Exam 28: Drugs for Eye and Ear Disorders

Closed-angle glaucoma is usually caused by stress, impact injury, or medications and comes on suddenly.

A patient asks about using aloe vera for eye irritation. What will the pharmacist recommend for the patient to obtain a therapeutic effect?

In order to provide relief for a range of otic symptoms, glucocorticoids are often used in combination with antibiotics and other drugs.

The pharmacist is reviewing a medication administration record. Which medication from the list is considered a mydriatic agent?

Glaucoma is such a dreaded eye disease because it is a usually slowly progressive disease with no symptoms that could lead to blindness if left untreated.

Drugs that increase the outflow of aqueous humor include miotics, sympathomimetics, prostaglandin antagonists and prostamides.

Why are topical drugs used to treat outer ear disorders while middle ear or inner ear are often treated with systemic drugs?

Which of the following are risk factors associated with glaucoma? (Select all that apply.) Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.

The 2 major goals of glaucoma therapy is to decrease the outflow of aqueous humor or increase the formation of aqueous humor in order to decrease intraocular pressure.

The aqueous humour drains from the anterior cavity through the trabecular meshwork

The pharmacist is providing education to a patient with a history of earwax buildup. Which medication does the pharmacist include in the teaching session?

What the result of high IOP untreated over time?

What are the two divisions of the anterior cavity? (Select all that apply.) Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.

Which medications increase the outflow of aqueous humor? (Select all that apply.) Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.

Osmotic diuretics reduce plasma volume and therefore represent one approach to reduce the formation of aqueous humor in clients with glaucoma.

Which of the following is a prostaglandin used to treat glaucoma? (Select all that apply.) Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.

Some medications may contribute to the development of glaucoma, including long-term use of topical corticosteroids, some antihypertensives, antihistamines, and antidepressants.

List the types of drugs used to decrease aqueous humour formation and give an example of each type.

List the types of drugs used to increase the drainage of aqueous humour and give an example of each type.

The patient has been prescribed acetylcholine chloride. What is a temporary adverse effect the pharmacist will include in the medication teaching?