Pharmacology Acid Controlling Drugs

Challenge self with mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, drug interactions, adverse effects, dosages, and routes of administration for acid-controlling drugs: antacids, histamine 2 blocking agents, proton pump inhibitors and acid suppressants.

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These drugs are indicated for the acute relief of symptoms associated with peptic ulcer disease, gastritis and heart burn
Answer 1
Antacids
Patients who take calcium containing antacids may develop these symptoms: headache, anorexia, n/v and unusual tiredness. This is a syndrome called
Milk-alkali syndrome
These drugs, famotidine, cimetidine, and ranitidine belong to what class?
H2 receptor antagonists
H2 receptor antagonists block the H2 receptor of what type of cell?
Parietal cells
Which of these 4 drugs (cimetidine, famotidine, ranitidine and nizatidine) are known to have higher risk of drug interactions especially in the elderly?
Answer 5
Cimetidine
Pantoprazole can be given in NG tubes of at least this size because of the size of the granules?
Answer 6
16 gauge
True or False
There is some emerging data that suggests patients who take PPIs for a long period of time are at increased risk of developing osteoporosis
Answer 7
True
This PPI is often dictated by insurance companies to be used as a first line drug
Answer 8
Omeprazole
Patients taking H2 antagonists should avoid these drugs or other products
Answer 9
NSAIDs, alcohol and caffeine
An enzyme that breaks down proteins
Pepsin