Pharmacology - Mock Test 18

Question 171

The following component of management protocol of status asthmaticus has now been shown to be useless

A) Intravenous aminophylline B) Intravenous hydrocortisone C) Nebulized salbutamol D) Nebulized ipratropium bromide

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Question 172

A patient of chronic bronchial asthma was maintained on oral prednisolone 20 mg/day for 3 months. It was decided to switch him over to inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate 200 μg 4 times a day. What should be done to the oral prednisolone medication after starting inhaled beclomethasone

A) It should be stopped immediately B) Its dose should be tapered from the next day C) It should be given at the same dose for one week and then tapered D) Its dose should be doubled for one week and then tapered

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Question 173

To be a useful inhaled glucocorticoid the drug should have

A) High oral bioavailability B) Low oral bioavailability C) Additional bronchodilator activity D) Prodrug character

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Question 174

Choose the correct statement(s) about inhaled glucocorticoids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD )

A) They are indicated in COPD only for severe/ advanced cases B) Instituted early they retard the progression of COPD C) Their use predisposes to respiratory infections D) Both 'A' and 'B'

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Question 175

Reflex bronchoconstriction is most likely to occur with the following form of inhaled antiasthma medication

A) Metered dose spray of drug in solution B) Dry powder rotacap C) Nebuliser D) Nebuliser with spacer

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Question 176

In an asthma patient treated with systemic corticosteroids, bronchodilator drugs

A) Are not needed B) Are contraindicated C) May be used on ‘as and when required’ basis D) Are ineffective

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Question 177

One of the most common side effect of inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate is

A) Pneumonia B) Oropharyngeal candidiasis C) Atrophic rhinitis D) Pituitary-adrenal suppression

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Question 178

Budesonide is a

A) Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug B) High ceiling diuretic C) Inhaled corticosteroid for asthma D) Contraceptive

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Question 179

Inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate should be used only in

A) Acute attack of asthma B) Moderate to severe chronic asthma C) Status asthmaticus D) Asthma not responding to systemic corticosteroids

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Question 180

In patients of bronchial asthma inhaled corticosteroids achieve the following <u>except</u>

A) Reduce the need for bronchodilator medication B) Control an attack of refractory asthma C) Reduce bronchial hyperreactivity D) Reverse diminished responsiveness to sympathomimetic bronchodilators

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