GGG Autonomic Vocabulary Pharm Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers
Which of the following drugs is a direct-acting muscarinic-cholinergic receptor
agonist?
a. atropine
b. bethanechol
c. edrophonium
d. isoproterenol
e. trimethaphan Ans: bethanechol
Which of the following drugs is a direct-acting muscarinic -cholinergic-receptor
agonist?
a. atropine
b. edrophonium
c. isoproterenol
d. pilocarpine
e. trimethaphan Ans: pilocarpine
Which of the following drugs is a direct-acting muscarinic-cholinergic-receptor agonist?
,a. cevimeline
b. edrophonium
c. epinephrine
d. trimethaphan
e. verenicline Ans: cevimeline
Which of the following drugs is a direct-acting muscarinic and nicotinic-cholinergic-
receptor agonist?
a. albuterol
b. atropine
c. bethanechol
d. carbachol
e. dobutamine Ans: carbachol
Which drug increases acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction by preventing its
breakdown by acetylcholinesterase?
a. Cevimeline
b. Neostigmine
c. Prazosin
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,d. Propranolol
e. Trimethaphan Ans: Neostigmine
Which drug increases acetylcholine at neuronal and the neuromuscular junction by
preventing its breakdown by acetylcholinesterase?
a. Cevimeline
b. Prazosin
c. Propranolol
d. Tacrine
e. Trimethaphan Ans: Tacrine
Which drug increases acetylcholine at neuronal and the neuromuscular junction by
preventing its breakdown by acetylcholinesterase?
a. Atropine
b. Cevimeline
c. Edrophonium
d. Prazosin
e. Trimethaphan Ans: Edrophonium
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, Which drug increases acetylcholine at neuronal and the neuromuscular junction by
preventing its breakdown by acetylcholinesterase?
a. Cevimeline
b. Physostigmine
c. Pralidoxime (2-PAM)
d. Propranolol
e. Trimethaphan Ans: Physostigmine
Which drug increases acetylcholine at mainly the peripheral cholinergic junctions by
preventing its breakdown by acetylcholinesterase?
a. Bethanechol
b. Mecamylamine
c. Phenoxybenzamine
d. Neostigmine
e. Propranolol Ans: Neostigmine
Which of the following drugs can pass through the blood-brain-barrier (i.e. it is a
tertiary amine)?
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Which of the following drugs is a direct-acting muscarinic-cholinergic receptor
agonist?
a. atropine
b. bethanechol
c. edrophonium
d. isoproterenol
e. trimethaphan Ans: bethanechol
Which of the following drugs is a direct-acting muscarinic -cholinergic-receptor
agonist?
a. atropine
b. edrophonium
c. isoproterenol
d. pilocarpine
e. trimethaphan Ans: pilocarpine
Which of the following drugs is a direct-acting muscarinic-cholinergic-receptor agonist?
,a. cevimeline
b. edrophonium
c. epinephrine
d. trimethaphan
e. verenicline Ans: cevimeline
Which of the following drugs is a direct-acting muscarinic and nicotinic-cholinergic-
receptor agonist?
a. albuterol
b. atropine
c. bethanechol
d. carbachol
e. dobutamine Ans: carbachol
Which drug increases acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction by preventing its
breakdown by acetylcholinesterase?
a. Cevimeline
b. Neostigmine
c. Prazosin
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,d. Propranolol
e. Trimethaphan Ans: Neostigmine
Which drug increases acetylcholine at neuronal and the neuromuscular junction by
preventing its breakdown by acetylcholinesterase?
a. Cevimeline
b. Prazosin
c. Propranolol
d. Tacrine
e. Trimethaphan Ans: Tacrine
Which drug increases acetylcholine at neuronal and the neuromuscular junction by
preventing its breakdown by acetylcholinesterase?
a. Atropine
b. Cevimeline
c. Edrophonium
d. Prazosin
e. Trimethaphan Ans: Edrophonium
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, Which drug increases acetylcholine at neuronal and the neuromuscular junction by
preventing its breakdown by acetylcholinesterase?
a. Cevimeline
b. Physostigmine
c. Pralidoxime (2-PAM)
d. Propranolol
e. Trimethaphan Ans: Physostigmine
Which drug increases acetylcholine at mainly the peripheral cholinergic junctions by
preventing its breakdown by acetylcholinesterase?
a. Bethanechol
b. Mecamylamine
c. Phenoxybenzamine
d. Neostigmine
e. Propranolol Ans: Neostigmine
Which of the following drugs can pass through the blood-brain-barrier (i.e. it is a
tertiary amine)?
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