HTHS 2240 FINAL EXAM 6 TEST
QUESTIONS WITH ALL ACCURATE
ANSWERS (2025-2026) EDITION.
Sedative hypnotics: - Answer include drugs as varied as those found in chamomile tea, to
alcohol, to potent IV anesthetics
Which of the drugs classes below is not used to treat a seizure? - Answer opioids like
morphine
Lithium: - Answer is used to treat bipolar disorder
Ambien is the most popular prescription drug for insomnia in the United States. Which of the
following drugs is rarely used nowadays to induce sleep? - Answer secobarbital (Seconal)
Select the drug-pair in which each drug is used to treat the same type of mental illness. -
Answer Thorazine and Risperdal
Ritalin was the first stimulant drug used to treat ADHD. Which of the following was a drawback
of the original form of that drug? - Answer a dose had to be taken at breakfast lunch and
dinner, it only lasted 4 hours, a dose had to be left at school for the child to take
Which of the following are symptoms of psychosis? - Answer loss of touch with reality
Which of the following types of drugs is used to treat a seizure? - Answer benzodiazepines
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is treated with: - Answer antidepressants, antianxiety
drugs, and possibly atypical antipsychotics
The action of the drug mifepristone (Mifeprex) is the same as: - Answer a medical abortion
procaine penicillin (Bicillin - intramuscular), for treating the "great imitator" - Answer syphilis
, clotrimazole - Answer an uncomplicated vaginal yeast infection
famcyclovir - Answer genital herpes
HPV vaccine - Answer genital warts
cranberry juice - Answer an OTC remedy for treating UTI's
The drug Viagra (sildenafil) is used to treat: - Answer ED
Which of the following drugs is matched correctly with the disease/condition it is meant to
treat? - Answer an anticholinergic drug like Ditropan can help relieve an overactive bladder
Which barbiturate is still occasionally used today to rapidly induce general anesthesia? - Answer
thiopental (Pentothal)
Sulfonylurea - Answer glyburide
Alpha Glucosidase Inhibitor - Answer inhibits breakdown of carbs in gut
Thiazolidinedione - Answer PPAR agonist
Insulin - Answer facilitates glucose entry into cells
Biguanides - Answer metformin
Levothyroxine - Answer treats hypothyroidism
Propylthiouracil - Answer treats hyperthyroidism
The first drug used as a local anesthetic is now a scheduled II drug that also happens to have
QUESTIONS WITH ALL ACCURATE
ANSWERS (2025-2026) EDITION.
Sedative hypnotics: - Answer include drugs as varied as those found in chamomile tea, to
alcohol, to potent IV anesthetics
Which of the drugs classes below is not used to treat a seizure? - Answer opioids like
morphine
Lithium: - Answer is used to treat bipolar disorder
Ambien is the most popular prescription drug for insomnia in the United States. Which of the
following drugs is rarely used nowadays to induce sleep? - Answer secobarbital (Seconal)
Select the drug-pair in which each drug is used to treat the same type of mental illness. -
Answer Thorazine and Risperdal
Ritalin was the first stimulant drug used to treat ADHD. Which of the following was a drawback
of the original form of that drug? - Answer a dose had to be taken at breakfast lunch and
dinner, it only lasted 4 hours, a dose had to be left at school for the child to take
Which of the following are symptoms of psychosis? - Answer loss of touch with reality
Which of the following types of drugs is used to treat a seizure? - Answer benzodiazepines
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is treated with: - Answer antidepressants, antianxiety
drugs, and possibly atypical antipsychotics
The action of the drug mifepristone (Mifeprex) is the same as: - Answer a medical abortion
procaine penicillin (Bicillin - intramuscular), for treating the "great imitator" - Answer syphilis
, clotrimazole - Answer an uncomplicated vaginal yeast infection
famcyclovir - Answer genital herpes
HPV vaccine - Answer genital warts
cranberry juice - Answer an OTC remedy for treating UTI's
The drug Viagra (sildenafil) is used to treat: - Answer ED
Which of the following drugs is matched correctly with the disease/condition it is meant to
treat? - Answer an anticholinergic drug like Ditropan can help relieve an overactive bladder
Which barbiturate is still occasionally used today to rapidly induce general anesthesia? - Answer
thiopental (Pentothal)
Sulfonylurea - Answer glyburide
Alpha Glucosidase Inhibitor - Answer inhibits breakdown of carbs in gut
Thiazolidinedione - Answer PPAR agonist
Insulin - Answer facilitates glucose entry into cells
Biguanides - Answer metformin
Levothyroxine - Answer treats hypothyroidism
Propylthiouracil - Answer treats hyperthyroidism
The first drug used as a local anesthetic is now a scheduled II drug that also happens to have
