NURS 5334 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY
TEST 1 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ First-line dx therapy for glaucoma?
Answer: Beta-adrenergic blocking agents
Alpha2-adrenergic agonists
Prostaglandin analogs
⩥ Second-line dx therapy for glaucoma?
Answer: Cholinergic agonists
⩥ How do Beta blocking drugs work in glaucoma?
Answer: Reduce IOP by reducing production of AH
⩥ How do Alpha agonists work in glaucoma?
Answer: Reduce IOP by reducing production of AH and increasing
outflow
⩥ How do Prostaglandins work in glaucoma?
Answer: Reduce IOP by increasing AH outflow
,⩥ Beta blocker drugs for glaucoma
Answer: Betaxolol
Carteolol
Levobunolol
Metipranolol
Timolol
*used for open-angle glaucoma
⩥ Cardioselective beta blockers for asthma patients?
Answer: Betaxolol
Levobetaxolol
⩥ What are the prostaglandin drugs?
Answer: Latanoprost
Travoprost
Bimatoprost
Tafluprost
⩥ 2 approved alpha2-adrenergic agonist drugs for glaucoma?
Answer: Apraclonidine: for short-term therapy
Brimonidine: First line dx for long-term tx
,⩥ How does Pilocarpine work?
Answer: Direct acting cholinergic agonist that causes:
-Miosis
-Contraction of the ciliary muscle
⩥ Pilocarpine used for?
Answer: Second-line dx for open-angle glaucoma
Emergency tx of acute angle-closure glaucoma
⩥ How does Echothiophate work?
Answer: Miosis
Focus lens for near vision
Reduction of IOP
*inhibits breakdown of ACh
⩥ How does Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (CAIs) work?
Answer: reduces IOP by decreasing production of AH
Dorzolamide
Acetazolamide
Methazolamide
, ⩥ Cycloplegics do what?
Answer: Paralyze ciliary muscles
⩥ Mydriatics do what?
Answer: Dilate the pupil
⩥ Cycloplegics and Mydriatics uses
Answer: Adjunct to measurement of refraction
Intraocular examination
Intraocular surgery
Tx of anterior uveitis
⩥ Mast-cell stabilizers MOA (for allergic conjunctivitis)
Answer: Prevent release of inflammatory mediators
⩥ NSAIDs: Ketorolac (Toradol) used for?
Answer: Treatment of allergic conjunctivitis
⩥ Ocular Decongestants MOA
Answer: Decrease redness & edema by activating alpha1-adrenergic
receptors on blood vessels> causing vasoconstriction (not for long term
use)
TEST 1 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ First-line dx therapy for glaucoma?
Answer: Beta-adrenergic blocking agents
Alpha2-adrenergic agonists
Prostaglandin analogs
⩥ Second-line dx therapy for glaucoma?
Answer: Cholinergic agonists
⩥ How do Beta blocking drugs work in glaucoma?
Answer: Reduce IOP by reducing production of AH
⩥ How do Alpha agonists work in glaucoma?
Answer: Reduce IOP by reducing production of AH and increasing
outflow
⩥ How do Prostaglandins work in glaucoma?
Answer: Reduce IOP by increasing AH outflow
,⩥ Beta blocker drugs for glaucoma
Answer: Betaxolol
Carteolol
Levobunolol
Metipranolol
Timolol
*used for open-angle glaucoma
⩥ Cardioselective beta blockers for asthma patients?
Answer: Betaxolol
Levobetaxolol
⩥ What are the prostaglandin drugs?
Answer: Latanoprost
Travoprost
Bimatoprost
Tafluprost
⩥ 2 approved alpha2-adrenergic agonist drugs for glaucoma?
Answer: Apraclonidine: for short-term therapy
Brimonidine: First line dx for long-term tx
,⩥ How does Pilocarpine work?
Answer: Direct acting cholinergic agonist that causes:
-Miosis
-Contraction of the ciliary muscle
⩥ Pilocarpine used for?
Answer: Second-line dx for open-angle glaucoma
Emergency tx of acute angle-closure glaucoma
⩥ How does Echothiophate work?
Answer: Miosis
Focus lens for near vision
Reduction of IOP
*inhibits breakdown of ACh
⩥ How does Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (CAIs) work?
Answer: reduces IOP by decreasing production of AH
Dorzolamide
Acetazolamide
Methazolamide
, ⩥ Cycloplegics do what?
Answer: Paralyze ciliary muscles
⩥ Mydriatics do what?
Answer: Dilate the pupil
⩥ Cycloplegics and Mydriatics uses
Answer: Adjunct to measurement of refraction
Intraocular examination
Intraocular surgery
Tx of anterior uveitis
⩥ Mast-cell stabilizers MOA (for allergic conjunctivitis)
Answer: Prevent release of inflammatory mediators
⩥ NSAIDs: Ketorolac (Toradol) used for?
Answer: Treatment of allergic conjunctivitis
⩥ Ocular Decongestants MOA
Answer: Decrease redness & edema by activating alpha1-adrenergic
receptors on blood vessels> causing vasoconstriction (not for long term
use)
