Drug Names And Uses

Question 1

Finasteride

Answer 1

Inhibitor of the enzyme 5 alpha-reductase, which metabolises testosterone into the more potent androgen dihydrotestosterone.
This inhibition leads to a reduction in prostate size

Question 2

Diamorphine

Answer 2

Acute pain
Chronic
Myocardial infarction
Acute pulmonary oedema

Question 3

Midazolam

Answer 3

A benzodiazepine

Sedation for conscious procedures, intensive care, anaesthesia.
Induction of anaesthesia
Status epilecticus

Question 4

Levomepromazine

Answer 4

Schizophrenia
Restlessness and confusion in palliative care
Nausea and vomiting in palliative care

Question 5

Montelukast

Answer 5

Prophylaxis of asthma
Management of chronic asthma
Symptomatic relief of seasonal allergic rhinitis in patients with asthma

Question 6

Pentac

Answer 6

Acid reflux

Question 7

Budesonide

Answer 7

Prophylaxis of asthma

Question 8

Salbutamol

Answer 8

Symptomatic relief of asthma and other conditions associated with reversible airway obstruction
Premature labour

Question 9

Seretide (Fluticasone propionate)

Answer 9

Prophylaxis of asthma

Question 10

Adizem-XL (Diltiazem hydrochloride)

Answer 10

Prophylaxis and treatment of angina

Hypertension

Question 11

Amitriptyline hydrochloride

Answer 11

Depressive illness (not recommended)
Neuropathic pain
Migraine prophylaxis

Question 12

Trimethoprim

Answer 12

Anti-bacterial
UTI
Acute and chronic bronchitis
Pneumocystis pneumonia

Question 13

Glyceryl trinitrate (nitrolingual pump spray)

Answer 13

Prophylaxis and treatment of angina

Anal fissure

Question 14

Colecalciferol

Answer 14

Vitamin D3

Question 15

Doxazosin

Answer 15

Hypertension

Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Question 16

Duloxetine

Answer 16

Major depressive disorder
Generalised anxiety disorder
Diabetic neuropathy
Stress urinary incontinence

Question 17

Ramipril

Answer 17

Hypertension
Heart failure
Cardiovascular disease

Question 18

Galantamine

Answer 18

Mild to moderate dementia in Alzheimer’s disease

Question 19

Prochlorperazine maleate

Answer 19

Schizophrenia and other psychoses
Severe anxiety
Severe nausea, vomiting, vertigo, labyrinthine disorders

Question 20

Donepezil hydrochloride

Answer 20

Mild to moderate dementia in Alzheimer’s disease

Question 21

Citalopram

Answer 21

Depressive illness, panic disorder

Question 22

Bisoprolol fumarate

Answer 22

Hypertension and angina

Adjunct in heart failure

Question 23

Memantine hydrochloride

Answer 23

Moderate to severe dementia in Alzheimer’s disease

Question 24

Pregabalin

Answer 24

Peripheral and central neuropathic pain
Adjunct treatment for focal seizures
Generalised anxiety disorder

Question 25

Risperidone

Answer 25

Acute and chronic psychoses
Mania
Short term treatment of persistent aggression in patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s dementia

Question 26

Venlafaxine

Answer 26

Major depression

Generalised anxiety disorder

Question 27

Humulin M3

Answer 27

Biphasic isophane insulin- diabetes mellitus

Question 28

Allopurinol

Answer 28

Prophylaxis of gout and uric acid and calcium oxalate renal stones
Prophylaxis of hyperuricaemia associated with cancer chemotherapy

Question 29

Eplerenone

Answer 29

Adjunct in stable patients with left ventricular ejection fraction below 40% with evidence of heart failure and following myocardial infarction

Question 30

Prednisolone

Answer 30

Suppression of inflammatory and allergic disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, asthma, croup, immunosuppression, rheumatic disease, eye, ear