DRUGS

Question 1

Amiloride

Answer 1

• Diuertic
• distal tubule sodium reabsorption inhibitor

Question 2

Aspirin

Answer 2

• Cycloxgenase inhibitor
• ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease (antiplatelet), pain

Question 3

atazanavir

Answer 3

• HIV

Question 4

Atropine

Answer 4

• muscarinic cholinergic receptor antagonist
• bradycardia, treatment of cholinesterase inhibitor overdose, pupil dilation

Question 5

bendrofluazide

Answer 5

• Thiazide diuretic
• distal tubule sodium reabsorption inhibitor
• Hpertension

Question 6

carbamazepine

Answer 6

• Sodium channel blocker
• Epilepsy

Question 7

cholecalciferol

Answer 7

• osteoporosis

Question 8

ciclosporin

Answer 8

• Imunosupresant

Question 9

cilazapril

Answer 9

• Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor
• hypertension, heart failure

Question 10

Cimitidine

Answer 10

• H2 receptor antagonist
• Peptic ulcer disease

Question 11

Clonidine

Answer 11

• alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonist
• Hypertension

Question 12

clopidogrel

Answer 12

• ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease
• platelet aggregation inhibitor

Question 13

Clozapine

Answer 13

• Psychosis

Question 14

dabigatran

Answer 14

• thrombin inhibitor
• treatment and prevention of venous thromboembolism, atrial fibrillation

Question 15

Dexamethasone

Answer 15

• Anti inflammatory

Question 16

Diazepam

Answer 16

• Sedation

Question 17

Digoxin

Answer 17

• Sodium potassium ATPase inhibitor
• arrhythmias, heart failure

Question 18

finasteride

Answer 18

• 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor
• benign prostatic hypertrophy, prostate cancer, androgenic alopecia, androgen excess syndromes

Question 19

Fluoxetine

Answer 19

• Depression
• SSRI

Question 20

Fluticasone

Answer 20

• Asthma

Question 21

Frusemide

Answer 21

• loop of Henle sodium reabsorption inhibitor (Class: loop diuretic)
• hypertension, heart failure

Question 22

Gabapentin

Answer 22

• epilepsy, analgesia

Question 23

glyceryl trinitrate

Answer 23

• ischaemic heart disease
• nitric oxide prodrug

Question 24

Haloperidol

Answer 24

• Psychosis

Question 25

HeparinLMW

Answer 25

• venous thromboembolism
• Antithrombolytic agent

Question 26

imatinib

Answer 26

• chronic myeloid leukaemia
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Question 27

ipratropium

Answer 27

• asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Question 28

levodopa

Answer 28

• Parkinsons

Question 29

Lignocaine

Answer 29

• ventral tachycardia
• local anaesthetic

Question 30

metoprolol

Answer 30

• B1 agonist
• hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, arrhythmias, congestive heart failure

Question 31

Naloxone

Answer 31

• Opiod overdose

Question 32

omeprazole

Answer 32

• Proton pump inhibitor

Question 33

Phenytoin

Answer 33

• Epilepsy

Question 34

ranitidine

Answer 34

• H2 receptor antagonist
• Peptic ulcer disease

Question 35

Simvastatin

Answer 35

• Statin
• Lowers cholesterol

Question 36

spironolactone

Answer 36

• aldosterone antagonist
• hypertension, heart failure
• Potassium sparing diuertic

Question 37

Streptokinase

Answer 37

• myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
• Plasminogen activator

Question 38

theophylline

Answer 38

• Asthma
• adenosine receptor antagonist and phosphodiesterase inhibitor

Question 39

Tiotrpium

Answer 39

• Asthma

Question 40

verapamil

Answer 40

• Hypertension
• calcium channel blocker (Class: phenylalkylamine)

Question 41

warfarin

Answer 41

• venous thromboembolism, valvular disease, atrial fibrillation