A patient is given a new diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. What is the basis for the provider’s decision to prescribe methotrexate?

A patient with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is started on methotrexate. How often is methotrexate given for the treatment of RA?

A patient that you have been seeing has Type 2 diabetes and his A1-C is 9 despite taking Metformin (Glucophage) 1000mg BID. You decide to add a Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) What side effect are you going to educate him about?

A 54-year-Old male patient had a myocardial infarction (MI) 6 months ago and suffers from osteoarthritis. Which iof the following drugs would be the most effective choice to manage his pain?

Mr T presents for lab follow up. He had presented to you with weight loss, exophthalmos, feeling nervous and tachycardic at times. His labs returned and his TSH is 0.1. This supports your differential diagnosis of hyperthyroidism. You need to start him on a medication for hyperthyroidism. What is first line to decrease the production of thyroid hormone?

TT is a 55-year-old female who has been diagnosed with postmenopausal osteoporosis.  She has a past medical history of ethanol abuse, alcoholic liver disease, erosive esophogitis, and hypothyroidism.  Which of the following would be the primary reason oral bisphosphonates should be used with caution in this patient? 

 Schedule 1 drugs are

The nurse understands that biologic agents used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis are what type of drugs?

A 40-year-old man presents with a 5-week history of recurrent headaches that awaken him during the night.  The pain is severe, lasts about 1 hour, and is located behind his left eye.  Additional symptoms include lacrimation and nasal discharge.  His physical examination is within normal limits.  This clinical presentation is most consistent with: 

The 5-year-old child of two very busy parents has been throwing tantrums. Whenever the child gets angry or upset the parents immediately fuss over the child. Nevertheless, the child’s tantrums do not diminish. In fact, they seem to occur more often. We may assume that the parents’ fussing over this child serves as a(n) ________.