Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Christopher Darwen

Theme: Drugs / Forensic Toxicology

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Celecoxib	I	Ezetimibe
B	Chlordiazepoxide	J	Infliximab
C	Clofibrate	K	Naloxone
D	Cyclosporin	L	No such drug exists
E	Dantrolene	M	Phenytoin
F	Dicobalt edetate	N	Pralidoxime
G	Disulfiram	O	Rosuvastatin
H	Dobutamine	P	Verapamil

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. Drug used in the treatment of alcohol dependency. Inhibits acetaldehyde dehydrogenase therefore causing a build up of acetaldehyde upon ingestion of alcohol, leading to intense ‘hangover’ like symptoms.

 

 

2. Drug used in the treatment of cyanide poisoning.

 

 

3. Drug of first choice in treatment of alcohol withdrawal symptoms during detoxification therapy.

 

 

4. Drug used in the treatment of organophosphate poisoning.

 

 

5. Drug which inhibits HMG-CoA reductase.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. G

2. F

3. B

4. N

5. O