Фармакология: лист заданий с ответами

What does "polypharmacy" mean?

1. ATaking one drug in several different forms
2. BA pharmacy that stocks many different brands of the same drug
3. CUsing a drug at a very high dose
4. DThe use of many medicines at the same time, often five or more

Propylthiouracil and carbimazole (or its active form methimazole, also called thiamazole) are used to treat which condition?

1. AAdrenal insufficiency
2. BType 1 diabetes
3. CHyperthyroidism
4. DHypothyroidism

Which drug is first-line for symptomatic bradycardia in adults?

1. AAtropine
2. BDigoxin
3. CAdenosine
4. DMetoprolol

A patient taking levodopa finds that the drug works poorly after large meals. Which advice is most appropriate?

1. ADouble the dose after each meal
2. BTake every dose with a large glass of milk and a protein snack
3. CTake the drug only at bedtime
4. DAvoid taking doses at the same time as high-protein meals

A woman taking the combined pill should seek care urgently for which symptom?

1. ALight spotting between periods early on
2. BA painful, swollen calf or sudden chest pain
3. CSlight nausea in the first few weeks
4. DMild breast tenderness in the first month

Which blood test is commonly used to monitor a continuous infusion of unfractionated heparin?

1. AActivated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
2. BINR (international normalised ratio, prothrombin time)
3. CSerum potassium
4. DHaemoglobin A1c

A patient who takes clonidine stopped it suddenly two days ago. He is now agitated, has a headache and his blood pressure is very high. What is the most likely explanation?

1. ARebound hypertension from abrupt clonidine withdrawal
2. BNormal variation unrelated to the medication
3. CAn allergic reaction to clonidine
4. DClonidine toxicity due to slow excretion by the kidneys

A patient on long-term prednisolone has been vomiting for two days and could not take her tablets. She is now hypotensive and confused, with low sodium and high potassium. What is the most urgent treatment?

1. AOral prednisolone with a glass of water
2. BIV hydrocortisone and IV fluids
3. CIV furosemide
4. DIV insulin with glucose only