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1
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Choline reuptake inhibitor

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Hemicholinum

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Prevent entry of acetylcholine into vesicle inside the presynaptic neuron

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Vesamicol

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Antibiotics which block Ca+2 channel leading to blockage of Ach release on presynaptic neuron causing neuromuscular toxicity and worsening of myasthenia gravis

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Aminoglycosides

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4
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If neuromuscular toxicity caused by Aminoglycosides then treatment method is

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Calcium

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Which two drugs directly block the release of Acetylcholine from presynaptic neuron

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Beta-Bungarotoxin
Botulinum toxin

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6
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M1 agonist used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

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Taclifensin

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7
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Whose venom causes release of Ach

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Spider

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A nonselective muscarinic agonist used to treat xerostomia and glaucoma

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Pilocarpine

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9
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Since Nm and Nn receptors are different which drug blocks the Nm receptors?

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Tubocurarine and Atracurium

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Name two drugs are used to block the Nn receptors?

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Hexamethonium and Mecylamaine

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Indirect acting anti-cholinergic examples (3)

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Aminoglycosides
Beta-Bungarotoxin
Botulinum toxin

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Direct acting cholinergic drug used in atonic bladder

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Bethanechol

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Direct acting cholinergic drug used in tachyarrythmia which acts on myocardium

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Methacholine

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Direct acting cholinergic drug used for closed angle glaucoma acting on pupil

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Pilocarpine

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15
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Directly acting cholinergic drug used in Sicca or Sjorgen syndrome and xerostomia which acts on gland secretion

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Cevimeline

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16
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Drug of choice in closed angle glaucoma is

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Pilocarpine

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17
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4 examples of miotic agents

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Pilocarpine
Physostigmine
Echothiphate
Fluostigmine

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18
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Which drugs used as miotic agents and are also ACHE inhibitors which have a side effect of forming cataract while pilocarpine doesn’t ?

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Physostigmine
Echothiphate
Fluostigmine

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Which type of drugs have common side effects such as accommodation spasm, brow ache, retinal detachment

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Miotic agents
(Due to increase Ca level in muscles of accomadation)

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20
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Which drug is used as topical mitotic agent in ocular surgery

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Acetylcholine

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21
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Shortest acting beta blocker metabolised by pseusocholinestrase

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Esmolol

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Shortest acting muscle relaxant metabolised by psuedocholinstrase

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Succinyl Choline

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23
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Shortest acting opoids which are metabolised by psuedocholinesterase

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Remifentanil

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Shortest acting calcium channel blocker which are metabolised by pseudocholinesterase

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Clevidipine

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25
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Which type of drugs are used to treat smoke dependence

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Nicotinic agonists

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26
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Types of Muscuranic agonists which are Amines or Alkaloids

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Pilocarpine
Cevimeline

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27
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Type of Muscuranic agonists which are Choline esters

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Acetylcholine
Methacholine
Bethanechol
Carbachol

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28
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3 drugs of direct acting nicotinic agonists

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Nicotine
Varenicline
Cytisine

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29
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Which is a more effective drug than pilocarpine used in xerostomia

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Cevimeline

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30
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Which drug is first line drug in an acute attack of closed angle glaucoma

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IV Mannitol

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31
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Which drug is used to maintain normal IOP which is first decreased by IV Mannitol in case of acute attacke of closed angle glaucoma

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Pilocarpine

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32
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Acetylcholine derivatives resistant to both ACHE and psuedocholinesterase

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Bethanechol
Carbachol
Methacholine

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33
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Which drug is used as mitotic agent in ocular surgery and closed angle glaucoma

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Carbachol

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34
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Which drug is used in bronchial challenge test to diagnose bronchial asthma as it is short acting

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Methacholine

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Which drug is used in gastroparesis and postoperative paralytic ileus

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Bethanechol

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A direct acting cholinergic muscuranic agonists which acts majorly on M2 receptor

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Methacholine

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37
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A direct acting muscuranic agonists and a choline ester is used because it acts on M3 receptor

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Methacholine

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38
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Irreversible indirect acting cholinergics

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Organophosphates

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39
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Reversible direct acting cholinergics

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Carbamates

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40
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Which drugs are ACHE activator which break phosphate bond of OPC which have not gone through ageing and have free anionic site

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Oximes

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41
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Drug of choice in cholinergic poisioning

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Atropine

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42
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OPC drugs used in warfare agents (5)

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Nerve gas such as
Sarin
Cyclotron
Tabun
Vc
Soman
DPF

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43
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Which indirect acting cholinergic drugs are OPC used clinically (2)

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Echothiophate
Fluostigmine

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44
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Which OPC form commonly causes cholinergic poisoning

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Insecticides and Pesticides

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45
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Which four drug form poisoning have common symptom of pinpoint pupil?

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Opoid poisoning
Cholinergic poisoning (eg OP and Carbamate)
Phenol poisoning
Pontine Haemorrhage
Early Mushroom poisoning

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46
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Which drug form is more specific for OPC poisoning?

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Oximes

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47
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Since atropine has only anti-muscuranic action so which drug form is used to relieve the nicotinic symptoms in cholinergic poisoning?

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Oximes

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48
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3 examples of oximes used in OPC poisoning

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Pralidoxime
Obidoxime
Diacetyl mono oxime

49
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Which form of oxime is commonly used in India?

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Pralidoxime

50
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Example of carbamates which are tertiary amines and can cross BBB

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Physostigmine
Rivastigmine

51
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Tertiary Amines which are non-carbamates and can cross BBB

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Galantamine
Tacrine
Donepezil

52
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Which drug is derived from calabar beans of planta physostigma venenosum

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Physostigmine

53
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Which drug is drug of choice for anti-cholinergic poisoning

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Physostigmine

54
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Which drug is used in treatment of closed angle glaucoma

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Physostigmine

55
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3 types of anticholinergic poisoning

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Atropine toxicity
Belladonna toxicity
Datura toxicity

56
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Which 4 drugs are used for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease since they are highly lipid soluble and majorly cross BBB without causing peripheral side effects

A

Rivastigmine
Galantamine
Tacrine
Donepezil

57
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Which is drug of choice for Alzheimer’s disease

58
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Drug form used in Myasthenia Gravis which block ACHE to increase ACh since it doesn’t cross BBB and act on periphery such as muscle

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Quartenary Amines

59
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Which drug is short acting and used in diagnosis of MG (Tensilon test)

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Edrophonium

60
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Which drug is used to differentiate MG and Cholinergic crisis

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Edrophonium
1: improves
2: worsens

61
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Which drug is used in paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) as it blocks AV node

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Edrophonium

62
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Which drug is used in diagnosis and treatment if pyridostigmine is not present

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Neostigmine

63
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Premedication with which drug is required while using edrophonium and neostigmine to avoid muscuranic side-effects?

64
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Which drug us used in non-depolarizing muscle relaxant seen with atracurium, pancuronium

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Neostigmine

65
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Which drug is used in Cobra bites since Cobra toxin damages NMJ causing respiratory paralysis

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Neostigmine

66
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Which is drug of choice in generalised MG
It is oral and longer acting

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Pyridostigmine

67
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Which drug form is given in pyridostigmine resistant patients

68
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4 example of Immunosupressants given in patients of MG resistant to pyridostigmine and steroids

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Mycophenolate Mofetil

Cyclosporine

Rituximab

Azathioprine

69
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Which is drug of choice in Myastheniac Crisis

A

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)

70
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Which is alternate treatment modality for Myasthenic Crisis

A

Plasmapheresis

71
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Which drug used to be a Drug of Choice for Alzheimer’s disease until we found alternative since it was hepatotoxic and short acting

72
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Which drug cannot be used for Alzheimer’s disease since it’s distribution in brain and periphery is 50% which is not effective even after crossing BBB?

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Physostigmine

73
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Which drug is used in post-operative paralytic ileus and post-operative urinary retention which acts on M3 receptors?

A

Neostigmine

74
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Example of OPC drugs

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Malathion
Parathion
Nerve gases forms

75
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Which drug cannot be given to overcome carbamate poisoning since carbamate form bond with both esteratic and anionic site

76
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Which drug is used in Lambert Eaton syndrome as it blocks K+ channel which increase Ach release and increase muscle strength

A

Aminopyridines

77
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Drugs used for treatment of MG

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Ambemonium
Neostigmine
Pyridostigmine

78
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Which anti-cholinergic drug which is a NM blocker is used for Tourette’s Syndrome?

A

Mecamylamaine

79
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Which drug is usd adjunct to nicotine in smoking depenede?

A

Mecamhlamaine

80
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Which anti-cholinergic drug used in hypertensive emergency intra-venously?

A

Trimethapan

81
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Which drug is used as K channel blockers for experiments

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Tetraethylammoniun

82
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Which drug is known as the truth serum ?

A

Scopolamine

83
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Which drug is drug of choice in Narcoanalysis?

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Thiopentone

84
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Which is the preffered cycloplegic in adults and is also shortest acting

A

Tropacamide

85
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Which drug is preffered cycloplegic in children

86
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Which drug is an add on drug in fungal corneal ulcer

87
Q

Drugs used in pupil which are muscuranic antagonists?

A

Tropacamide
Atropine
Cyclopentolate
Homatropine

88
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Which anti-cholinergic drug is a muscuranic antagonist, reduce secretions, is a preferred preanesthetic medication, doesn’t cross BBB and is a quartenary amine

A

Glycopyrrolate

89
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Drugs used to reduce oropharyngeal secretions?

A

Atropine
Glycopyrrolate

90
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Which drugs are DOC in COPD and add on drugs in bronchial asthma
These are muscuranic antagonists acting on lungs

A

Ipratropium
Oxitropium
Aclidinium
Glycopyrrolate
Umeclidinium
Revefenacin
Tiotropium

91
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Which drug is given with nebulizer in acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma

A

Ipratropium

92
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Which drug is drug of choice in COPD

A

LAMA which is Tiotropium

93
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Which drugs forms to be avoided in patients of BPH?

A

Muscuranic antagonists used in bladder

94
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Which drug is used in treatment of conduction blocks and digoxin toxicity

95
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Which drug is drug of choice for bradycardia

96
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At low doses which drug increase Ach which stimulate M2 receptors to causes further bradycardia

97
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Name two drugs which are M1 blockers? And used in peptic ulcer syndrome

A

Pirenzepine
Telemzepine

98
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Which 3 drugs are anti-spasmodic?

A

Dicylomine
Glycopyrrolate
Scopolamine

99
Q

Which drug is drug of choice for motion sickness
(It is only for Prevention and not the Treatment)

A

Scopolamine

100
Q

Nonselective drugs which reduce detrusor contraction

A

Flavoxate
Oxybutynin
Fesoterodine
Trospium

101
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Which drug used in overactive bladder doesn’t cross BBB and is quaternary amine and not given to patients with renal failure as it is not excreted by liver

102
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Name the selective M3 blocker used in bladder

A

Darifenavin
Solfenacin
Tolterodine

103
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A drug which is drug of choice for bradycardia and AV block

104
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A drug which causes transient bradycardia since it blocks first pre-synaptic receptors but later blocks post-synaptic receptors which are M2 on heart leading to final result as tachycardia

105
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Which drug is not given in cause of lungs and bronchus issue because it can’t be given through inhalation route and inhibits mucociliary clearance

106
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A trick for drugs which are muscarinic antagonists used in overactive bladder etc.
(SOFT Bladder)

A

Solifenacin
Oxybutynin
Flavoxate
Fesoterodine
Tolterodine
Trospium
Darufenacin

107
Q

Which two drug are most vesico-selective (most block M3 receptor)

A

Solefenacin
Darifenacin

108
Q

Anti-cholinergics are drug of choice for Drug-induced Parkinsonism like

A

Benzhexol
Benztropine
Procyclidine

109
Q

Which drug is used for early mushroom poisoning caused by inocybe

110
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Drug of choice for Belladonna and Datura poisoning is

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Physostigmine

111
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Which drug is contradicted in Late mushroom poisoning caused by Amanita species

112
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Which drug is used as an anti-spasmodic to reduce activity of GI tract

113
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Which drug is used to measure refractive error without interference of accomodation capacity of eye

114
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Which drug is preferred for pupillary dilation if cycloplegia is not required

A

Phenylephrine
(Alpha-adrenergic)

115
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Which 3 drugs are mainstay of medical therapy for OP poisoning

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Atropine, Pralidoxime and benzodiazepines

116
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Which drug is used to treat poisoning with quartenary antimuscuranic poisoning

A

Neostigmine

117
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Which drug is used to treat post operative nausea and vomiting

A

Scopolamine

118
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Which type of drugs are used in nicotinic poisoning

A

Ganglionic Blockers

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