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Administration of Drug X alone causes an increase in blood pressure but in someone
pretreated with phenoxybenzamine, no change in blood pressure occurs. Drug X is
probably a drug similar to?



A) Acetylcholine
B) Norepinephrine
C) Phenylephrine
D) Nicotine


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C) Phenylephrine




The most potent drug is always the most efficacious.


A) True

,B) False


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B) False




A competitive antagonist:


A) increases the potency and efficacy of an agonist
B) reduces the potency and efficacy of an agonist
C) increases the efficacy of an agonist, without affecting the potency
D) reduces the potency of an agonist, without affecting the efficacy


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D) reduces the potency of an agonist, without affecting the efficacy




Which one of the following is an expected effect of a therapeutic dose of
pilocarpine?


A) Decreased DAG in intestinal smooth muscle
B) Decreased EDRF release from endothelial cells that line blood vessels
C) Increased cAMP in cells of the salivary gland
D) Decreased cAMP in cardiac muscle


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D) Decreased cAMP in cardiac muscle

,Which one of the following statements is TRUE?


A) Echothiophate is a direct agonist at nicotinic receptors
B) Phenylephrine will dilate the pupil and increase blood pressure
C) Butoxamine can be used to treat hypertension
D) Clonidine administration will dilate blood vessels and increase heart rate


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Phenylephrine




Administration of drug X alone causes an increased in blood pressure but in someone
pretreated with propranolol no change in blood pressure occurs. Drug X is probably
a drug similar to?


A) Dobutamine
B) Atropine
C) Muscarine
D) Pilocarpine


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A) Dobutamine




Which of the following effects of nicotine would be blocked by trimethaphan but not
atropine?



A) Constriction of the pupil
B) Decreased gastrointestinal motility
C) Bronchoconstriction

, D) Contraction of vascular smooth muscle in blood vessels supplying the organs and
skin


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d???




Drug X is a weak acid with a pKa of 4. In an environment with a pH of 2 the ratio of
ionized to un-ionized drug molecules (ionized:un-ionized) will be:


A) 100:1
B) 10:1
C) 1:10
D) 1:100
E) 1:1,000


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D) 1:100




Isoproterenol will ________________ heart rate and a drug that can block this action is
_____________


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increase, propranolol




Administration of Drug X alone causes an increase in blood pressure but in someone
pretreated with metoprolol no change in blood pressure occurs. Drug X is probably a

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