What type of drug is used as primary hormonal therapy for metastatic estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer in both men and postmenopausal women, as well as for palliative treatment?

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”?

Jane has sensorimotor neurologic disorder characterized by a distressing urge to move the legs, often accompanied by a marked sense of discomfort in the legs. She likely has ____. 

The physician’s order indicates the medication is to be administered prn. What does this mean?

Farrah is using ketorolac eye drops because of occular inflammation.  How can she reduce the stinging and burning that occur when she instills the drops?

Your uncle takes nitroglycerin, a vasodilator, for angina, a type of chest pain. When he feels pain from angina, he places a nitroglycerin tablet under his tongue and lets it dissolve. This route of administration is known as ____.  

Your uncle takes nitroglycerin, a vasodilator, for angina, a type of chest pain. When he feels pain from angina, he places a nitroglycerin tablet under his tongue and lets it dissolve. This route of administration is known as ____.  

The physician’s order indicates the medication is to be administered prn. What does this mean?

You are reading about the antidepressant Celexa and notice that its effects are “presumed to be linked to potentiation of serotonergic activity in the central nervous system (CNS) resulting from its inhibition of CNS neuronal reuptake of serotonin (5-HT).” This statement refers to the drug’s ____.