Exam 16: Drugs Affecting the Cardiovascular and Renal Systems

Despite good blood pressure control, an NP might change a patient's drug from an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor to an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) because the ARB:

Donald has been diagnosed with hyperlipidemia. Based on his lipid profile, atorvastatin is prescribed. Rhabdomyolysis is a rare but serious adverse response to this drug. Donald should be told to:

Commercials on TV for erectile dysfunction (ED) medications warn about mixing them with nitrates. Why?

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors are the drug of choice in treating hypertension in diabetic patients because they:

Vera, age 70, has isolated systolic hypertension. Calcium channel blocker dosages for her should be:

While taking an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB), patients need to avoid certain over-the-counter drugs without first consulting the provider because:

Which of the following create a higher risk for digoxin toxicity? Both the cause and the reason for it must be correct.

Because of their site of action, bile acid sequestering resins:

In teaching about the use of sublingual nitroglycerine, the patient should be instructed:

Many patients with hyperlipidemia are treated with more than one drug. Combining a fibric acid derivative such as gemfibrozil with which of the following is not recommended? The drug and the reason must both be correct for the answer to be correct.

Amiodarone has been prescribed in a patient with a supraventricular dysrhythmia. Patient teaching should include all of the following EXCEPT:

Serum digoxin levels are monitored for potential toxicity. Monitoring should occur:

Which of the following is true about procainamide and its dosing schedule?

Jacob has hypertension, for which a calcium channel blocker has been prescribed. This drug helps control blood pressure because it:

Janice has elevated LDL, VLDL, and triglyceride levels. Niaspan, an extended-release form of niacin, is chosen to treat her hyperlipidemia. Due to its metabolism and excretion, which of the following laboratory results should be monitored?

Patient teaching related to amlodipine includes:

A potentially life-threatening adverse response to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors is angioedema. Which of the following statements is true about this adverse response?

Larry has heart failure, which is being treated with digoxin because it exhibits:

The choice of diuretic to use in treating hypertension is based on:

Direct renin inhibitors have the following properties. They: