Scheda di esercizi di Farmacologia con soluzioni

Which of these is a live attenuated vaccine?

1. AHepatitis B vaccine
2. BMMR (measles, mumps and rubella)
3. CInactivated influenza injection
4. DTetanus toxoid

Which drug is the antidote for magnesium sulfate toxicity?

1. AProtamine sulfate
2. BNaloxone
3. CPotassium chloride
4. DCalcium gluconate

La loperamide si usa per trattare:

1. ALa stitichezza
2. BLa diarrea
3. CIl bruciore di stomaco
4. DLa nausea

How are most medication doses for children calculated?

1. ABy the child's height alone
2. BBy body weight in kilograms, or sometimes body surface area
3. CBy the child's age in years only
4. DBy giving half of the adult dose to all children under 12

A patient takes low-dose weekly methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis. Which monitoring is needed?

1. ADaily blood glucose checks
2. BMonthly hearing tests
3. CWeekly INR checks and a monthly ECG to check the heart rhythm
4. DRegular blood count, liver and kidney function tests

Why should a patient rinse the mouth after using an inhaled corticosteroid?

1. ATo stop the drug being absorbed too quickly into the blood
2. BTo prevent a fall in blood glucose
3. CTo reduce the risk of oral thrush (candidiasis) and hoarseness
4. DTo make the drug work faster in the lungs

A man taking spironolactone for heart failure develops painful breast enlargement. Which change may be considered?

1. AAdding testosterone injections
2. BDoubling the spironolactone dose to overcome the side effect
3. CSwitching to eplerenone, which has fewer anti-androgen effects
4. DSwitching to potassium chloride tablets

Perché il sildenafil è controindicato in un paziente che usa nitrati per l'angina?

1. AL'associazione causa una pericolosa iperpotassiemia
2. BIl sildenafil blocca la conversione dei nitrati in ossido nitrico nei vasi
3. CEntrambi aumentano il cGMP nella muscolatura liscia vascolare e possono causare una grave ipotensione
4. DI nitrati bloccano il metabolismo epatico del sildenafil