MCQ Book Questions

Q55774. Finasteride has efficacy in the prevention of male-pattern baldness by virtue of its ability to

Q55775. A 52-year-old postmenopausal patient has evidence of low bone mineral denisity. She and her physician are con- sidering therapy with raloxifene or a combination of conjugated estrogens and medroxyprogesterone acetate. Which of the following patient charac- teristics is most likely to lead them to select raloxifene?

Q55776. Following delivery of a healthy baby, a young woman begins to bleed extensively because her uterus has failed to contract. Which one of the following drugs should be administered to this woman?

Q55777. Raloxifene is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM). Its characteristic properties make the drug most suitable for treatment of a female patient who

Q55778. Select the drug which can improve urinary flow rate in benign prostatic hypertrophy without affecting prostate size

Q55779. The drug used for cervical priming to facilitate labour is

Q55780. Which one of the following compounds is not a hormone?

Q55781. Which one of the following hormones not synthesized in the hypothalamus?

Q55782. An important difference between leuprolide and the new drug ganirelix is that ganirelix

Q55783. A 27-year-old woman with amenorrhea, infertility, and galactorrhea was treated with a drug that successful restored ovulation and menstruation. Before being given the drug, the woman was carefully questioned about previous mental health problems, which she did not have. She was advised to take the drug orally. The drug used to treat this patient was probably.

Q55784. Who is least likely to be treated with somatropin?

Q55785. Hormones that are useful in the diagnosis of endocrine insufficiency include

Q55786. All of the following substances are endogenous topic hormones secreted by the pituitary gland except

Q55787. Which of the following drugs is least likely to be used as part of a controlled ovarian hyperstimulation protocol?

Q55788. Actions of thyroxine do not include

Q55789. Effects of iodide salts given in large doses do not include

Q55790. Synptoms of hypothyroidism (myxedema) do not include

Q55791. When initiating thyroxine therapy for an elderly patient with long-standing hypothyroidism, it is important to begin with small doses to avoid

Q55792. A 46-year-old male patient has Cushing’s syndrome that is due to the presence of an adrenal tumor. Which of the following drugs would be expected to reduce the signs and symptoms of this man’s disease?

Q55793. In the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasis in which there is excess production of cortisol precursors due to a lack of 21β-hydroxylase activity, the purpose of administration of a synthetic glucocorticoid is