PHARMACOLOGY VIVA (020 CLASS)
Outline treatment of peptic ulcer
Outline of treatment of Epilepsy
What is status epilepticus and how would u manage it
List the fat soluble vitamins. Which one of them has a relation to
clotting factors and how?
Adverse effects of tetracycline
Why don't you give tetracycline to pregnant women?
Drugs used in treatment of amoebiasis?
Mechanism of action of metronidazole
Mechanism of action of paramomycin
What is bioavailability?
Factors affecting drug absorption
Mechanism of action of methylxanthines
Explain first pass metabolism
What is half life?
What is proprietary and non-proprietary name with examples?
What is DOTs?
Antitubercular drugs
Drugs used in Parkinsonism
Full meaning of l-dopa
Explain the interaction between mdm2/p53
Mention anticancer drugs with associated side effects
Classify barbiturates
Classify benzodiazepines
Talk about about direct acting cholinomimimetics
Talk about pseudocholinesterases and their uses
oximes and reasons for them.
What class of drug is chlopramazine
Classify Helminths of clinical importance and drug of choice for each
class
What is drug resistance and classify drug resistance and how do u
prevent it
3 examples of conditions were u use combination therapy
Combination therapy of antihypertensive, heart failure and drugs,
diuretics and it's classes,
What is ACT? And common combinations
Calcium channel blockers classifications and applications ,
Classify skeletal muscle relaxants and how they function ,
pharmacology of digioxin,and side effects
Meaning of HAART, HIV treatment in pregnancy,
Define bioassay with example, what do you search out for in phase 4
of clinical trial
5 non receptor acting drugs.
Examples of cholinomimetics., 5anticholinergics n their therapeutic use.
Action of pilocarpine and atropine on the eyes.
Functions of aspirin.
Beta lactam drug, penicillin and all about it
Examples of Aminoglycosides , mechanism of action indication, and
adverse effects
examples ofBeta lactamase inhibitor
What is the active ingredient in cola nut? And what is the mechanism of
action?
AntiCholinesterases and their Indication
Antiarrhythmic drugs
Another name for flagil and Adverse effect of chloroamphenicol
Why are cytotoxics given in cycles?
-Why is cyclophosphamide the cornerstone in cancer therapeutics
-Paracetamol poisoning, antidotes, dosage, route of administration
Examples of Anti diabetic drugs
. What are the major side effects of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin,
vincristine and 5flucytosine?
What is a placebo?
List the drugs used for heart failure
Mechanism of action of ACE inhibitors and adverse effects
What do you do if you want to prevent cough but still achieve the
desired effect in a heart failure patient who is on ACEI?
Clotrimoxazole and mechanism of action
What is IPT and when is it given
What is mechanism of action of streptomycin
What is mechanism of action of pyrimethamine
Examples of H2 receptor blockers
Action of atropine effect in the eye
Discuss the classes of amoebicides and the drugs used in each category.
*Classify epilepsy and the drugs used in each category.
*Principle of treatment of Parkinsonism.
Bronchodilators
Other drugs involved in treatment of Asthma
Define Half-life, Clearance
Which of them are miotics or mydratics~~~ Cocaine, Atropine,
Acetylcholine
State the mechanism of actions of the following drugs:
Tetracyclines, Chloramphenicol, Penicillin, Adrenaline
Carbapenem, Macrolides, Aminoglycosides, Linezolid ,Pyrantel
pamoate
Mention 4 general anaesthetics
What is Insulin secretagogue?,mention them with egs
What's the mechanism of Insulin secretion?
Mechanism of action of sulfonyurea aand examples..
Why is Metformin preferred over other antidiabetic drugs and its side
effects
Synthesis of noradrenaline and its inhibitors
Drugs that act like guanethidine
Carbidopa; it's administration with L-dopa and why
Action of reserpine
Classify antihypertensives, mode of action of each class with examples
Which diuretic is preferred in hypertension and which is preferred in
heart failure
Side effects of minoxidil and the drugs given with it to prevent those
side effects
Septrin and Sinemet are popular drugs , name the individual drug
combinations in each.
