The trade name of chloroquine is:

A) Vibramycin®
B) Lariam®
C) Aralen®
D) Primaquine®


C) Aralen®
C) The trade name of chloroquine is Aralen®. Though an extremely effective drug, it is contraindicated in patients with liver disease, hypersensitivity to 4-aminoquinolines, psoriasis, porphyria, and renal disease. It should also not be used by children, or by pregnant or lactating women.

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You have administered a medication to a patient, resulting in a decreased speed of cardiac impulse conduction. This drug is most accurately described as having a ________ effect

A) negative dromotropic
B) negative chronotropic
C) positive dromotropic
D) positive chronotropic

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ICD-10-CM Chapter 15 codes have sequencing priority over codes from other chapters

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The Latin name for benzoin resinoid is

A. Ocimum basilicum B. Styrax tonkinensis C. Pimpinella anisum D. Laurus nobilis

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In what year was the Medicare program created?

A. 1935 B. 1945 C. 1955 D. 1965

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