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Endocrine Pharmacology NCLEX Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
A 45-year-old woman with diabetes and hypertension presents to the primary care clinic with a cough. The nonproductive cough started about 2 weeks ago. She has not had a fever, congestion, or been around any sick contacts. However, she was recently started on lisinopril. The physician decides to switch her to losartan, and the patient reports that her cough has ceased. What is the mechanism of action of losartan?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
A 38-year-old woman with hyperlipidemia presents to the primary care clinic with worsening muscle aches. Her total cholesterol was 268mg\dL, her LDL was 167mg\dL, her HDL was 42mg\dL, and her triglycerides was 254mg\dL during her last visit. The decision was made to add another lipid-lowering medication to her simvastatin. She never had muscle aches before and is wondering if the new medication is causing her new pain. What medication was most likely added to her simvastatin?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
A blood test in performed on a patient and it discovered that the patient has very low levels of sodium. It is also known that the patient has just undergone an operation. In addition he appears to have a small cell tumor of the lung. Which of the following conditions is most linked to the disease the patient has?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
A 54-year-old man has insulin-dependent diabetes. He desires to take insulin detemir because of its efficacy and ease of dosing. This would be represented as which of the following labels on the above diagram?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
A patient presents with increased growth of skeletal and soft tissue, hypertension, arthritis, menstrual disturbances, and diabetes mellitus. Upon administration of oral glucose, which of the following levels would increase?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.