Answer: d) Clomifene.
Clomifene is having estrogenic as well as antiestrogenic properties;
the antiestrogenic property is responsible to induce ovulation. The use of drug
results in twins. The course of treatment is once daily for five days.
It is a place where you can improve your pharmacy skills, with the expertise in pharmaceutical calculations and also to the other subjects in pharmacy.
Answer: c) Rafoxanide
Fasciolosis/ Fascioliasis is parasitic worm infection caused
by common liver fluke Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. It is plant
borne infestation, it affects humans, but main host is cattle and sheep. Initially
it is asymptomatic, in later phases causes bile duct, gall bladder inflammation,
gall stones, fibrosis as well as jaundice and respiratory problems, it also
increases risk for cancer.
Rafoxanide is salicylanilide which is used in ruminant animals
as antifascioliasis.
Answer: c) Procainamide
It is class Ia anti-arrhythmic drug,
it also has local anesthetic effect on myocardium, by causing voltage dependent
open channel block on the batrachotoxin (BTX)
activated channels in cardiomyocytes. It causes shock as a side effect.
Answer: a) Nandrolone
Anabolic steroids are steroids
that are synthesized and are structurally related to testosterone. The use in
women causes irreversible masculinization. The use of anabolic steroids by the athletes
for muscular strength has been banned. These are used in osteoporosis, breast
cancer, muscle wasting and other conditions. Nandrolone is 19-nortestosterone
is an anabolic steroid.
Answer: e) Amrinone
Amrinone is pyridine
phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitor which is used for short term in the management of
congestive heart failure. It increases cardiac contractility and also acts as a
vasodilator.
Answer: c) Dantrolene
Malignant hyperthermia is a type
of severe reaction due to exposure to generalized anaesthetic resulting in high
grade fever, muscle rigidity, high blood potassium, fast heart rate and muscle
breakdown. Dantrolene is used in malignant hyperthermia as it causes relaxation
of muscles and treating the muscles spasms and stiffiness by decreasing calcium
in muscle cells.
Answer: b) Flumazenil.
Flumazenil is benzodiazepine antagonist
worked via competitive inhibition in benzodiazepine overdose. It works as GABA
A receptor antagonist.
Answer: c) Suxamethonium
Suxamethonium is depolarizing
muscle relaxant that works as acetylcholine receptor agonist, it does not allow
binding of the acetylcholine to the receptor and results in skeletal muscle relaxation.
Its use is limited for short term muscle relaxation in anesthesia and intensive
care for endotracheal intubation.
Answer: a) Drotrecogin alfa
Drotrecogin alfa does not improve mortality in severe sepsis
or septic shock but increases the bleeding risks, because of being anti-inflammatory,
profibrinolytic and anti-thrombotic properties.
Answer: d) Halothane
Halothane is volatile liquid having sweet chloroform like odor
and is used as a generalized anaesthetic.
Answer: c) Entacapone
Entacapone is Catechol-O-methyl transferase inhibitor which
is used as adjunct to levodopa, it inhibits levodopa metabolism in the periphery,
increasing plasma levodopa levels and dopaminergic stimulation, thus reducing
signs and symptoms in Parkinson’s disease.
Answer: c) Silver sulfadiazine.
Silver sulfadiazine is topical antibiotic used in partial
thickness and full thickness burns to prevent spread of infection.
Answer: a) Azelaic acid
Azelaic acid is available as 15%, 20 % cream to treat mild
to moderate acne. It works by killing bacteria, as well as it decreases the
production of keratin which is a natural substance involved in the growth of
acne bacteria.
Answer: d) Hydrogen Peroxide.
Vincent’s disease is a dental illness characterized by foul odor
to the breath and bleeding gums caused by bacterium Fusobacterium fusiforme.
Hydrogen peroxide mouth wash is used as an oxidizing agent in killing anaerobic
bacteria in acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis.
Answer: e) Azelastine
hydrochloride.
Azelastine is second generation antihistamine which is used
in the form of nasal spray in the treatment of allergic rhinitis.
Answer: b) Aluminium acetate.
Wetness in otitis externa causes bacterial and fungal growth
characterized by pain and inflammation. Aluminium acetate acts as astringent to
the cause defined and treats the infection and relieves pain and inflammation.
Answer: c) Pegaptanib sodium.
Age related macular degeneration is a medical condition that
may result in blurred or no vision in the center of the visual field.
Pegaptanib sodium is vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor that works by
inhibiting growth if blood vessels within the eye and thus prevents leakage and
swelling.
Answer: b) Danazol.
Danazol is a synthetic androstane steroid with a weak antigonadotropin
activity via acting through pituitary axis. It is used in the treatment of hereditary
angioedema, fibrocystic breast disease and endometriosis.
Answer: a) Docusate
Docusate is surfactant laxative, it reduces tension of the
oil water interface of the stool by incorporating more water and fat in the
stool, making it softer and easier to pass.