Neuro / Ophthal - Pharmacology

Question 1

passmed info on drugs used in open angle glaucoma –> turn into cards

Answer 1

Question 2

stuff like migraine management - eg. triptans (sumatriptan) work by constricting the blood vessels in the brain to relieve headaches, pain, and other migraine symptoms

Question 3

Case:
- 22yo medical student complains of severe right eye pain after recently returning from another country, where he went swimming in fresh water with his contact lens on
- O/E: right eye slightly red

What is the most likely causative organism in this case?

Answer 3

Acanthamoeba –> acanthamoebic keratitis

Question 4

Case:
- Pt struggling to read the newspaper as she struggles to look down
- O/E: visual acuity 6/6 in both eyes, normal colour vision, intact central and peripheral fields, impaired downward gaze, and vertical diplopia

Which cranial nerve is most likely affected to cause her symptoms?

Answer 4

Trochlear (4th nerve palsy)

• trochlear nerve innervates the superior oblique muscle

Question 5

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