Exercise # 2 Correct Answers

 Answers of Exercise # 2

Rxreview Activity

11-What is Sciatic nerve?

A-It passes through buttock and thighs down to foot

B- It passes through neck up to brain

C- It passes through abdomen to waist

D- It passes through neck down to chest

E- It passes through chest to left arm

Ans-A

12-A patient is receiving hepatitis B vaccine, this should also protect?

A-Hepatitis A

B-Hepatitis C

C-Hepatitis D

D-Hepatitis E

E-All types of hepatitis

Ans-C

13-Which of the followings is Not used to treat Acute Gout Attack?

A-Naproxen

B-Colchicine

C-Prednisone

D-Indomethacin

E-Probenecid

Ans-E

14-A patient brings you a prescription for 16 mEq KCl. Your pharmacy has 600 mg KCl (MW

74.5) controlled release tablets. How many tablets are needed for this patient?

a) 0.5 tablets

b) 1 tablets

c) 2 tablets

d) 4 tablets

e) 5 tablets

Ans: C

Working: use the formula MEq = (mg x valence)/(molecular weight)

)Each tablets contains: (600 x 1) / (74.5) = 8.054 mEq

Patient needs 16 mEq = 2 tablets

15-Which of the following drugs shows teratogenecity?

I-Methotrexate

II-Isotretinoin

III-Acyclovir

A-I only

B-III only

C-I and II only

D-II and III only

E-All of the above

Ans-C

16. The recommended dose of Pentobarbital Na injection in children is 4mg/kg IM. How many

ampuls of Pentobarbital Na injection (each ampul= 100mg/2cc) are required in a child

weighing 50Ibs?

A. 5

B. 3

C. 1

D. 4

E. 10

Ans-C

50Ibs  22.72kg

4mg/kg IM 22.72 X 4 = 90.9mg (total dose)

No. of ampuls = 90.9/100 = 1

17-In a busy pharmacy, an old patient is standing in the long line to pick up his prescription. He

is very sick and can barely stand on his own. The pharmacist asks him to approach first and get

his prescription immediately. What ethical principal is practiced?

A-Veracity

B-Autonomy

C-Justice

D-Beneficence

E-Honesty

Ans-D

18-In the previous question (Question No.17), which ethical principal is violated?

A-Veracity

B-Autonomy

C-Justice

D-Beneficence

E-Honesty

Ans-C

19-Which of the followings most closely describes the clearnace rate of drug that is infused at

rate of 4 mg/min and produces a steady state concentratin of 6 mg/L in plasma.

A-1,200 ml/min

B-667 ml/min

C-300 ml/min

D-132 ml/min

E-67 ml/min

Ans-B

Working:

At steady state the exretion rate = infusion rate

Clearance (ml/min) = excretion rate (mg/ml)

Plasma concentration (mg/ml)

6 mg/L = 0.006 mg/ml

1000

4 = 667 ml/min

0.006

20-In case of sports injuries, which is Not recommended within first 48 hours?

a. Ice

b. Heat

c. Compression

d. Elevation

e. Rest

Ans: B