Description : All of the following statements concerning an acute gouty arthritis attack are correct except (a) The diagonosis of gout is assured by a good therapeutic response to colchicines because no ... attack usually involves only one joint, most frequently the big toe (first metatarsophalangeal joint)
Last Answer : Ans: A
Description : A 35-year-old male presented with an attack of acute gout. He was treated with a 10 day course of naproxen. His blood uric acid level is high. What future line of treatment is ... treatment with allopurinol D. Start with allopurinol + naproxen for 2 months followed by long-term allopurinol treatment
Last Answer : D. Start with allopurinol + naproxen for 2 months followed by long-term allopurinol treatment
Description : Select the first choice drug for acute gout: A. Cochicine B. Indomethacin C. Allopurinol D. Dexamethasone
Last Answer : B. Indomethacin
Description : Which of the following drugs may be effective in the treatment of gouty arthritis by acting by two separate and distinct mechanisms? (a) Allopurinol (b) Probenecid (c) Colchicine (d) Indomethacin (e) Sulfinpyrazone
Last Answer : Ans: D
Description : Allopurinol is indicated in the following category of chronic gout patients: A. Over producers of uric acid B. Under excretors of uric acid C. Those with tophi and/or renal urate stones D. All of the above
Last Answer : D. All of the above
Description : Select the drug which is used in chronic gout but is not uricosuric: A. Probenecid B. Phenylbutazone C. Sulfinpyrazone D. Allopurinol
Last Answer : D. Allopurinol
Description : Hyperuricaemia is produced by the following drugs except: A. Ethambutol B. Pyrazinamide C. Sulfinpyrazone D. Hydrochlorothiazide
Last Answer : C. Sulfinpyrazone
Description : All are protozoan diseases except (1) Elephantiasis (2) Oriental sores (3) Sleeping sickness (4) Kala-azar
Last Answer : Elephantiasis
Description : Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs are indicated in rheumatoid arthritis: A. In place of NSAIDs in patients who donot tolerate the latter B. Along with NSAIDs in patients with progressive ... to afford symptomatic relief D. In all patients irrespective of disease status/ concurrent medication
Last Answer : B. Along with NSAIDs in patients with progressive disease
Description : Sulfasalazine is used in the following disease(s): A. Bacillary dysentery B. Ulcerative colitis C. Rheumatoid arthritis D. Both ‘B’ and ‘C’ are correct
Last Answer : D. Both ‘B’ and ‘C’ are correct
Description : Used as a remission inducing agent in rheumatoid arthritis, hydroxychloroquine: A. Is more effective than chloroquine B. Produces a lower incidence of retinal damage than chloroquine C. Is more effective and more toxic than gold D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’ are correct
Last Answer : B. Produces a lower incidence of retinal damage than chloroquine
Description : All of the following can occur in LeschNyhan syndrome except (A) Gouty arthritis (B) Uric acid stones (C) Retarted growth (D) Self-mutiliating behaviour
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Select the drug which is neither analgesic, nor antiinflammatory, nor uricosuric, but is highly efficacious in acute gout: A. Prednisolone B. Colchicine C. Naproxen D. Sulfinpyrazone
Last Answer : B. Colchicine
Description : Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs are more commonly used than colchicine in acute gout because: A. They are more effective B. They act more rapidly C. They have additional uricosuric action D. They are better tolerated
Last Answer : D. They are better tolerated
Description : By which fission does Leishmania, the causative agent of kala-azar, multiply asexually? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : The answer is 'By binary fission'
Description : Which insect spreads Kala-azar? – Sand fly -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : By which fission does Leishmania, the causative agent of kala-azar, multiply asexually?
Last Answer : By binary fission
Description : Give the correct matching of causative agent/germ and disease. (a) Anopheles – Malaria (b) Leishmania – Sleeping sickness (c) Glossina – Kala-azar (d) Wuchereria – Filariasis
Last Answer : (d) Wuchereria – Filariasis
Description : Which of the following diseases is now considered completely eradicated from India? (a) Small pox (b) Poliomyelitis (c) Plague (d) Kala-azar
Last Answer : a) Small pox
Description : Kala-azar and Oriental Sore are spread by (a) housefly (b) bed bug (c) sand fly (d) fruit fly.
Last Answer : (c) sand fly
Description : Which insect spreads kala-azar?
Last Answer : Sand fly
Description : Which one of the following pairs of causative agent and type of disease are correct ? (I) Leishmania - Sleeping sickness (II) Nematode - Elephantiasis (III) Trypanosoma - Kala azar (IV) Staphylococcus - Acne (1) (I) and (II) (2) (II) and (III) (3) (II) and (IV) (4) (III) and (IV)
Last Answer : (3) (II) and (IV)
Description : What is true about use of amphotericin B in kala azar: A. It is currently the drug of choice B. It is more effective than ketoconazole C. It is indicated only in cases not responding to sodium stibogluconate D. Both 'B' and 'C' are correct
Last Answer : D. Both 'B' and 'C' are correct
Description : Pentamidine should be used to treat Kala azar only when sodium stibogluconate has failed or is not tolerated because: A. It achieves lower cure rates B. It is more toxic C. It requires a longer course of treatment D. Relapses are more common with it
Last Answer : B. It is more toxic
Description : The drug of choice for Kala azar is: A. Pentamidine B. Amphotericin B C. Sodium stibogluconate D. Ketoconazole
Last Answer : C. Sodium stibogluconat
Description : In addition to amoebiasis, metronidazole is used for: A. Roundworm infestation B. Hookworm infestation C. Kala-azar D. Giardiasis
Last Answer : D. Giardiasis
Description : 1. Susi Susanti, held the Grand Slam title in which game? 2. Who is most benefitted from inflation? 3. Which insect spreads Kala-azar? - Sand fly 4. What is Snow line? 5. Who ... 19. The 38th parallel separates which countries? 20. Which Act removed the legal recognition of slavery in India?
Last Answer : Answer : 1. Badminton 2. Debtors 3. Sand fly 4. The altitude above which snow never melts 5. Jahangir 6. President 7. Thioethanol 8. Harbhajan Singh 9. Old Igneous 10. Cornwallis 11. Environment and ... water 17. Tertiary sector 18. Apsara 19. North Korea and South Korea 20. The Act V of 1843
Description : 1. Who has taken maximum wickets in one-day internationals? 2. By which fission does Leishmania, the causative agent of kala-azar, multiply asexually? 3. From which date shall the tenure of every ... bring nine months winter? 20. Who led the agitation against the Partition of Bengal (1905) ?
Last Answer : Answer : 1. Mutthiah Muralitharan 2. By binary fission 3. From the date of its first meeting 4. Sorting district 5. Lord Chelmsford 6. Cathode rays 7. Direct taxes 8. South Africa 9. Gujarat ... Current 15. Lord Willingdon 16. Chennai 17. 4 18. Pig 19. Eastern Newfoundland 20. Surendranath Banerjee
Description : Kala-azar is transmitted by (1) tsetse fly (2) housefly (3) anopheles mosquito (4) sand fly
Last Answer : sand fly
Description : Vector of Kala-azar is : (1) Anopheles mosquito (2) Culex mosquito (3) Tse-Tsefly (4) Sand fly
Description : The capacity of an antihistaminic to produce sedation depends on the following except: A. Relative affinity for central versus peripheral H1 receptors B. Ability to penetrate blood-brain barrier C. Individual susceptibility D. Ratio of H1:H2 blockade produced by the drug
Last Answer : D. Ratio of H1:H2 blockade produced by the drug
Description : The conventional H1 antihistaminics possess the following additional properties except: A. Local anaesthetic B. Vasopressor C. Antiarrhythmic D. Catecholamine potentiating
Last Answer : B. Vasopressor
Description : The NSAIDs aggravate the following diseases except: A. Hypertension B. Congestive heart failure C. Peptic ulcer D. Chronic gout
Last Answer : D. Chronic gout
Description : Inhibitors of prostaglandin synthesis share the following features except: A. Prolongation of bleeding time B. Prolongation of prothrombin time C. Prolongation of labour D. Gastric mucosal damage
Last Answer : B. Prolongation of prothrombin time
Description : Prostaglandins play pathophysiological role in the following except: A. Patency of ductus arteriosus B. Regulation of renal tubular salt absorption C. Ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction D. Initiation of labour
Last Answer : C. Ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction
Description : Actions of prostaglandin E2 include the following except: A. Fall in blood pressure B. Bronchoconstriction C. Uterine contraction D. Inhibition of gastric acid secretion
Last Answer : B. Bronchoconstriction
Description : The antiparkinsonian action of central anticholinergics has the following features except: A. They control tremor more than rigidity B. They produce a low ceiling therapeutic effect C. They are effective in neuroleptic drug induced parkinsonism D. They are the preferred drugs in advanced case
Last Answer : D. They are the preferred drugs in advanced cases
Description : The following is true about entacapone except: A. It acts by inhibiting degradation of dopamine in the brain B. If prolongs the therapeutic effect of levodopacarbidopa in parkinsonism C. It can accentuate levodopa induced dyskinesias D. It can cause diarrhoea as a side effec
Last Answer : A. It acts by inhibiting degradation of dopamine in the brain
Description : The most important dose-limiting adverse effect of colchicine is: A. Sedation B. Kidney damage C. Diarrhoea D. Muscle paralysis
Last Answer : C. Diarrhoea
Description : What is true of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs: A. Their beneficial effect is manifest only after 1-3 months of therapy B. The disease does not recurr once they induce remission C. They are to be used life long D. Concurrent use of more than one disease modifying drug is not recommended
Last Answer : A. Their beneficial effect is manifest only after 1-3 months of therapy
Description : Which of the following analgesics itself frequently causes headache as a side effect: A. Indomethacin B. Mephenamic acid C. Piroxicam D. Metamizol
Last Answer : A. Indomethacin
Description : Which of the following is associated with Hyperuricaemia? 1) is usually due to an excess purine consumption 2) occurs in association with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 3) in primary gout is inherited in ... with low dose aspirin therapy 5) can be treated with uricosuric drugs even in renal failure
Last Answer : Answers-2 Hyperuricaemia may be due to increased purine intake, urate production or reduced urate clearance, and is most commonly due to the latter. Therefore it can occur in association with enhanced ... . Many of the uricosuric drugs may be detrimental in renal failure and may not be effective.
Description : Mesalazine (coated 5-amino salicylic acid) differs from sulfasalazine in that: A. It is more effective in ulcerative colitis B. It produces less adverse effect C. It has no therapeutic effect in rheumatoid arthritis D. Both ‘B’ and ‘C’ are correc
Description : Which component of sulfasalazine is responsible for the therapeutic effect in rheumatoid arthritis: A. Intact sulfasalazine molecule B. Sulfapyridine C. 5–aminosalicylic acid D. Both ‘B’ and ‘C’
Last Answer : B. Sulfapyridine
Description : While prescribing a first generation H1 antihistaminic the patient should be advised to avoid: A. Driving motor vehicles B. Consuming processed cheese C. Strenuous physical exertion D. All of the above
Last Answer : A. Driving motor vehicles
Description : The following H1 antihistaminic has additional anti 5-HT, anticholinergic, sedative and appetite stimulating properties: A. Promethazine B. Terfenadine C. Cyproheptadine D. Hydroxyzine
Last Answer : C. Cyproheptadine
Description : High anticholinergic property is present in the following antihistaminic: A. Diphenhydramine B. Astemizole C. Cetirizine D. Terfenadine
Last Answer : A. Diphenhydramine