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Pharmacology: Drugs Used In Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders
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Pharmacology: Drugs Used In Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders
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1. Which of the following is the most potent vasodilator discovered to date and is found in high concentration in the thyroid?
2. All of the following agents are considered close to ideal laxatives except
3. A 55-year-old woman with insulindependent diabetes of 40 years’ duration complains of severe bloating and abdominal distress, especially after meals. Evaluation is consistent with diabetic gastroparesis. The drug you would be most likely to recommend is
4. This agent is the drug of choice in severe amebic disease and for hepatic abscess. It is activated to toxic intermediates by the pyruvate – ferredoxin oxidoreductase enzyme system present in the parasite.
5. Which of the following is an appropriate non-pharmacologic recommendation for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)?
6. Which of the following statements adequately describes bulk-forming laxaties?
7. Dietary supplementation with DHEA is best documented to have therapeutic value in the treatment of
8. A patient who must take verapamil for hypertension and angina has become severely constipated. Which of the following drugs would be most suitable as a cathartic?
9. Which of the following products should not be used to replenish lost fluids from acute diarrhea?
10. A patient with Zollinger–Ellison syndrome has been receiving high doses of cimetidine for 7 weeks. A frequent adverse effect of cimetidine is
11. Which of the following organisms has been implicated as a possible cause of chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer disease?
12. Which of the following is most effective in the treatment of peptic ulcer disease?
13. As part of a comprehensive management strategy to treat peptic ulcer disease, patients should be encouraged to do all of the following except
14. Which of the following statements concerning traveler’s diarrhea (TD) is true?
15. A patient is broght to the emergency room suffering from nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. He has muscle weakness, which seems to be progressing downward from the head and neck. The patient has difficulty talking clearly and has ptosis and ophthalmoplegia. The most likely cause of these symptoms is
16. All of the following statements about stool softeners are true except
17. Which of the following statements about adsorbent drugs used for diarrhea is true?
18. Which one of the following antibodies has the longest half-life?
19. Metronidazole is least likely to be effective in the treatment of
20. Cardiac arrhythmias have occurred when this drug was used by patients taking the gastrointestinal promotility agent cisapride
21. On your way to an examination you experience that vulnerable feeling that an attack of diarrhea is imminent. If you stopped at a drugstore, you could buy this antidiarrheal drug without a prescription even though it is related chemically to the strong opioid – analgesic meperidine
22. Which of the following statements concerning traveler’s diarrhea (TD) is true?
23. Which one of the following drugs has resulted in severe hematotoxicity when administered to a patient being treated with azathioprine?
24. All of the following vasoconstrictors are deemed safe and effective for the temporary relief of itching and swelling except
25. Which of the following–if given intravenously–will cause increased gastrointestinal motility and diarrhea?

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