Comprehensive Healthcare - Pharmacotherapy Practice EXAM
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Which drug may decrease serum theophylline concentrations?
A. Clarithromycin
B. Hydrochlorothiazide
C. Cimetidine
D. Rifampin
E. Losartan
D. Rifampin (Clarithromycin and cimetidine are well documented to increase serum concentrations.)
Gynecomastia is an adverse effect of which of the following medications?
A. Spironolactone
B. Eplerenone
C. Lisinopril
D. Bumetanide
E. Hydralazine
A. Spironolactone
A 40 year old patient with a long history of Crohn’s disease presents with a macrocytic anemia and
complains of extreme fatigue. He denies any neurologic symptoms. His methylmalonic acid
concentration is normal but his homocysteine concentration is elevated.
The patient was receiving the following medications at home prior to his hospitalization. Which
medication would be most likely to result in his anemia?
,A. Prednisone
B. Ferrous gluconate
C. Sulfasalazine
D. Sertraline
C. Sulfasalazine
A patient on hemodialysis receiving epoetin alfa 6000 Units SC once per week is being converted to
darbepoetin alfa. What is the appropriate SC dose and frequency of darbepoetin alfa? Assume the
hemoglobin level is at the target and has been stable.
A. 40 mcg once every two weeks
B. 40 mcg once per week
C. 25 mcg once every two weeks
D. 25 mcg once per week
E. 25 mcg once per month
A. 40 mcg once every two weeks
R. C.’s chemotherapy is being used after a definitive therapy, surgery, in a tumor that is completely
resectable. This type of cancer chemotherapy is called which of the following?
A. Palliative
B. Survival extending
C. Salvage
D. Curative
,E. Adjuvant
E. Adjuvant
Insulin dosing is adjusted based on which of the following parameters:
I. Liver function test results
II. Dietary intake
III. Physical activity/exercise
IV. Blood glucose levels
V. Ophthalmic examinations
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. II, III and IV only
E. I, II, and IV only
D. II, III and IV only
Which of the following are herapeutic uses for Xifaxan?
A. Traveler’s diarrhea
B. Hepatic encephalopathy prophylaxis
C. Tuberculosis
D. A and B only
, E. A and C only
D. A and B only
A single-dose study is conducted comparing an oral immediate-release 100 mg tablet to a 200 mg
controlled-release capsule. The immediate-release tablet is normally administered four times a day,
and the sustained-release capsule is designed for bid dosing. As the manufacturer of the 200 mg
controlled-release capsule, you would expect which of the following results (assuming identical extent
of bioavailability F)?
A. The capsule has the same Cmax and AUC as the tablet
B. The capsule has a lower AUC
C. The capsule exhibits a tmax that is greater than that of the tablet.
D. The tablet has a longer terminal half-life than the capsule
E. The capsule is more rapidly absorbed
C. The capsule exhibits a tmax that is greater than that of the tablet.
In a patient with intermittent asthma and a myocardial infarction, which β-blocker is most
appropriate?
A. Carvedilol
B. Timolol
C. Propranolol
D. Atenolol
E. Labetalol
D. Atenolol (and metoprolol succinate)
LATEST 200 QUESTIONS AND 100% Verified ANSWERS
Which drug may decrease serum theophylline concentrations?
A. Clarithromycin
B. Hydrochlorothiazide
C. Cimetidine
D. Rifampin
E. Losartan
D. Rifampin (Clarithromycin and cimetidine are well documented to increase serum concentrations.)
Gynecomastia is an adverse effect of which of the following medications?
A. Spironolactone
B. Eplerenone
C. Lisinopril
D. Bumetanide
E. Hydralazine
A. Spironolactone
A 40 year old patient with a long history of Crohn’s disease presents with a macrocytic anemia and
complains of extreme fatigue. He denies any neurologic symptoms. His methylmalonic acid
concentration is normal but his homocysteine concentration is elevated.
The patient was receiving the following medications at home prior to his hospitalization. Which
medication would be most likely to result in his anemia?
,A. Prednisone
B. Ferrous gluconate
C. Sulfasalazine
D. Sertraline
C. Sulfasalazine
A patient on hemodialysis receiving epoetin alfa 6000 Units SC once per week is being converted to
darbepoetin alfa. What is the appropriate SC dose and frequency of darbepoetin alfa? Assume the
hemoglobin level is at the target and has been stable.
A. 40 mcg once every two weeks
B. 40 mcg once per week
C. 25 mcg once every two weeks
D. 25 mcg once per week
E. 25 mcg once per month
A. 40 mcg once every two weeks
R. C.’s chemotherapy is being used after a definitive therapy, surgery, in a tumor that is completely
resectable. This type of cancer chemotherapy is called which of the following?
A. Palliative
B. Survival extending
C. Salvage
D. Curative
,E. Adjuvant
E. Adjuvant
Insulin dosing is adjusted based on which of the following parameters:
I. Liver function test results
II. Dietary intake
III. Physical activity/exercise
IV. Blood glucose levels
V. Ophthalmic examinations
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. II, III and IV only
E. I, II, and IV only
D. II, III and IV only
Which of the following are herapeutic uses for Xifaxan?
A. Traveler’s diarrhea
B. Hepatic encephalopathy prophylaxis
C. Tuberculosis
D. A and B only
, E. A and C only
D. A and B only
A single-dose study is conducted comparing an oral immediate-release 100 mg tablet to a 200 mg
controlled-release capsule. The immediate-release tablet is normally administered four times a day,
and the sustained-release capsule is designed for bid dosing. As the manufacturer of the 200 mg
controlled-release capsule, you would expect which of the following results (assuming identical extent
of bioavailability F)?
A. The capsule has the same Cmax and AUC as the tablet
B. The capsule has a lower AUC
C. The capsule exhibits a tmax that is greater than that of the tablet.
D. The tablet has a longer terminal half-life than the capsule
E. The capsule is more rapidly absorbed
C. The capsule exhibits a tmax that is greater than that of the tablet.
In a patient with intermittent asthma and a myocardial infarction, which β-blocker is most
appropriate?
A. Carvedilol
B. Timolol
C. Propranolol
D. Atenolol
E. Labetalol
D. Atenolol (and metoprolol succinate)
