GERD/PUD
This antacid causes constipation as a common adverse effect
What is aluminum hydroxide
Patient going on a fishing trip and expecting to be sea sick. Which drug can help prevent sea sickness?
What is a Scopolamine patch also OK for Meclizine, Dimenhydrinate, Hydroxyzine, Doxylamine, Diphenhydramine and even Promethazine
This drug works both as an antacid and an anti-constipation drug
What is magnesium hydroxide
This prescription drug is indicated first line for a patient with IBS-C
What is Lubiprostone or Linaclotide
This is how olanzapine works to treat nausea:
What is it blocks serotonin 5HT2 receptors and blocks dopamine D2 receptors
This is the only medical therapy used to help treat symptoms associated with Zollinger Ellison syndrome
What are PPIs
This drug is good for diabetic patients with gastroperesis induced nausea and vomiting
What is metoclopramide
This drug is used for prevention and treatment of traveler's diarrhea
What is Bismuth Subsalicylate
For patients who have irritable bowel syndrome with constipation AND who have depression or anxiety, this drug can help both problems.
What is sertraline, fluoxetine, or citalopram?
Treating somebody with a bile acid sequestrant can result in these adverse effects:
what are bloating, discomfort, and flatus
decreased absorption of ADEK vitamins
increased triglycerides
For a patient with eosinophilic esophagitis, these are the preferred treatment options.
What are inhaled inhaled fluticasone MDI swallowed, or oral slurry of budesonide, OR Dupilumab?
This drug acts by selectively blocking the 5-HT3 receptors in the periphery (visceral vagal afferent fibers) and in the brain
What are Ondansetron, Dolasetron, Granisetron, or Palonosetron
This is how much fiber a person should eat daily in order to have balance and not have Constipation
What is 20-35g/day
What are stimulant laxatives
This is the target bacteria of Rifaximin when treating SIBO and this is the length of treatment of such
What is e. coli and 2 weeks
This is the only otc calcium supplement that will not be effected by a PPI and can safely be taken together
What is calcium citrate?
This first generation antipsychotic medication is indicated for post op nausea and vomiting
What is droperidol
This class of drug lowers the surface tension of the stool and allows water to enter more easily
What are surfactant laxatives
This drug is indicated first line to induce remission for newly diagnosed Crohn's disease
What is Budesonide
This can happen when an elderly patient with poor renal function takes too much of a saline laxative:
What is muscle weakness, drowsiness, hypotension and EKG changes (long PR and long QRS)?
Mechanism of action of this drug is to form a gel over the ulcer to protect it from pepsin and acid
What is Sucralfate
This antiemetic drug primarily used for prevention of nausea associated with chemotherapy can cause an adverse effect of hiccups
What is Aprepitant, Netupitant, Rolapitant
What is mineral oil
This is an anticholinergic agent that blocks receptors at parasympathetic sites in smooth muscle, secretory glands, and the CNS
What is hyoscyamine or dicyclomine
Mr. Jones is being admitted for diverticulitis infection; he is high risk and requires IV antibiotics to treat this condition, this is the criteria that makes him high risk:
What is comorbidities, recent international travel, and advanced age