What mechanism of action has the greatest risk for movement disorders?

The nurse practitioner has treated a patient for hypothyroidism with the same dose of levothyroxine for several years.  In the past two weeks she has complained of fatigue, dry skin, and cold intolerance. She was recently admitted to the hospital for a GI bleed and prescribed several new medications – pantoprazole (Protonix), sulcralfate (Carafate), hydrocodone-acetaminophen (Vicodin), and metoclopramide (Reglan). Which medication when co-administered together with levothyroxine is known to have a drug-drug interaction and may be causing her hypothyroid symptoms today?

A patient with heart failure is prescribed furosemide twice daily to manage peripheral edema. Which lab is likely result of the furosemide therapy?

Which of the following best explains why individuals with type A blood develop anti-B agglutinins in their plasma despite never having been exposed to type B RBCs?

Which of the following accurately describes a key regulatory response within the osmoreceptor-ADH feedback system when plasma osmolarity increases?

Which of the following best explains the role of eosinophils in parasitic infections?

Which of the following best explains why proteins and large polysaccharides are typically antigenic?

Which of the following best explains the mechanism by which antidiuretic hormone (ADH) regulates plasma osmolarity?

Which of the following statements accurately describe mechanisms used by white blood cells to reach and respond to sites of tissue inflammation? (Select 2.)

Which of the following statements correctly differentiate pKa and pH based on their definitions and roles in acid-base chemistry? (Select 2.)