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1
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Mononeuritis multiplex in the context of polyarteritis nodosa is treated with

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Methylprednisolone

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2
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Treatment withdrawal syndrome and convulsions

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Diazepam

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3
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Drug Wernicke-Kosrsakoff psychosis

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Thiamine (B1)

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4
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Drug Wernicke’s encephalopathy

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thiamine (B1)

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5
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Which protease does rivaroxaban block

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Xa protease

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6
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Topiramate is not given to and epilepsy patient with

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kidney stones

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7
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Weight loss is a side effect of treatment for

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Topiramate

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8
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Phenorbarbitone is not given to a patient with

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dementia, because ir affects higher nervous activity

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9
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Drug of choice for convulsive status epilepticus

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benzodiazepine

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10
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If benzodiazepine didn’t work we use

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phenytoin

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11
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If benzodiazepine and pheytoin didn’t work we use

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anaesthesia with propofol or pentobarbital

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12
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First-line treatment for a patient with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

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valproate

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13
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Antiepileptic used exclusively for absence

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ethosuximide

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14
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what to use to break status epilepticus

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Diazepam

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15
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Absence seizure drugs

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ethosuximide (only for that), valproate
Calcium T-channel blocker

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16
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Can aggravate withdrawal seizures

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Carbamazepine

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17
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Drug for focal symptomatic epilepsy

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Carbamazepine

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18
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Drug for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

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Valproate, Lamotrigine (lamotrigine can cause rash)

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19
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Drug for petit-male seizure

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ethosuccimide

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20
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Drug for pregnant woman having seizure

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Magnesium sulphate

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21
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Treatment for Horton’s headache

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Sumatriptan s.c

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22
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Short-term prevention of horton’s headache

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Corticoesteroids

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23
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Drug for tension headache

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Ibuprofen

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24
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Drug for paroxymal haemicraina

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Indomethacin

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25
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Medicine for a 24 years old female with migraines accompained by vomiting

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Sumatriptan nasal spray

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26
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Drugs for migraine prophylaxis

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Antiepileptics
Antidepressants
Calcium antagonist

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27
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Triptans type of drug

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Serotonergic receptor agonist

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28
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Drug of paroxysmal haemicrania

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Indomethacin

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29
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Treatment of acute migraine attacks

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Analgesics
Specific medicines that ends in triptansi
Antiemetic (metoklopramid, Domperidon)

30
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Drug patient with angina and migraine

31
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Drugs to reduce preoperative tumour

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Procarbazine, lomustine, vincristine

32
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Drug to prevent stroke in atrial fibrillation

33
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Which is slower? Warfarin or Heparin

34
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Main serotonin nucleus in

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Raphe nuclei in the brainstem

35
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Hyperplastic gingiva is a side effect of

36
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Are myoclonism side effect of L-dopa?

37
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Are dystonias side effect of L-dopa?

38
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Are choreatic joints side effect of L-dopa?

39
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Is on-off phenomenon side effect of L-dopa?

40
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Can warfarin be given with aspirine?

41
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Antidote of warfarin

42
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GABA-A receptor activator

43
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Direct plasminogen activator

44
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Warfarin interaction

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Chloramphenicol

45
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ADP receptor antagonist

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Clopidogrel

46
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Drug to prevent nausea

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Domperidone

47
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Effect of amantadine

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Increases dopamine release

48
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Phenytoin side effect

49
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Which has longer life, warfarin or heparin?

50
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which membrane claims apomorphine

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postsynaptic membrane

51
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Migraine prevention

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Pizotifen
propranolol
Verapamil
amitriptyline
Topiramate
Valproate

52
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Via de administración de warfarin

53
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Can warfarin prevents stroke in patient with atrial fibrilation?

54
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Which causes less side effects, warfarin or rivaroxaban

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Rivaroxaban

55
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Is aspirin’s antiplatelet action longer than its half-life?

56
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Levodopa for Parkinson enters the CNS by

57
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Levetiracetam works trough

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inhibition of voltage-dependent calcium channels

58
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We add carbidopa to L-dopa because

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increases L-dopa uptake in the central nervous system if not, only 1-2% will enter

59
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Carbamazepine shouldn’t be prescribed to

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pregnant women

60
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Aspirin reduces or increases thromboxane synthesis

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Aspirin reduces thromboxane synthesis

61
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Warfarin reduces the action of

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barbiturates

62
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Riluzole works by

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glutamate receptors

63
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Which antiepileptic inhibits GABA transaminase

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Vigabatrin

64
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Why isn’t heparin given orally?

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Because it is not an electroneutral molecule
Because it is a high molecular weight molecule

65
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Factor that rivaroxaban inhibits

66
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Domperidone

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D2 and D3 dopamine receptor antagonist used to relieve nausea

67
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Drug for a malignant edematous tumor

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Dexamethasone

68
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Antiepileptic for brain tumour and daily complex partial seizures

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Levetiracetam

69
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Treatment for glioblastoma

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radiotherapy and temozolomide

70
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Drugs for epilepsy with brain tumor

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Carbamazepine, lavatiracetam

71
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Drug for paroxymal haemicrania

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Indomethacin

72
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Antiepileptic that inhibits GABA transaminase

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Vigabatrin
Valproate

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