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Pharmacodynamics
How do most drugs produce their e...,
What is the only important except...,
Two types of ion channels
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Pharmacokinetics
Factors that influence drug absor...,
In the blood stream what do acidi...,
What drug given with warfarin can...
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Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Drugs that have zero order elimin...
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Adverse Drug Effects
What are the adverse drug reactio...,
Example of type a effects,
Example of type b effects
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Autonomics
What does the autonomic nervous s...,
What is the predominant factor fo...,
Control of bp is mainly by what s...
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Cholinergic Drugs
What are esters of choline,
Name the choline esters,
Which of the choline esters are m...
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Cholinergic Drugs II
Inhalation drugs for tx of copd a...,
Used to produce mydriasis with cy...,
Muscarinic antagonist that is use...
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Adrenergic Drugs
Uses of epinephrine,
Adverse effects of epi,
What does epi do in the presence ...
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Adrenergic Drugs II
Non selective alpha adrenergic bl...,
Drugs used to treat pheochromocytoma,
What drug should be given alongsi...
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Autacoids
What drugs can displace histamine...,
H1 and h2 who has the higher affi...,
What does activation of h1 and h2...
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Autacoids II
Main source of eicosanoids,
Difference between cox cyclo oxyg...,
Name the eicosanoids
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Diuretics
What are the loop diuretics,
How do the loop diuretics work,
Why are loop diuretics called hig...
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Antihypertensives
What are the ace angiotensin conv...,
Clinical uses of ace inhibitors,
Why arent ace inhibitors first li...
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Antihypertensives II
Drug of choice for pregnancy indu...,
Adverse effects of alpha 2 agonists,
Drugs for pulmonary hypertension ...
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Congestive Heart Failure
Define positive inotropy positive...,
What type of drugs have been show...,
Drugs to treat heart failure give...
35
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Antiarrhythmics
What is cardiac arrhythmia,
What are the two types of cardiac...,
Resting potential in most myocard...
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Antiarrhythmics II
What are the class iii drugs,
Mechanism of class iii drugs,
Special mechanisms of the class i...
27
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Antihyperlipidemic Drugs
Increased risk of cardiovascular ...,
Other risk factors of cardiovascu...,
Primary causes of hyperlipidemia
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Antihyperlipidemic Drugs II
What is the cholesterol absorptio...,
Mechanism of ezetimbe,
Why is ezetimbe effective even in...
15
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Anticoagulants
What are the 4 phases of hemostasis,
What is virchows triad and what i...,
Classes of drugs that are used to...
36
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Anticoagulants II
What is the coumarin anticoagulan...,
Warfarins effect on thrombus,
How to overcome warfarin
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Anemic Drugs
Conditions associated with normoc...,
Causes of iron deficiency,
Type of anemia from iron deficiency
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Pharmacogenomics
Three types of interindividual ge...,
Enzymes involved in drug metaboli...,
What is the function of butyrylch...
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Anti Anginals
Three types of angina,
What is chronic stable angina cau...,
What is unstable angina caused by...
35
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Respiratory Pharmacology
What is asthma,
How does bradykinin cause an incr...,
Drug used to diagnose asthma
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Respiratory Pharmacology II
What causes failure of asthma man...,
What are the asthma medications f...,
At what point do you add antibiot...
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GI Drugs
What do acid peptic diseases comp...,
Pathologies that causes peptic ul...,
What do peptic disease do to the ...
40
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GI Drugs II
What are neostigmine and bethanec...,
Mechanism and use of erythromycin,
Major categories of anti emetics
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GI Drugs III
Anti tnfalpha drug used for ibd,
Conditions that infliximab is use...,
Adverse effect of infliximab
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NSAIDS
What type of activities do nsaids...,
Mechanism of nsaids,
Difference between cox 1 and cox 2
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Opioid Analgesics
What are the major classes of opi...,
What are opioids action on neurons,
Opioids reduce the release of lar...
40
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Immunopharmacology
Overall effect of glucocorticoid ...,
Mechanism of glucocorticoids in t...,
Uses of glucocorticoids
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Immunopharmacology II
What are the classes of immunosup...,
What are the polyclonal antibodies,
Uses of antithymocite globulin at...
14
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Pain Management
What are the non opioid analgesic...,
Adverse effect of acetaminophen a...,
Opioids for mild to moderate pain
34
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Osteoarthritis Drugs
The drug of choice for osteoarthr...,
What are the drugs for osteoarthr...,
First line for mild to moderate o...
10
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs
What is rheumatoid arthritis,
What is ra driven by,
Classes of drugs used to treat ra
17
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Gout Drugs
The aim of therapy in acute vs ch...,
Drugs used to treat acute gout,
Drugs used to treat chronic gout
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Migraine Drugs
Drugs for acute treatment of migr...,
Drugs taken for mild to moderate ...,
Mechanism of triptans
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Antimicrobials
What is minimal inhibitory concen...,
What is minimal bactericidal grow...,
Compare the mic and mbc in a true...
41
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Antimicrobials II
All cephalosporins are inactive a...,
Explain the activity of the gener...,
What are the first generation cep...
24
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Antimicrobials III
Mechanism of vancomycin,
How are enterococci resistant aga...,
Clinical use of vancomycin
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Antimicrobials IV
Mechanism of chloramphenicol,
What changes causes resistance to...,
Clinical application of chloramph...
32
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Antimicrobials V
What are the sulfonamides,
Mechanism of sulfonamides name them,
What synergistic effect does the ...
24
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Antimycobacterials
First line drug for treatment of tb,
Second line drug for treatment of tb,
Used for treatment of c difficile
25
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Antivirals
What are the antivirals for influ...,
In depth mechanism of neuraminida...,
Which strain of flu do the neuram...
43
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Antiretrovirals
What are the six classes of antir...,
What drugs are used to improve th...,
What does a typical antiretrovira...
39
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Antiparasitics
Symptoms of amebiasis,
Form of entamoeba histolytica and...,
What are mixed antamebics and nam...
48
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Antimalarials
Which form of malaria have two ty...,
Which form of malaria can have an...,
Symptoms of malaria
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Antifungals
What layer do superficial subcuta...,
Antifungals that affect cell memb...,
Antifungal that blocks nucleic ac...
41
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Anticancer Drugs
Most important efflux pump respon...,
Cell cycle specific agents,
What are the cell cycle non speci...
43
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Anticancer Drugs II
What are the alkylating agents,
Mechanism of action of alkylating...,
What is an additional mechanism t...
38
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Anticancer Drugs III
What are the classes of signal tr...,
Inhibitor of egfr erbb1 tyrosine ...,
Monoclonal antibody against egfr ...
13
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Hypothalmic and Pituitary Hormones
Hormones released from the poster...,
Another name for growth hormone,
How does ghrh growth hormone rele...
39
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Hypothalmic and Pituitary Hormones II
What are the gonadotropin analogues,
Hcg mimics what actions,
Main source of menotropins
21
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Adrenocorticoids
Metabolic effects of glucocorticoids,
Catabolic effects of glucocorticoids,
What causes the immunosuppressive...
29
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Gonadal Hormones and Inhibitors
What happens when there is releas...,
What happens with increased dopamine,
Stimulus that causes an increase ...
36
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Gonadal Hormones and Inhibitors II
What are the synthetic androgens,
Importance of 5 alpha reductase,
Function of dht
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Contraceptives
What are the two types of estroge...,
What are the progestins in oral c...,
How do the progestins in oc differ
28
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Drugs Acting on the Uterus
What pharmacological intervention...,
Misoprostol is not fda approved f...,
Ae of prostaglandins
22
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Thyroid and Anti Thyroid Drugs
What are the thyroid hormones,
What are the thyroid hormones use...,
Ae of thyroid hormones
31
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Bone Mineral Homeostasis
What stimulates thyroid gland to ...,
How does pth affect plasma phosphate,
How does calcitonin affect plasma...
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Bone Mineral Homeostasis II
What is cinecalcet,
Use of cincecalcet,
Ae of cincecalcet
17
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Antidiabetic Drugs
What causes insulin secretion,
Mechanism of insulin secretion,
What degrades insulin
38
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Antidiabetic Drugs II
Mechanism of action of sulfonylur...,
What is ae of the first generatio...,
Who is the first generation of su...
41
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Antidiabetic Drugs III
Bile acid sequestrant,
Ae of bile acid sequestrant,
Sglt2 inhibitor
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Antidepressants
What are the maoi inhibitors,
Mechanism of mao inhibitors name ...,
Use of maoi
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Antidepressants II
Patients who present with depress...,
Standard treatment for bipolar di...,
Other treatment for bipolar disorder
13
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Antipyschotics
What are the four dopamine pathwa...,
Explain the mesolimbic and nigros...,
Explain the mesocortical and tube...
32
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Sedative Hypnotics
Classification of sedative hypnot...,
What are the benzodiazepines,
Mechanism of action of benzodiaze...
35
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Anxiety Drugs
First drug of choice for anxiety,
Benzo are good for treating anxie...,
First line for treatment of gener...
14
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Antiparkinson Drugs
Cardinal features of parkinsons,
Principal metabolite of dopamine,
What do the d1 and d2 receptors do
39
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Antiepileptic Drugs
Mechanistically what triggers sei...,
What are the two main classes of ...,
What are the drugs that block na ...
32
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Drugs of Abuse
What do all addictive drugs activate,
What are the drugs of abuse that ...,
Mechanism of action of ethanol
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General Anesthetics
General anesthetics is divided in...,
What are the iv anesthetics and w...,
What drug is usually used in the ...
36
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Local Anesthetics
Type of molecules are local anest...,
Most active form of local anesthe...,
Why are local anesthetics less ef...
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Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
What are neuromuscular blockades,
What are the benzylisoquinolines ...,
Mechanism of action of non depola...
34
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End of Life Care
On the who ladder what is step 1 ...,
On the who ladder what is step 2 ...,
On the who ladder what is step 3 ...
14
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Toxicology
What is cyproheptadine used for a...,
Treatment for opioid poisoning,
Seen with severe acute intoxicati...
26
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Botanicals
Used to reduce symptoms of cold a...,
Effects of echinacea juice,
Ae of echinacea juice
35
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