Pharma Quiz 2013
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Pharma Quiz 2013
Carefully observe the eyes of the patient and name a drug that can cause this adverse effect.
Question No: 15
Team C
Team C
Phenytoin
Carbamazepine
Answer
Round 4Think Tank
Rules for Round 4• This round has two parts. Part 1 – Food for thought and Part 2 –
Points to ponder.
• Every team will be asked one question in each part.
• Unanswered / wrongly answered questions pass to the next team.
• You have 30 seconds to answer each direct question and five seconds for pass question.
• Ten points for answering the direct question correctly and five points for a pass question.
Round 4 – Part 1Food for
Thought
Which antimicrobial agent is fortified in salt?
Question No: 1
Team D
Team D
Diethylcarbamazine
Answer
Name a drug that should be administered along
with a fatty meal to enhance absorption.
Question No: 2
Team E
Team E
Griseofulvin
Atovaquone
Saquinavir
Answer
Which drug should not be administered along
with dairy products?
Question No: 3
Team A
Team A
Tetracycline
Answer
Dietary protein restriction is advised for patients on this
drug and if needed, proteins are given at night time.
Identify this drug.
Question No: 4
Team B
Team B
Levodopa
Answer
Name the drug that is formulated as lollipop.
Question No: 5
Team C
Team C
Fentanyl
Answer
Round 4 – Part 2Points to Ponder
Even though both atropine and hyoscine are
anticholinergics, atropine is not used for motion sickness.
Why?
Question No: 1
Team C
Team C
Atropine causes CNS excitation & delirium, whereas
hyoscine causes drowsiness which aids in calming
down the patient.
Answer
Timolol is one of the first line agents for open angle
glaucoma. But it is not a preferred agent for acute
congestive glaucoma.
Why?
Question No: 2
Team B
Team B
Acute congestive glaucoma is an emergency condition
and the IOP needs to be brought down immediately. Beta
blockers have a long onset of action.
Moreover, the pathology is block of outflow rather than
increase in secretion.
Answer
Calcium channel blockers are class IV
antiarrhythmics. Diltiazem and verapamil are used in
arrhythmia whereas, nifedipine is not.
Why?
Question No: 3
Team A
Team A
Diltiazem and verapamil have cardiodepressant activity.
Whereas, nifedipine causes reflex tachycardia.
Answer
Intravenous lorazepam is more preferred than
diazepam for treatment of status epilepticus.
Why?
Question No: 4
Team E
Team E
Lorazepam has lower propensity to cause respiratory
depression than diazepam.
Answer
Even though triiodothyronine (T3) is more
active than thyroxine (T4) and both are
available commercially, T4 (and not T3) is
used for the treatment of hypothyroidism.
Why?
Question No: 5
Team D
Team D
T3 has a rapid onset of effect and
this can induce heart failure.
Answer
Round 7Rapid Fire
Rules for Rapid Fire Round• Every team will be asked a series of ten questions. It has to be answered
within two minutes.
• Every team has to nominate a person to tell the answer. Discussion within the team is allowed, but the answer should be told only by the nominee.
• If any person other than the nominee tells the answer, it is considered wrong even if the answer told by that person was correct.
• If you don’t know the answer you can pass the question. If any time is left after all the ten question, passed questions can be reanswered.
• Quiz master will proceed to the next question only after a response from you. It may be either the answer or ‘pass’.
• Ten points for every correct answer. No negative marks for wrong answers.