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  • Uses for Sulfonamides - Treating TIs, Ulcerative colitis, 2nd and 3rd degree burns

  • Drugs that interact with Sulfonamides: Oral anticoagulants, methotrexate, and hydantoins

  • What are the 4 groups of penicillin? - Natural penicillins, penicillinase-resistant penicillins, aminopenicillins, and extended-spectrum penicillins 

  • Uses for Penicillins - UTIs, Septicemia, Meningitis, Intra-Abdominal infections, Sexually Transmitted Infections (syphilis), Pneumonia and other respiratory infections

  • What variables can affect drug dosage? - Weight, Age, Height, Gender, Genetics, Diet

  • Another name for antianxiety drugs? - Anxiolytics

  • Benzodiazepines - Category 4 meds

  • 3 Examples of antianxiety drugs - Alprazolam, Doxepin, Lorazepam

  • Acronym for cancer in adults - CAUTION

  • What are the common signs of childhood cancer and the abbreviation? CHILD CANCER. Continued weight loss, Headaches, Increased swelling or pain in the body, Lumps, Development of excessive bruising, bleeding, or rash, Constant Infection, white color behind the pupil, Nausea, Constant tiredness, Eye or Vision changes , Recurrent and persistent fevers  

  • What chemotherapy targets? - Fast-dividing cells

  • What is the difference between stage and grade cancer diagnosis? - Stage is how invasive a tumor is, grade is used to classify how abornamal a cancer cell looks under a microscope

  • Benign Tumor - localized, is smooth and freely movable, and do not break the skin

  • Malignant Tumor - A tumor that metastasizes to different parts of the body through the lymph nodes and blood vessels

  • What is another name for antineoplastic agents? - chemotherapeutic agents

  • What is an anticonvulsant? - A drug used to reat seizurs, neuropathic pain, Bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorders

  • How do anticonvulsants work? - By depressing abnormal nerve impulse discharges in the Central nervous system

  • A person taking oral contracpetive should not take? - Anticonvulsants

  • Anticonvulsants? - Diazepam

  • Which name (trade or generic) starts with a lowercase letter? - Generic

  • What are the 5 stages of the cell cycle? - G1, S, G2, M, G0

  • Cell kill theory? - Each dose of chemotherapy kills a constant fraction of the tumor cell population

  • Gemcitabine? - Used for solid tumors: pancreatic, NSCLC

  • Nelarabines - C11H15N505

  • Platinum based drugs? - Cisplatin, oxaliplatin, carboplatin