3P Women's Health
- Patients taking oral contraceptives do NOT need to use a back-up methodof contraception
if taking:
Answer: metformin (Glucophage).
- In addition to inhibiting ovulation, combined contraceptives further preventpregnancy by:
Answer: increasing the viscosity of cervical mucus.
3. Danazol is indicated in the treatment of:
Answer: endometriosis.
4. Combined oral contraceptives are NOT likely to cause:
Answer: ovarian cysts.
- The drug of choice to control mild abnormal uterine bleeding in a 25-year-oldwoman with
future childbearing plans is:
Answer: progesterone only.
- Late breakthrough bleeding or amenorrhea while taking an oral contraceptive may mean
that the oral contraceptive has:
Answer: not enough progestin.
- Tranexamic acid (Lysteda), used in the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding, is classified
as a(n):
Answer: antifibrinolytic.
8. Danazol, an androgen, may cause:
Answer: edema.
9. Nonhormonal treatments for menopausal symptoms include:
Answer: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
- A woman who has had a hysterectomy complains of vaginal dryness,burning, and itching.
A hormonal treatment is:
Answer: low-dose oral estrogen.
- The best choice for short-term treatment of severe abnormal uterine bleeding is:
Answer: estrogen only.
12. Medications that may be helpful in the treatment of vulvodynia include:
Answer: -antidepressants and anticonvulsants. 1 / 2
- The mechanism of action of levonorgestrel in the Mirena intrauterine de-vice is to:
Answer: thicken the endometrium and cervical mucus.
14. Medroxyprogesterone acetate (Provera) reduces abnormal uterine bleeding by:
Answer: preventing overgrowth of the endometrium.
15. Etonogestrel (Nexplanon) implant for contraception contains:
Answer: progesterone only.
- A common side effect associated with the use of progestin-only contraceptives is:
Answer: amenorrhea.
- A 23-year-old woman with a desire for pregnancy needs treatment for symptoms related
to polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).The initial choiceis:
Answer: metformin (Glucophage).
- Danazol, classified as an androgen, is used in the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding
and endometriosis. It works by suppressing:
Answer: follicle- stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).
- When a woman experiences weight gain, fatigue and changes in mood, heroral
contraceptive may have too:
Answer: much progestin.
20. Fluconazole (Diflucan), an antifungal,:
Answer: should be decreased in dose in thepresence of renal impairment.
- For treatment of menopausal symptoms in a woman with a history of hormone-sensitive
breast cancer, the nurse practitioner should consider:
Answer: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
- The first-line treatment for mixed somatic and behavior symptoms related to severe
premenstrual syndrome (PMS) when pregnancy is desired is:
Answer: fluoxetine hydrochloride (Sarafem).
23. Etonogestrel/ethinyl estradiol (NuvaRing), a contraceptive vaginal ring,:
Answer: -releases higher doses of progestin steroids per day than estrogen.
- Which of the following is NOT a common side effect associated with
the use of etonogestrel/ethinyl estradiol (NuvaRing), a contraceptive vaginalring?
Answer: Severe headache
- In the prevention of pregnancy, medroxyprogesterone acetate(Depo-Provera) should be
administered at least every:
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