MCQ Book Questions

Q55354. A 16-year-old-girl is found to have paroxysmal attacks of rapid heart rate. The antiarrhythmic of choice in most cases of acute AV nodal tachycardia is

Q55355. Recognized adverse effects of quinidine include which one of the following?

Q55356. Following is an antagonist of ganglion type nicotinic receptors

Q55357. Which of the following is an orally active drug that blocks sodium channels and decreases action potential duration?

Q55358. Which of the following has the longest half-life of all antiarrhythmic drugs?

Q55359. Which of the following diuretics would be most useful in a patient with cerebral edema?

Q55360. Which of the following therapies would be most useful in the management of severe hypercalcemia?

Q55361. A 55-year-old patient with severe post- hepatitis cirrhosis is started on a diuretic for another condition. Two days later he is found in a coma. The drug most likely to cause coma in a patient with cirrhosis is

Q55362. Oxytremorine is a selective agonist of muscarinic _______ receptors

Q55363. A drug that is useful in glaucoma and high-altitude sickness is

Q55364. Cromolyn has as its major action

Q55365. Following events occur in the cytoplasm and not inside storage vesicles, except

Q55366. Which one of the following is lest likely to be useful in the therapy of hyper- calcemia?

Q55367. Characteristics of Vitamin D and its metabolites include which one of the following?

Q55368. Which of the following conditions is an indication for the use of calcitonin?

Q55369. Clinical uses of Vitamin D do not include

Q55370. Which one of the following drugs, when used chronically, is associated with the development of bone pain and mineral- ization defects such as osteomalacia?

Q55371. A 70-year-old man has severe urinary hesitancy associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia. He has tried alpha blockers with little relief. His physician recommends a drug that blocks 5α - reductase in the prostate and writes a prescription for

Q55372. Action of norepinephrine and epinephrine are terminated by

Q55373. Typical results of beta-receptor activation include which one of the following?