Drug Allergies and Adverse Drug Reactions: pharmacology practice questions
Drug Allergies and Adverse Drug Reactions is a high-yield area on the PEBC, NAPLEX, OPRA and FPGEE exams. Phartoonz has 26 exam-style Drug Allergies and Adverse Drug Reactions questions, each written to test the clinical decisions these licensing exams actually reward — mechanism of action, dosing, monitoring parameters, adverse effects, contraindications and patient counseling.
Try the sample questions below to see the style and difficulty, then practice the full set with instant feedback and progress tracking.
Sample questions
- 1What happened when you took erythromycin? Was it a mild rash, a severe rash with blisters, trouble breathing, upset stomach or nausea?
- 2Did you take erythromycin for more than 72 hours to confirm that is was a "true" allergy?
- 3Have you ever used azithromycin (Zithromax) or clarithromycin (Biaxin)? If so, what happened when you took these?
- 4Are any of your family members allergic to azithromycin?
- 5When did your reaction to erythromycin occur? About how old were you?
- 1Mild rash
- 2Swollen face, lips or tongue
- 3Tendency to burn more quickly when in the sun
- 4Trouble breathing
- 5Large drop in blood pressure
JB is a 7-year-old who has a severe allergy to peanuts that requires that he and his mother carry an EpiPen. Which of the following medications are in a soy base and must be avoided in patients with a peanut allergy? (Select ALL that apply.)
- 1Albuterol inhaler
- 2Cleviprex
- 3Diprivan
- 4Precedex
- 5Morphine
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