Medication classes

Question 1

What TWO medications are the ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS?

Answer 1

-ELPERENONE
-SPIRONOLACTONE

Question 2

What drug class is ANASTRAZOLE?

Answer 2

Aromatase inhibitors

Question 3

What drug class is moxonidine?

Answer 3

Antihypertensive

(Acts on alpha 2 adrenoreceptors, in turn reducing sympathetic tone).

Question 4

What drug class is gentamycin?

Answer 4

Aminoglyclcoside

Question 5

What drug class is vancomycin?

Answer 5

Glycopeptide

Question 6

Which drug class is clindamycin?

Answer 6

Lincosamide

Question 7

Which drug class is azithromycin?

Answer 7

Macrolide

Question 8

Which drug class is clarithromycin?

Answer 8

Macrolide

Question 9

Which drug class is roxithromycin?

Answer 9

Macrolide

Question 10

Which drug class if erythromycin?

Answer 10

Macrolide

Question 11

Which drug class if rifampicin?

Answer 11

Rifamycin

Question 12

Which drug class is rifaximin?

Answer 12

Rifamycin

Question 13

Which drug class if minocycline?

Answer 13

Tetracycline

Question 14

Which drug class is ciprofloxacin?

Answer 14

Quinolone

Question 15

Which drug class is Norfloxacin?

Answer 15

Quinolone

Question 16

Which drug class is doxycyline?

Answer 16

Tetracycline

Question 17

Which drug class if aciclovir?

Answer 17

guanine analogue

Question 18

Which drug class is valaciclovir?

Answer 18

guanine analogue

Question 19

Which drug class is hydralazine?

Answer 19

antihypertensive
In ‘other’ section of AMH

Question 20

Which drug class is dutasteride?

Answer 20

Alpha reductase inhibitor

Question 21

Which drug class is tamsulosin?

Answer 21

Selective alpha blocker

Question 22

Which drug class is spironolactone?

Answer 22

Aldosterone antagonist

Question 23

Which drug class is certrolizumab?
What is its brand name?
How does it work?

Answer 23

TNF alpha antagonist
Cimzia
TNF alpha is a cytokine involved in inflammatory and immune responses

Question 24

Which drug class is adapalene and what are its brand names?

Answer 24

Topical retinoid
Stieva-A

Question 25

What is the drug class and brand name of dapagliglozin?

Answer 25

SGLT2 inhibitor
Forxiga

Question 26

Do the 5-aminosalicylates have better efficacy in Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis?

Answer 26

UC

Question 27

What is the prefix for the drugs apart of the 5-aminosalicylate class?

Answer 27

‘alazine’ Mesalazine, olsalazine, sulfazaline.
+ balsalazide (colazide)

Question 28

What drug class is mesalazine?

Answer 28

5-aminosalicylate

Question 29

What class is probenecid and how does it work?

Answer 29

Uricosuric
It increases the amount of uric acid excreted by the kidney. Therefore we pt needs to ensure they have adequate fluid intake to prevent kidney stones.

Question 30

What class is allopurinol and how does it work?

Answer 30

Allopurinol is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, preventing the amount of urate that the body makes.

Question 31

Allopurinol is one of the two xanthine oxidate inhibitors, what is the other drug in this class?

Answer 31

Feboxustat.

Question 32

Which two medications are the barbiturates?

Answer 32

Phenobarbital (Phenobarb)
Primidone (mysoline)

Question 33

What drug class if phenobarbital and what is it’s indication?

Answer 33

Barbiturate
Epilepsy

Question 34

Which drug class is pramipexole (sifrol) and what is its indication?

Answer 34

Dopamine agonist
Parkinsons disease & restless leg syndrome