Drug Use in Pregnancy & Lactation: pharmacology practice questions
Drug Use in Pregnancy & Lactation is a high-yield area on the PEBC, NAPLEX, OPRA and FPGEE exams. Phartoonz has 23 exam-style Drug Use in Pregnancy & Lactation 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.
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Sample questions
In 2015, the FDA implemented new prescription drug labeling requirements for pregnancy and lactation. Which of the following changes occurred with these new requirements?
- 1A section was added on fertility and pregnancy testing/contraception
- 2A category F was created
- 3The category X definition was changed
- 4A requirement was added to only include data from randomized controlled trials
- 5Categories B and C were deleted; now only categories A, D and X exist
Which of the following is the recommended maintenance treatment for asthma in pregnant patients?
- 1Advair Diskus
- 2Budesonide
- 3Symbicort
- 4Levalbuterol
- 5Lifestyle modifications
Select the correct definition for the meaning of Pregnancy Category D:
- 1Studies in animals or humans show fetal abnormalities; use in pregnancy is contraindicated.
- 2Positive evidence of fetal risk is available, but the benefits may outweigh the risk if it is life-threatening or serious disease.
- 3No controlled studies in humans have been performed and animal studies have shown adverse events, or studies in humans and animals are not available; give only if potential benefit outweighs the risk.
- 4Either animal studies have not demonstrated a fetal risk but there are no controlled studies in pregnant women, or animal studies have shown an adverse effect that was not confirmed in controlled studies in women in the first trimester.
- 5Controlled studies in animals and women have shown no risk in the first trimester, and possible fetal harm is remote.
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