Competitive Exams: Pharmacy MCQs (Practice_Test 8 of 29)
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- Effects seen only with depolarizing blockade include all of the following EXCEPT:
- Hyperkalemia
- A decrease in intraocular pressure
- Emesis
- Muscle pain
- Correct statements about cortisol (hydrocortisone) include all of the following, EXCEPT:
- Cortisol is synthesized from cholesterol
- ACTH governs cortisol secretion
- Most cortisol is inactivated in the liver
- The half-life of cortisol in the circulations is normally about 60 − 90 hours
- Which neuromuscular blocking agent is contraindicated in patients with glaucoma?
- Tubocurarine
- Succinylcholine
- Pancuronium
- Gallamine
- Which of the following glucocorticoids is a short-to medium-acting drug?
- Prednisolon
- Dexamethasone
- Triamcinolone
- All of the above
- Which of the following diseases can augment the neuromuscular blockade produced by nondepolarizing musclerelaxants?
- Myasthenia gravis
- Burns
- Asthma
- Parkinsonism
- the drug which belongs to nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors:
- Didanosine
- Gancyclovir
- Nevirapine
- Vidarabine
- The unwanted effects of zidovudine:
- Hallucinations, dizziness
- Anemia, neutropenia, nausea, insomnia
- Hypertension, vomiting
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Indicate the agent, which effectively antagonizes the neuromuscular blockade caused by nondepolarizing drugs:
- Atropine
- Neostigmine
- Acetylcholine
- Pralidoxime
- Which of the following sympathomimetics acts indirectly?
- Epinephrine
- Norepinephrine
- Ephedrine
- Methoxamine
- Which of the following statements is not correct?
- ALFA receptors increase arterial resistence, whereas beta receptor promote smooth muscle relaxation
- The skin and splanchic vessels have predominantly alfa receptors
- Vessels in a skeletal muscle may constrict or dilate depending on whether alfa or beta receptors are activated
- Skeletal muscle vessels hav predominantly alfa receptors and constrict in the presence of epinephrine and norepinephrine
- the group of hormonal drugs used for cancer treatment:
- Mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids
- Glucocorticoids and gonadal hormones
- Gonadal hormones and somatotropin
- Insulin
- Methotrexate is:
- A purine antagonist
- A folic acid antagonist
- An antibiotic
- An alkylating agent
- The action mechanism of anticancer drugs belonging to plant alkaloids:
- Inhibition of DNA-dependent RNA synthesis
- Cross-linking of DNA
- Mitotic arrest at a metaphase
- Nonselective inhibition of aromatases
- Serious side effects of glucocorticoids include the following, EXCEPT:
- Acute peptic ulcers
- Iatrogenic Cushing՚s syndrome
- Salicylism
- Hypomania or acute psychosis
- Side effect of cyclosporine A is:
- Tremor
- Anorexia
- Chills
- Myalgia