Pathology EMQ

Name: Harriet Davidson

Theme: Drugs/ Forensic Toxicology

OPTION LIST

A

Alprostadil

I

Imatinib

B

Aspirin

J

Isoniazid

C

Busulphan

K

Papaverine

D

Clofazimine

L

Paracetamol

E

Cyclophosphamide

M

Pyrazinamide

F

Dapsone

N

Rifampicin

G

Ethambutol

O

Sildenafil

H

Ibuprofen

P

Thalidomide

 

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

1.       A new use for this drug was discovered when it was used as a sedative for a patient with lepromatous leprosy by a physician in Jerusalem in 1964

2.       This drug was originally developed as a targeted inhibitor of the Bcr-Abl protein and was subsequently discovered to be effective against a range of other malignancies

3.       An effective antipyretic which in overdose can cause hepatocellular necrosis and, much less frequently, renal tubular necrosis

4.       A mainstay of TB treatment in the UK that was the first ever anti-depressant

5.       Phase I trials in Swansea examining the use of this drug in angina uncovered the importance of the phosphodiesterase 5 enzyme in the helicine arteries.

ANSWERS

1. P

2. I

3. L

4. J

5. O