Chapter 12 Drug interactions (techmcq) Sample Questions
1. A 30 year old women comes to your pharmacy to get some advice on what to do to relieve her nausea. She is eight weeks pregnant and nauseated for 2 weeks. She does not vomit but is bothered by the constantly nausea. She was prescribed doxylamine 10 mg + pyridoxin 10 mg 2 tablets daily. Three weeks later after taking doxylamine she returns to your pharmacy and she would like renew her prescription and talks to pharmacy technician. She felt fine for the first 2 weeks but has started vomiting every day. Feels dizzy when standing up and is constantly thirsty. You take her blood pressure and it is 90/50 mmHg. What should pharmacy technician do?
- A. Inform the pharmacist of this situation and, renew and fill her prescription
- B. Renew and fill her prescription
- C. Tell her to use some ginger tablets in the early morning
- D. Ask the women to sit down in the waiting room to see the pharmacist and inform the pharmacist of the urgency of the situation.
Ans:
D
Explanation:
The patient’s new symptoms—daily vomiting, dizziness, constant thirst, and low blood pressure—suggest possible dehydration and worsening nausea requiring urgent pharmacist assessment. A pharmacy technician must not renew the prescription but should immediately have her sit down and alert the pharmacist to ensure her safety.
2. A 30 year old women comes to your pharmacy to get some advice on what to do to relieve her nausea. She is eight weeks pregnant and nauseated for 2 weeks. She does not vomit but is bothered by the constantly nausea. She was prescribed doxylamine 10 mg + pyridoxin 10 mg 2 tablets daily. Three weeks later after taking doxylamine she returns to your pharmacy and she would like renew her prescription and talks to pharmacy technician. She felt fine for the first 2 weeks but has started vomiting every day. Feels dizzy when standing up and is constantly thirsty. You take her blood pressure and it is 90/50 mmHg. What should pharmacy technician do?
- A. Inform the pharmacist of this situation and, renew and fill her prescription
- B. Renew and fill her prescription
- C. Tell her to use some ginger tablets in the early morning
- D. Ask the women to sit down in the waiting room to see the pharmacist and inform the pharmacist of the urgency of the situation.
Ans:
D
Explanation:
The patient’s new symptoms—daily vomiting, dizziness, constant thirst, and low blood pressure—suggest possible dehydration and worsening nausea requiring urgent pharmacist assessment. A pharmacy technician must not renew the prescription but should immediately have her sit down and alert the pharmacist to ensure her safety.
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