BIOL MISC Collection Exam Questions With Correct Answers (Verified New Update 2023/2024)

BIOL MISC Collection Exam Questions With Correct Answers (Verified New Update 2023/2024). Patient Taking metformin now pregnant, she did not see physician yet to switch insulin, what pharmacist do? a. Stop immediately and go to the doctor as soon as you can to change to insulin b. Continue metformin until you go to the doctor to get insulin c. Call the doctor to tell him that she can’t take metformin According to Misbah. Metformin is contraindicated in pregnancy. In pregnant women (excluding T1DM) who cannot take insulin, it may be reasonable to consider glyburide or metformin, recognizing that use of either agent is off-label  Patient is travelling , what advice NOT to give him a. If travelling by plane, don’t drink a lot of water b. Don’t drink from tap water c. Don’t eat vegetables and green salad  Structure of omega 3 fatty acid  3 double bonds and –cooh group  Structure of allopurinol  enzyme is xanthine oxide  Structure of bisphosphate, related to a. Pyrophosphate b. ATP c. Collagen d. ATP e. ADP  What is true about protecting from skin cancer and sun block a. SPF 15 or greater b. It protects you from UVB and UVA UVB radiation plays a key role in skin cancer, and SPF refers mainly to the amount of UVB protection a sunscreen offers. Thus, higher SPFs can help: An SPF 15 sunscreen blocks 93 percent of UVB radiation, while an SPF 30 sunscreen blocks nearly 97 percent.  In acne , why would you put clindamycin and benzyl alcohol together a. For sensitive skin b. For bacterial resistance Benzoyl peroxide has an antibacterial effect. It also has a mild drying effect that allows excess oil and dirt to be washed away. Clindamycin is an antibiotic that prevents bacteria from growing on the skin. Benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin topical (for the skin) is a combination medicine used to treat acne.The most common adverse events were dry skin, peeling, erythema and rash; however, adverse event-caused treatment discontinuation rates. Patient case he is over 60 yrs. and he wants to improve his sexual life, he has erectile dysfunction and angina and he take Nitroglycerin (but hasn’t taken it for 4 month) which drug causes his ED: a. ACE inhibitors b. Metoprolol c. Beta blockers d. statins Beta blockers are supposed to cause erectile dysfunction.  What do you think is causing his erectile dysfunction  metoprolol  What should be a concern for the pharmacist if he takes taladinfil  nitrates Fatal hypotension  Why would taladinfil be better than other agents in this class a. It will cause spontaneous erection b. It could be taken with grapefruit c. It enables him multiple partner Tadalafil has a longer duration of action than Sildenafil, and can remain in the body for up to 36 hours. This has earned it the reputation of “The Weekend Pill”. This benefits you because you don’t need to pre-plan your dosage close to any expected sexual activity, but instead can utilise its effects up to 12, and sometimes 36 hours after taking it.  What is rate determining in the erodible matrix tablet a. Something about the Polymer b. Something about Solubility A simplest and most widely used method of controlling drug delivery is by incorporating drug in the polymer matrix. Thus, drug dissolution and drug diffusion through the polymer are important phenomena in controlling the release characteristics of the formulation.  Mechanism of action of Quetipine a. 5HT 1a and less dopamine b. 5HT 2a and less dopamine c. Dopamine only  Zoplicon Case! how long can a patient take Zoplicon a. 10 days b. 30 days c. 90 days d. 60 days e. 120 days The dosage subsequently may be increased to 7.5 mg. Treatment with zopiclone should be as short as possible. Generally the duration of treatment varies from a few days to two weeks with a maximum, including the tapering off, of four weeks.  Someone just initiated treatment for depression how long should he stay on it a. 1 year b. 6 months  Women with migraine taking ibuprofen and now its not working what you should give her a. Naproxen b. Triptan c. Acetaminophen First line treatment for migraine  A taxi driver came to you with a prescription of sumatriptan for his migraine and you know that it may cause dizziness, what is the most appropriate action to be done? a) Call the physician to explain to him your fears from side effect of the medication b) Refuse to dispense the prescription c) Dispense the medication and give the patient a verbal counsel about the side effect of the medication d) Dispense the medication and give the patient a printed copy of the side effect of the medication  Nurse patient coming in with a prescription of Zoster vaccine. He never had chicken box before, he never took varicella vaccine before, didn’t do any test to check if he has the Antibodies. ( he is in a province where pharmacist can order lab tests) a. Dispense the vaccine normally and give it to him b. Give him the varicella vaccine before the zoster vaccine c. Ode d. r a test to see if he is immune to the disease e. Tell him he is young to the vaccine ( he was younger than 60 years old)  Question about a study where all pharmacists took a questionnaire to see their opinion about (something ) a. Case study b. Cross sectional c. Delphi analysis d. Longitudinal study C. The Delphi method is a forecasting method based on the results of questionnaires sent to a panel of experts. Several rounds of questionnaires are sent out, and the anonymous responses are aggregated and shared with the group after each round. The experts are allowed to adjust their answers in subsequent rounds.  People in a gathering all got food poisoning , what is the bacteria that caused it a. C. perfinges b. Fragilis c. (No salmonella , shigella, e. coli in choices) A. C perfinges causes food poisoning. Bacteroid fragilis is associated with bacteremia, abscess formation etc.  UTI with pseudomonas aureginosa treatment a. Ciprofloxacin  Which have no activity against Pseudomonas aureginosa: a. Cefazolin b. Cefipim c. Ceftazidem d. Ciprofloxacin e. Pipracillin / tazobactam First generation cephalosporins are only effective against gram positive bacteria. Whereas P auroginosa is a gram negative bacteria.