Ms. Vasco’s arms are covered with bruises and as a result, she begs you to give her a pill rather than another injection. Under what circumstances can a route be changed?

Newborn Giana has sleep apnea. The medication of choice is ____.

You are reading about the treatment of cardiovascular disease and learn that some medications are more effective in African Americans than persons of other races. The study of why medications vary in effectiveness among groups is known as ____.

Leland and his friends are in the mountains for the weekend, and collect greens, berries, and mushrooms for their final meal. Leland makes and taste tests the mushroom dish and wounds up violently ill with mushroom poisoning. At the hospital, he is treated with atropine. What side effects might Leland experience from the atropine?

Your great-grandmother is hospitalized from a broken hip and has become critically ill with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. What is the first-line antibiotic for the treatment of MRSA?

David was prescribed mefloquine hydrochloride to prevent malaria before his trip to India. Unfortunately, he had an adverse reaction to the drug and wound up hospitalized with hallucinations, paranoia, and amnesia. In the United States, what entity is specifically charged with reporting serious adverse events such as the one David experienced?

Your friend is working at a group home for people with severe developmental disabilities and tells you he administers medications. You know he is not a doctor or nurse and is not, in fact, any sort of licensed health professional. Is this legal?

Megan has been taking 65,000 units of vitamin A per day. What is she risking with this dosage?

Kyla has seizures in which the onset is limited to one cerebral hemisphere and involve no loss of consciousness. This type of seizure is called ____.

Mariam’s ophthalmologist prescribes a prostaglandin analog for her glaucoma and explains that prostaglandin inhibitors act by ____.