Pharmacology worksheet with answers

Nitrofurantoin is used mainly to treat:

1. AUncomplicated cystitis (lower urinary infection)
2. BBacterial meningitis in adults and children
3. CPneumonia
4. DBone infections

Levodopa is mainly used to treat which disease?

1. AParkinson's disease
2. BEpilepsy
3. CMultiple sclerosis
4. DAlzheimer's disease

What is the normal fasting blood glucose range in a healthy adult?

1. A7.0–10.0 mmol/L (about 126–180 mg/dL)
2. B3.9–5.5 mmol/L (about 70–100 mg/dL)
3. C1.5–3.0 mmol/L (about 27–54 mg/dL)
4. D11.1–15.0 mmol/L (about 200–270 mg/dL)

Which antihypertensive class can raise blood glucose and uric acid levels, sometimes triggering gout?

1. AAngiotensin II receptor blockers
2. BAlpha-1 blockers
3. CACE inhibitors
4. DThiazide diuretics

Which patient should usually not use the combined oral contraceptive pill?

1. AA 22-year-old non-smoker with acne
2. BA 25-year-old woman with heavy periods
3. CA 30-year-old non-smoker with no medical problems
4. DA 38-year-old woman who smokes 20 cigarettes a day

What makes an overdose of tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline especially dangerous?

1. ASevere liver failure within hours
2. BKidney stones
3. CSudden high blood glucose
4. DCardiac arrhythmias and seizures

In adult cardiac arrest with shock-refractory ventricular fibrillation, which antiarrhythmic is commonly given?

1. AAdenosine
2. BAmiodarone
3. CDigoxin
4. DVerapamil

A baby born to a mother on methadone becomes irritable on day 2, with a high-pitched cry, tremors, sneezing and poor feeding. What is the most likely cause?

1. AVitamin K deficiency bleeding
2. BNeonatal hypoglycaemia from maternal diabetes
3. CNeonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome
4. DNormal newborn behaviour