Parker is having an acute gout attack and is in pain. If he starts soon after symptoms begin, what should provide him with effective pain control?

Mariam takes a calcium channel blocker as an antiarrhythmic. What are the only two calcium channel blockers with significant antiarrhythmic activity?

Your friend Lyn has been prescribed an antibiotic for a sinus infection. She is concerned that the antibiotic will kill off the “good” bacteria in her gut and has not even started taking it, despite being very uncomfortable from the infection. What probiotic yeast could she take to prevent the diarrhea that is sometimes associated with antibiotic use?

Davina is rushed to the hospital shortly after she begins to experience symptoms of what is diagnosed as an ischemic stroke. What agent can be administered that will dissolve the clot?

Tamra’s doctor instructs her to apply the medicated cream to her foot and, as much as possible, keep her foot dry and exposed to air. How will keeping her foot dry and exposed to the air affect the action of the cream?

The process in which the medications a patient is taking are compared to the medications ordered by the patient’s physician is ____.

Rylie is an oncology nurse who is trying to conceive a baby. Is it safe for her to administer cytotoxic chemotherapy?

Velma is taking digoxin for heart failure. What is a result of untreated heart failure?

Ozzie’s doctor tells him not to take his tetracycline with dairy products because the calcium in the dairy products will form an insoluble complex with the tetracycline. What is this process called?

Suzette is in need of emergency contraception. She has several contraindications to oral contraceptives. Can she use emergency contraception?