Treating Osteoporosis Assignment

Treating Osteoporosis Assignment

Treating Osteoporosis Assignment

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Week 7 Assignment 2 Quiz 1.Question : A twenty-two-year-old woman receives a prescription for oral contraceptives. Education for this patient includes: Counseling regarding decreasing or not smoking while taking oral contraceptives Advising a monthly pregnancy test for the first three months she is taking the contraceptive Advising that she may miss two pills in a row and not be concerned about pregnancy Informing her that her next follow-up visit is in one year for a refill and “annual exam” Question 2. Sallie has been diagnosed with osteoporosis and is asking about the once-a-month pill to treat her condition. How do bisphosphonates treat osteoporosis? By selectively activating estrogen pathways in the bone By reducing bone resorption by inhibiting PTH By reducing bone resorption and inhibiting osteoclastic activity By increasing PTH production Question 3. Elderly patients who are started on levothyroxine for thyroid replacement should be monitored for: Excessive sedation Tachycardia and angina Weight gain Cold intolerance Question 4. Intranasal calcitonin is used in the treatment of osteoporosis. For which patient is Calcitonin therapy appropriate? Thin, Caucasian perimenopausal women Men over the age of sixty-five years with osteoporosis Women over the age of sixty-five years with osteopenia Women over the age of sixty-five years with severe osteoporosis Question 5. The ongoing monitoring of patients over the age sixty-five years taking alendronate (Fosamax) or any other bisphosphonate is: Annual dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans Annual vitamin D level Annual renal function evaluation Electrolytes every three months