Q.P.
Code: 201001 Reg. no.:
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Second
Professional MBBS Degree Supplementary Examinations, October 2016
Pharmacology-
Paper I
Time:
2 Hours Total Marks: 40
- Answer all questions
- Draw diagrams wherever necessary
Essays: (2x6=12)
1. Classify
NSAIDs. Mention the therapeutic uses an
d adverse effects of
salicylates. (2+2+2=6)
2. Read the case
history and answer the following questions. A 25 years old man had a
gradual onset of delusions and auditory hallucinations. He was
taken to a psychiatrist who started him on tab. haloperidol 2mg
twice daily. A few weeks later although he improved clinically he
developed stiffness and rigidity of upper and lower limbs.
- Comment on the response of the patient to haloperidol.
- Outline the further line of management.
- Name two atypical antipsychotics. (2+2+2=6)
Short notes:
(5x3=15)
3. Carvedilol
4. COMT
inhibitors.
5. Therapeutic
uses and adverse effects of atropine
6. Furosemide.
7. First pass
metabolism.
Answer briefly:
(5x1=5)
8. Rationale for
the use of glycopyrrolate in pre-anesthetic medication.
9. Mechanism of
action of pancuronium.
10. New drug
delivery systems.
11. Two uses and two
adverse effects of morphine.
12. Young’s
formula.
Name two drugs:
(8x1=8)
13. Status
epilepticus.
14. Febrile
convulsions in a child aged six years.
15. Drugs used in
myasthenia gravis.
16. Acute myocardial
infarction.
17. Congestive
cardiac failure.
18. Iron deficiency
anemia.
19. Motion sickness.
20. Acute severe
asthma.
