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Pharmacology and Therapeutics

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Engage with critical pharmacology and therapeutics questions covering drug classifications and therapeutic mechanisms. Topics include chemical absorption, medication formulations, and pharmacogenomics. This collection is useful for students preparing for medical entrance, nursing, and science competitive examinations.

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Pharmacology and Therapeutics Questions

Multiple choice

Arthritis is a painful disorder of bone joints. It may be of acute and chronic pathological types. Which of the following analog of hypoxanthine is used in the treatment of acute inflammatory arthritis?

  1. 6-mercaptopurine

  2. Aminopterin

  3. Amethopterin

  4. Allopurinol

  5. Alpha amanitin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Allopurinol is an analog of hypoxanthine used to treat individuals suffering from hyperuricemia as a result of gout and other pathological conditions.

Multiple choice

Various inhibitors are used in the study of the electron transport system at various levels of electron carriers. Which of the following substances acts as an inhibitor of the electron transport system between cytochromes b and c1?

  1. Antimycin A

  2. Azurin

  3. Bottromycin

  4. Amytal

  5. Atractyloside
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Antimycin A is an antibiotic, produced by Streptomyces griseus that inhibits the electron transport system between cytochromes b and c1.

Multiple choice

Autocoids are a group of substances found naturally in our body that resemble hormones or drugs in their activity on cells and thus, act on restricted areas of our body.

Which of the following compounds is not an example of autacoids?

  1. Histamine

  2. Serotonin

  3. Angiotensin

  4. Prostaglandins

  5. Somatomammotropin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Somatomammotropin is a typical hormone and not an example of autocoid. It is a peptide placental hormone having growth hormone like roles.

Multiple choice

Which of the following drugs is not used in the treatment of heart attack?

  1. Aspirin

  2. Thrombolytics

  3. Super aspirins

  4. Heparin

  5. Rifampin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

It is used together with other medicines to treat tuberculosis in many different parts of the body. It is also used by patients who have a meningitis bacterium in their nose or throat to prevent the spread of the bacteria to other patients. It does not work for colds, flu or other virus infections.