dermatitis should be treated with this.
Oral anti-diabetic medications act by.
What is it stimulates the production of insulin from the islet cells?