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2025 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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Key //drugs //that //can //cause //hypothyroidism //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //"I //TALC"
Interferons
Tyrosine //Kinase //Inhibitors
Amiodarone
Lithium
Carbamazepine
Conditions: //Hashimoto's //disease
Levothyroxine //IV:PO //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //0.75:1 //(IV:PO)
Full //replacement //dose //levothyroxine //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //1.6 //mcg/kg/day //(IBW)
If //known //CAD: //start //with //12.5-25 //mcg //daily
Levothyroxine /
/tablet /
/colors //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ //Orangutans //Will //Vomit //On //You //Right //Before //They //Become //Large //Proud //Giants
25 //Orange
50 //White //(no //dye)
75 //Violet
,88 //Olive
100 //Yellow
112 //Rose
125 //Brown
137 //Turquoise
150 //Blue
175 //Lilac
200 //Pink
300 //Green
Drug //induced //causes //of //hyperthyroidism //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Iodine
Amiodarone
Interferons
Radiographic //contrast //media
treatment /
/for /
/thyroid /
/storm //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Antithyroid //(PTU //preferred- //give //1 //hour //before //iodide)
Inorganic //iodide //therapy //(SSKI //or //Lugol's)
Beta //Blocker //(Propranolol)
Systemic //steroid //(dexamethasone)
Aggressive //cooling //(APAP, //cooling //blankets, //supportive //treatments)
Hyperthyroid /
/in /
/pregnancy //- /
/correct /
,/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Hyperthyroidism /
/during /
/pregnancy /
/should /
/be /
/treated /
/with /
/propylthiouracil /
/(PTU) /
/during /
/the /
/first /
/trimester /
/then /
/methimazole /
/during /
/the /
/second /
/and /
/third /
/trimesters. /
/Although /
/methimazole /
/is //
a/
/teratogen, /
/the /
/teratogenic /
/effects /
/are /
/less /
/during /
/the /
/second /
/and /
/third //trimesters, //and //PTU //can //cause //liver //failure, //which //is //why //it //is //substituted //out.
, Cushing's /
/syndrome //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Adrenal /
/gland //produces //too //much //cortisol //or //exogenous //steroids //are //taken //in //doses //higher //than
//normal //amounts //of //endogenous //cortisol
Addison's /
/disease //- /
/correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //a //condition //that //occurs //when //the //adrenal //glands //do //not //produce
//enough /
/cortisol; //Addisonian //crisis //(volume //depletion //and //hypotension, //which //can //be //fatal)
Steroids: /
/least /
/to /
/most /
/potent //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) //✔✔ //(Cute //Hot //Pharmacists //and //Physicians //Marry //Together //& //Deliver //Babies) //
o //Cortisone //(25 //mg): //short //acting
o //Hydrocortisone //(20 //mg): //short //acting
o //Prednisone //(5 //mg): //intermediate //acting
o //Prednisolone //(5 //mg): //intermediate //acting
o //Methylprednisolone //(4 //mg): //intermediate //acting
o //Triamcinolone //(4 //mg): //intermediate //acting
o //Dexamethasone //(0.75 //mg): //long //acting, //highest //potency
o //Betamethasone //(0.6 //mg): //long //acting, //highest //potency
2025 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
Key //drugs //that //can //cause //hypothyroidism //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //"I //TALC"
Interferons
Tyrosine //Kinase //Inhibitors
Amiodarone
Lithium
Carbamazepine
Conditions: //Hashimoto's //disease
Levothyroxine //IV:PO //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //0.75:1 //(IV:PO)
Full //replacement //dose //levothyroxine //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //1.6 //mcg/kg/day //(IBW)
If //known //CAD: //start //with //12.5-25 //mcg //daily
Levothyroxine /
/tablet /
/colors //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ //Orangutans //Will //Vomit //On //You //Right //Before //They //Become //Large //Proud //Giants
25 //Orange
50 //White //(no //dye)
75 //Violet
,88 //Olive
100 //Yellow
112 //Rose
125 //Brown
137 //Turquoise
150 //Blue
175 //Lilac
200 //Pink
300 //Green
Drug //induced //causes //of //hyperthyroidism //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Iodine
Amiodarone
Interferons
Radiographic //contrast //media
treatment /
/for /
/thyroid /
/storm //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Antithyroid //(PTU //preferred- //give //1 //hour //before //iodide)
Inorganic //iodide //therapy //(SSKI //or //Lugol's)
Beta //Blocker //(Propranolol)
Systemic //steroid //(dexamethasone)
Aggressive //cooling //(APAP, //cooling //blankets, //supportive //treatments)
Hyperthyroid /
/in /
/pregnancy //- /
/correct /
,/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Hyperthyroidism /
/during /
/pregnancy /
/should /
/be /
/treated /
/with /
/propylthiouracil /
/(PTU) /
/during /
/the /
/first /
/trimester /
/then /
/methimazole /
/during /
/the /
/second /
/and /
/third /
/trimesters. /
/Although /
/methimazole /
/is //
a/
/teratogen, /
/the /
/teratogenic /
/effects /
/are /
/less /
/during /
/the /
/second /
/and /
/third //trimesters, //and //PTU //can //cause //liver //failure, //which //is //why //it //is //substituted //out.
, Cushing's /
/syndrome //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) /
/✔✔ /
/Adrenal /
/gland //produces //too //much //cortisol //or //exogenous //steroids //are //taken //in //doses //higher //than
//normal //amounts //of //endogenous //cortisol
Addison's /
/disease //- /
/correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //a //condition //that //occurs //when //the //adrenal //glands //do //not //produce
//enough /
/cortisol; //Addisonian //crisis //(volume //depletion //and //hypotension, //which //can //be //fatal)
Steroids: /
/least /
/to /
/most /
/potent //- /
/correct /
/answer(s) //✔✔ //(Cute //Hot //Pharmacists //and //Physicians //Marry //Together //& //Deliver //Babies) //
o //Cortisone //(25 //mg): //short //acting
o //Hydrocortisone //(20 //mg): //short //acting
o //Prednisone //(5 //mg): //intermediate //acting
o //Prednisolone //(5 //mg): //intermediate //acting
o //Methylprednisolone //(4 //mg): //intermediate //acting
o //Triamcinolone //(4 //mg): //intermediate //acting
o //Dexamethasone //(0.75 //mg): //long //acting, //highest //potency
o //Betamethasone //(0.6 //mg): //long //acting, //highest //potency
