The principle central action of caffeine is on the _____?
A. Cerebral cortex
B. Corpus callosum
C. Hypothalamus
D. Spinal cord
Which of the following is a non steroidal anti inflammatory agent with a tendency to produce blood dyscrasias ?
A. Ibuprofen
B. Indomethacin
C. Aspirin
D. B & C
Salicylate administration is contraindicated in pregnancy because ____?
A. It delay onset of labour
B. Causes pulmonary hypertension of newborn
C. Readily croses placental barrier
D. All of these
Platelet aggregation in inhibited by all except _____?
A. Indomenthacin
B. Salicylates
C. Dypyradimole
D. Phenobarbitone
An untoward effect of that is common to all phenothiazines is ____?
A. A marked increase in blood pressure
B. Rigidity and tremor at rest, particularly with prolonged use
C. Suppression of prolacin
D. Nausea
The first choice of drug for patitmal seizure is ______?
A. Phentoin sodium
B. Carbamazepine
C. Phenobarbitone
D. None of the above
Respiratory depression is seen with ____?
A. Tranquilizers
B. Non-barbiturates
C. Synthetic narcotics
D. Antidepressants
A patient with grandmal epilepsy would likely be under treatment with ____
A. Meprobamate
B. Pentobarbital
C. Trimethadione
D. Phenytoin
Buprenorphine acts by following mechanism ______?
A. Mu receptor antagonist
B. Kappa receptor antagonist
C. Mu receptor partial agnoist
D. Kappa receptor partial agonist
All are symptoms of opiate withdrawls except ____?
A. Diarrhea
B. Lacrimation
C. Mydriasis
D. Excessive speech
