Muscle Relaxants
Bone Resorptive Inhibitors
DMARDs
Uric Acid Inhibitors
Miscellaneous
100

Use of skeletal muscle relaxants.

What is to relieve pain and spasm of various acute musculoskeletal conditions?

100

Use of bisphosphonates.

What is:  in patients with osteoporosis?

100

DMARDs have properties to produce what?

What is immonosupression?

100

2 medications used to treat gout.

What are allopurinol, colchicine, probenecid, sulfinpyzrazone?

100

3 classes of meds used to treat RA.

What are NSAIDS, corticosteroids, DMARDs?

200

Common adverse reactions to muscle relaxants. List 3.

What is drowsiness, dizziness, GI upset, tachycardia/bradycardia, rash, weakness?

200

3 common bisphosphonates.

What are Fosamax, Didronel, Boniva, Aredia, Actonel, Skelid, Zometa, Reclast?

200

3 different DMARDs.

What are:  Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), methotrexate (Rheumatrex), anakinra (Kineret)

200

Pain, swelling, joint deformity are symptoms of gout. What are these caused by?

What is deposit or collection of urate crystals in the joints?

200

2 Nursing Diagnoses for the patient receiving drugs for M/S disorders.

Risk for Injury r/t med-induced drowsiness. Readiness for Enhanced Fluid Balance r/t increased fluid intake to promote excretion of urate crystals.  Impaired Comfort Gastric Distress r/t irritation of gastric lining.

300

3 common musculoskeletal relaxants.

What are:  baclofen (Lioresal), carisoprodol (Soma), Chlorzoxazone (Parafon forte DSC), cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril), dantrolene (Dantrium), diazepam (Valium), Metaxalone (Skelaxin), methocarbamol (Robaxin), orphenadrine (Norflex), tizanidine (Zanaflex)?

300

Patient teaching for Fosamax and Actonel.

What is take these medications at least 1 hour before or 2 hours after a meal?

300

Trade name of etanercept?

What is Enbrel?

300

Possible contraindications of uric acid inhibitors.

What are:  Hypersensitivity, ulcer disease, GI inflammation, GI, renal, hepatic or cardiac disorders?

300

Med used when pain of RA is no longer controlled by NSAIDS and corticosteroids.

What are DMARDs?

400

When not to use musculoskeletal relaxants.

What is: in patients with history of CVA, cerebral palsy, parkinsonism, seizure d/o, and during pregnancy and lactation?

400

Common adverse reactions of bisphosphonates.

What is nausea, abd pain, diarrhea, constipation, headache, arthralgia, fever, fatigue?

400

Adverse reactions to Enbrel.

What are:  h/a, rhinitis, irritation at injection site, increased risk for infection.

400

Pregnancy categories that uric acid inhibitors fall into.

What are B and C?

400

Pt teaching for persons taking allopurinol.

Increase fluid consumption to greater than 2500 mL/day.

500

Meds that may interact negatively with musculoskeletal relaxants.

What are:  CNS depressants (increased effect of CNS depression); MAOIs (risk for high fever and convulsions); orphenadrine (haloperidol) (increased psychosis); tizanidine (antihypertensive) (risk for hypotension)?

500

This medication is given IV once per year.

What is reclast?

500

Nausea, stomatitis and alopecia are all adverse reactions to this DMARD.

What is methotrexate?

500

Patient teaching for pt newly prescribed allopurinol.  List at least 2 topics to discuss.

What are:  Allopurinol's action is to help prevent build-up of urate crystals which leads to attacks. Report development of any new rash; Take med at first sign of acute attack; Report any symptoms of nausea.

500

The HCP prescribes 1.5 g methocarbamol QD po for muscle spasms. The nurse has 500 mg tablets available.  The nurse administers _____.

3 tabs.