Medical Pharmacology Practice Questions: Drugs for Lowering Lipid Levels

This term refers to elevated triglyceride levels.
1. Hyperlipidemia
2. Hyperlipemia
Atherosclerosis represents the leading cause of death for both men and womenin the United States and other Western countries.
1. True
2. False
Which one(s) of the following factors appear associated with cigarette smoking as a major coronary disease risk factor?
1. Enhanced cholesterol retrieval
2. Decreased HDL levels
3. Reduced lipoprotein oxidation
4. Decreased thrombogenesis
Children exhibiting heterozygotes familial hypercholesterolemia may be treated with a resin-type drug or reductase inhibitor taking into account which one(s) of the following consideration(s)?
1. Initiation of resin or reductase inhibitor therapy should be withheld at least until CNS myelination is mostly complete-after about seven or eight years of age.
2. Treatment decision should take into account LDL levels as well as other risk factors
3. Both
4. Neither
Which one(s) of the following represent major risk factors for atherosclerosis?
1. Diabetes mellitus
2. Low HDL cholesterol (<40 mg/dL)
3. Age
4. A & C
5. B & C
6. A, B & C
Although administration of drugs which reduce LDL notably, significant residual risk is present even in patients treated with "high-intensity" statins.
1. True
2. False
LDL-reducing treatments mainly exert their beneficial effects on cardiac events by causing a lessening of arterial narrowing.
1. True
2. False
Based on epidemiology a relationship between hypertension and atherosclerotic risk appears likely.
1. True
2. False
The majority of patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus will die of atherosclerosis and associated complications.
1. True
2. False
Diabetic dyslipidemia involves which one(s) of the following characteristics?
1. Smaller than average LDL cholesterol particles
2. Reduced HDL levels
3. Elevated triglyceride levels
4. B & C
5. A & C
6. A, B & C