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Match the following drug class to its prefix, core, or suffixes.  -mab

What intravenous anesthetic administered by the anesthesiologist has a powerful respiratory depressant effect sufficient to cause apnea and cardiovascular depression?

What intravenous anesthetic administered by the anesthesiologist has a powerful respiratory depressant effect sufficient to cause apnea and cardiovascular depression?

What term do we use when we describe a well understood model drug to which other drugs in a class are compared to?

A client has been taking allopurinol (Zyloprim) for gout.  Which laboratory results would the nurse follow for effectiveness of the drug?

The nurse is monitoring a 22-year-old client who is 26 weeks pregnant and is taking a medication that has proven to be a risk to the fetus. She will still take the medication because the potential benefits outweigh the risk. The nurse recognizes that this medication is in which U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) category?

Match the following prefix, core, or suffixes to its drug class.  -bital 

A 22-year-old woman has been taking isotretinoin (Accutane),  for treatment of nodulocystic acne? Select the correct statements regarding this medication (Select all that apply)?

A client reports to the clinic complaining of headache, nausea, visual disturbances, anxiety, dizziness, malaise and ataxia. The client reports she did not have enough money to pay for her prescriptions, including the benzodiazepine and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used for her panic disorder. The nurse anticipates the client is exhibiting signs and symptoms of which condition?

What term do we use to describe an agent that has the ability to kill bacteria?