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Pharmacology: Antihyperlipedemic Agents
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Pharmacology: Antihyperlipedemic Agents
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1. Probucol
2. Which hypolipidemic drug has been used to control and prevent pancreatitis in familial hypertriglyceridemia?
3. The rare but characteristic adverse effect of HMGCoA reductase inhibitors is
4. Combined therapy with dipyridamole and warfarin is recommended in subjects with the following
5. Cholestyramine resin
6. Choose the correct statement about lovastatin
7. The rare but characteristic adverse effect of HMGCoA reductase inhibitors is
8. Nicotinic acid
9. Select the most appropriate hypolipidemic drug for a patient with raised LDLcholesterol level but normal triglyceride level
10. Which hypolipidemic drug has been used to control and prevent pancreatitis in familial hypertriglyceridemia?
11. In a 50-year-old male without any other coronary artery disease risk factor, hypocholesterolemic drugs are recommended only when the serum LDL cholesterol level is higher than
12. Choose the drug which has a direct effect on platelet membrane to inhibit aggregation, release reaction and to improve platelet survival in extra-corporeal circulation
13. What is true of nicotinic acid as well as nicotinamide?
14. A patient with coronary artery disease has raised serum triglyceride (600 mg/ dl) but normal total cholesterol level (150 mg/dl). Which hypolipidemic drug should be prescribed
15. High molecular weight, pharmacodynamically inert, nonantigenic substances which form colloidal solution are used as
16. Inhibition of thromboxane synthesis by aspirin in platelets lasts for 5–7 days because
17. Nicotinic acid
18. Choose the drug which has a direct effect on platelet membrane to inhibit aggregation, release reaction and to improve platelet survival in extra-corporeal circulation