Responsibility for safe administration of medications requires that the health care practitioner ____.

In the 1990s, an investigational new drug was developed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s, but it was subsequently removed from the market due to liver toxicity. What was this drug?

Your friend is wondering why his grandfather has recently been put on diuretics. You explain that diuretics are typically given to ____.

Irving takes an anticoagulant.  What vitamin may cause bleeding if he takes more than 1,200 units?

Kieran, who is being treated with heparin, is experiencing serious bleeding complications. What is the antidote?

Kasey is paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident and now prone to developing decubitus ulcers (pressure sores) from being in the same position for so long. Recently, a new home health aide found Kasey to have several pressure sores. What type of preparation can be used to clean the necrotic tissue from the wounds?

Yasmine suffers a second degree burn on her arm in a kitchen accident. The doctor at the emergency room gives her a prescription for silver sulfadiazine cream. What is the action of this cream?

Under what heading would you likely find the statement that a drug should be used “for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy”?

Your friend is wondering why his grandfather has recently been put on diuretics. You explain that diuretics are typically given to ____.

Yestin has open angle glaucoma, a disease in which the eye’s drainage system becomes clogged, and, as a result, pressure builds up in the eye, damaging the optic nerve and leading to blindness. What drug might Yestin be prescribed to treat this condition and save his vision?