Neuro drugs

Question 1

Benzodiazepine with longest half life

Answer 1

Chlordiazepoxide

Question 2

Antidote for benzodiazepine overdose

Answer 2

Flumazenil

Question 3

Date rape drugs

Answer 3

Alcohol, flunitrazepam, gamma-hydroxybutyrate

Question 4

Ultra short acting barbiturate

Answer 4

Thiopental

Question 5

Barbiturate with SE of acute intermittent porphyria

Answer 5

Thiopental, pentobarbital

Question 6

Barbiturate wc can be used for gilberts syndrome

Answer 6

Phenobarbital

Question 7

Use of zoloidem

Answer 7

Zzzzzz… Insomnia

Question 8

Indication for buspirone

Answer 8

Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 9

Partial agonist at 5 HT1a receptors and possibly D2 receptors

Answer 9

Buspirone

Question 10

Drug that blocks alcohol dehydrogenase

Answer 10

Fomepizole

Question 11

Drug that blocks aldehyde dehydrogenase

Answer 11

Disulfiram

Question 12

Responsible for ethanol metabolism at blood levels higher than 100mg/dL

Answer 12

Microsomal ethanol oxidizing system

Question 13

Ataxia, confusion, ophthalmoplegia

Answer 13

Wernicke-korsakoff syndrome

Question 14

Most common manifestation of fetal alcohol syndrome

Answer 14

Mental retardation

Question 15

Halluncinations, autonomic disability , delirium, 48-72 hrs post discontinuation of alcohol

Answer 15

Delirium tremens - HAD 48

Question 16

DOC for alcohol withdrawal syndrome

Answer 16

Long acting benzodiazepine

Question 17

Drugs that can cause disulfiram rxn

Answer 17

Chlorpropamide, cefoperazone, cefomandole, cefotetan, procarbazine, metronidazole

Question 18

Management for methanol poisoning

Answer 18

Ethanol, fomepizole