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.