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USMLE/COMLEX Step 1 Pharmacology One Liners
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1. Nitrosoureas with high lipophilicity - used for brain tumors
Fexofenadine - loratadine - and cetirizine
Carmustine (BCNU) and lomustine (CCNU)
Nondepolarizing type antagonists
G- CSF (filgrastim) and GM- CSF (sargramostim)
2. MOA of nystatin
Neuromuscular blocking drugs
Bind ergosterol in fungal cell membrane
Ipodate
Aplastic anemia and renal toxicity
3. Reason ergot alkaloids are contraindicated in pregnancy
Uterine contractions
Cocaine and benzocaine
Magnesium sulfate
Carbidopa
4. MOA for Ethosuximide
Smooth muscle; stomach - heart - and mast cells; nerve endings - CNS respectively
Geriatrics due to its CNS (depression) effects
Calcium channels
Timolol (nonselective) - betaxolol (selective)
5. Diuretic used for mountain sickness and glaucoma
Acetazolamide
Topical mupirocin (Bactroban)
Olanzapine
Vancomycin
6. SE of nitrates
Postural hypotension - reflex tachycardia - hot flashes - and throbbing headache due to meningeal artery dilation
Thick ascending limb
Zollinger - Ellison Syndrome
Dantrolene
7. Treatment of resistant pseudomembranous colitis
Fluoxetine
Mifepristone
ORAL vancomycin
Naloxone
8. Cardioselective Beta 1- blockers
Atenolol - acebutolol - and metoprolol
sulfamethoxazole/ trimethoprim
Classic
Ethanol or fomepizole
9. SE of beta blockers
Yohimbine
Work at early distal convoluted tubule
Bradycardia - SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION - decrease in HDL - and increase in Triglycerols (TG)
Maintenance dose (Cp*(CL/F))
10. Toxicity of these agents include bradycardia - AV blockade - exacerbation of acute CHF; signs of hypoglycemia may be masked (tachycardia - tremor - and anxiety)
Malathion
Leuprolide
Methadone
Beta blockers
11. Beta 2 agonist toxicity
Bromocriptine
Alprazolam and Clonazepam
Ceftriaxone or cefuroxime
Skeletal muscle tremor - tachycardia
12. ADH agonist used for pituitary diabetes insipidus
Desmopressin (DDAVP)
Bradycardia - SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION - decrease in HDL - and increase in Triglycerols (TG)
Propofol
Paclitaxel (taxol)
13. SE of thiazide (HCTZ) diuretics
L- asparaginase
Cyproterone acetate
Glyburide - glipizide - glimepiride - etc.
Hyperuricemia - hypokalemia and hyperglycemia
14. Agent more frequently associated with extrapyramidal side effects that can be treated with benzodiazepine - diphenhydramine or muscarinic blocker
Haloperidol
Vitamin D
'dry as a bone - red as a beet - mad as a hatter - hot as a hare - blind as a bat'
Iodide salts
15. Methylxanthine derivative used as a remedy for intermittent claudication
TD50
Rhabdomyolysis
Pentoxifylline
Selegiline
16. MOA of aspirin
Chloramphenicol
Irreversibly blocking cyclooxygenase
Monamine oxidase inhibitors
Propranolol
17. NSAID also available as an ophthalmic preparation
Diclofenac - ketoralac
L- thyroxine (T4)
Urinary acidification and activated charcoal or continual nasogastric suction
Dimercaprol - EDTA
18. Antidote used for organophosphate/anticholinesterase poisoning
Atropine - pralidoxime (2- PAM)
DUMBELSS (diarrhea - urination - miosis - bronchoconstriction - excitation of skeletal muscle and CNS - lacrimation - salivation - and sweating)
Aspirin
Interleukin 11 (oprelvekin)
19. Term for a narrow margin of safety
Nicotine
Betamethasone and dexamethasone
Low therapeutic index
Nitroprusside
20. Important in synthesis of glucose to glycogen in the liver
Kidneys
Leuprolide
GLUT 2
Edrophonium
21. This beta blocker is the longest acting
Gabapentin
Glucocorticoids
Nadolol
Dopamine blockade
22. Other side effects of Quinidine
Penicillamine
Selegiline
hydroxyzine (Atarax)
Thrombocytopenic purpura - and CINCHONISM
23. This may antagonize activity of local anesthetics
Hypercalcemia
Lupus - like syndrome
Glucagon
High therapeutic index
24. SE of loop (furosemide) diuretics
SSRIs
COX 1 is found throughout the body and COX 2 is only in inflammatory tissue
Enflurane and halothane
Hyperuricemia - hypokalemia and ototoxicity
25. Facilitates GABA presynaptic inhibition
Diazepam
Carbamazepine
Miosis and constipation
Depression of medullary and cardiovascular centers
26. Enzyme that metabolizes acetaldehyde to acetate
Epinephrine
Aldehyde dehydrogenase
Vancomycin
Agranulocytosis
27. Vascular effects of metformin
Increasing sodium excretion and decreases arterial and venous tone
Decreased micro and macro vascular disease
Bromocriptine
Tamsulosin
28. Most dangerous of the currently popular hallucinogenic drugs - OD leads to nystagmus - marked hypertension - and seizures - presence of both horizontal and vertical nystagmus is pathognomonic
Low - potency typical antipsychotics and clozapine
Bleomycin - vinca alkaloids - antimetabolites (eg. - 5- FU - 6- MP - methotrexate - etoposide)
PCP
Scotch tape technique and mebendazole
29. Angiotensin receptor blockers do Not cause
Fexofenadine - loratadine - and cetirizine
Dry cough
Aminocaproic acid
Geriatrics due to its CNS (depression) effects
30. Agents used in Huntington's Disease
Thrombocytopenic purpura - and CINCHONISM
Adenosine
Tetrabenazine (amine depleting drug) - Haloperidol (antipsychotic)
Mifepristone (RU-486)
31. Life threatening cardiac event that prolong QT leads to
Gynecomastia
Low therapeutic index
Torsades de pointes
Affinity
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33. Usual time needed for full effect of antidepressant therapy
2 to 3 weeks
Diazepam
Kidneys
Affect calcium - potassium - and sodium channels
34. Long acting insulin
Dipyridamole
Ultralente (humulin U)
Ketanserin cyproheptadine - and phenoxybenzamine
Relax vascular smooth muscle - at low doses dilate veins and at high doses dilate arterioles
35. Treatment of myasthenia gravis
LFT's
Pyridostigmine
Hyperkalemia
Cyanocobalamin (Vit B12)
36. DOC for RSV
Enflurane and halothane
Rheumatic disease
Ribavirin
Dopamine blockade
37. Concentration in the plasma times (clearance divided by bioavailability)
Insulin glargine
Marijuana
Maintenance dose (Cp*(CL/F))
Loading dose (Cp*(Vd/F))
38. Indirect - Acting ACh Agonist - alcohol - short DOA and used in diagnosis of myasthenia gravis
Ketoralac
Stimulates cGMP which leads to vascular smooth muscle relaxation
Increasing afterload and tissue perfusion declines
Edrophonium
39. Anti - androgen used for hirsutism in females
Nonselective Muscarinic Antagonists
Ceftriaxone
Carbidopa
Cyproterone acetate
40. Drug is used with testosterone for male fertility
Organic nitrites
Xanthine oxidase
Leuprolide
Cefixime (3rd) generation
41. Additive effects when Sedative - Hypnotics used in combination with these agents
Heroin - morphine - oxycodone - meperidine and fentanyl
CNS depressants
Pentoxifylline
Dopamine
42. Constant low dose of estrogen and increasing dose of progestin for 21 days (last 5 days are sugar pills or iron prep)
Prolongs QT interval
Benzodiazepines and calcium channel blockers
Combination oral contraceptives (OC)
Hydralazine
43. Neurotoxicity with isoniazid (INH) prevented by
Cocaine
Mirtazapine
Administration of Vit. B6 (pyridoxine)
Warfarin (PT)
44. Selective Alpha 1 blocker used for hypertension - BPH - may cause first dose orthostatic hypotension
Prazosin - terazosin - doxazosin
Ethinyl estradiol and mestranol
Heroin - morphine - oxycodone - meperidine and fentanyl
IV administration
45. TCA used in chronic pain - enuresis - and ADD
Imipramine
Lupus - like syndrome
Decreases hepatic glucose production and intestinal glucose absorption; increase insulin sensitivity
Metronidazole
46. W/D from this drug causes anxiety and mental discomfort
Capsaicin
Nicotine
Dimercaprol
Carmustine (BCNU) and lomustine (CCNU)
47. The most toxic organophosphate
Carbamazepine
Haloperidol
Tremor - sedation - ataxia - aphasia - thyroid enlargement - and reversible diabetes insipidus
Parathion
48. Antidepressant inhibiting norepinephrine - serotonin - and dopamine reuptake
Monamine oxidase inhibitors
Venlafaxine
Nitroprusside
Combination oral contraceptives (OC)
49. SE of hydralazine
Vitamin B12
Ondansetron - granisetron - dolasetron and alosetron
Lupus - like syndrome
Ketamine
50. Converts asparagine to aspartate and ammonia - denies cancer cells of essential AA (asparagine)
Desmopressin (DDAVP)
Prazosin - terazosin and doxazosin (- AZOSIN ending)
L- asparaginase
Prednisone - methylprednisolone - prednisolone - and triamcinolone