You are covering for a colleague while he is out on vacation. One of his chronic pain patients presents to your clinic with the chief complaint of anxiety following a life event. His current medication list includes hydrocodone-acetaminophen (Vicodin) 5/325 mg four times daily, cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) 5 mg three times daily as needed, and gabapentin (Neurontin) 400 mg three times daily. Based on the content discussed in this course, which of the following medications would be a safe 1st line choice for anxiety treatment in this patient?

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.)