Pharmacology mcqs (final control) 3rd course

= Hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDiuril)

~ Amiloride (Midamor)
~ Both of the above
~ Neither of the above
205- The drug is sometimes part of fixed-dose combinations used to treat essential hypertension:
~ Hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDiuril)
~ Amiloride (Midamor)

= Both of the above

~ Neither of the above
206- The drug should never be administered to patients taking potassium supplements:
~ Hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDiuril)

= Amiloride (Midamor)

~ Furosemide (Lasix)
~ Neither of the above
207- The drug decreases calcium excretion in urine:

= Hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDiuril)

~ Amiloride (Midamor)
~ Furosemide (Lasix)
~ Acetazolamide (Diamox)
208- The drug acts by competitively blocking the Na+/K+/2Cl- cotransporter:

= Loop diuretics

~ Thiazide diuretics
~ Potassium-sparing diuretics
~ Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
209- The drug acts at the proximal tubule:
~ Loop diuretics
~ Thiazide diuretics
~ Potassium-sparing diuretics

= Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

210- The drug acts in the distal convoluted tubule:
~ Loop diuretics

= Thiazide diuretics

~ Potassium-sparing diuretics
~ Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
211- Tick the drug, a derivative of adamantane:
~ Didanozine

= Rimantadine

~ Gancyclovir
~ Foscarnet
212- Tick the drug, a derivative of pyrophosphate:

= Foscarnet

~ Zidovudine
~ Vidarabine
~ Acyclovir
213- Tick the drug, inhibiting viral DNA synthesis:
~ Interferon
~ Saquinavir
~ Amantadine

= Acyclovir

214- Tick the drug, inhibiting uncoating of the viral RNA:
~ Vidarabine