PHARMACOLOGY QUESTION BANK for OT/PT students
GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY:
1. Enumerate routes of drug administration. Write Advantages /Disadvantages of any 4
systemic routes of drug administration.
2. Discuss factors modifying drug action.
3. Define Adverse Drug Reaction. Discuss any 5 adverse Drug Reactions. What is
Pharmacovigilance.
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM:
1. Classify Skeletal Muscle Relaxants. Write mode of action, adverse drug effects.,
uses of any 2 of them.
2. Discuss life saving uses of Adrenaline.
3. Discuss treatment of Organophosphorus poisoning
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM:
1. Classify anti Hypertensives. Write mode of action, adverse drug effects, uses of any of
them two drugs.
2. Define shock. Discuss management of shock.
3. Write note on Plasma expanders
1. Short note on K sparing diuretics
2. Discuss management of Angina
3. Discuss uses and adverse effects of Spironolactone
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM:
1. Classify drugs for Bronchial Asthma. Write mode of action, A/E of one drug for Acute Attack
and one drug for Chronic Prophylaxis.
2. Add a note on Status Asthamaticus.
3. Classify drugs for Rx of Cough. Add a note on management of Cough.
4. Enumerate Bronchodilators write their mode of action and discuss their status in
management of asthma.
GASTRO-INTESTINAL SYSTEM
1. Classify drugs for Peptic Ulcer. Discuss mode of action and adverse drug reactions of any 2
groups. Add a note on management of H pylori eradication.
Classify Antiemetics. Discuss mode of action and adverse drug reactions of any one group.
Write a note on Prokinetics
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM:
1. Classify antidepressants. Write the mode of action , adverse drug reaction , drug
interactions and uses of any 2 from different class.
2. Classify opioids. Compare and contrast opioids and NSAIDs as painkillers.
3. Classify sedatives. Discuss mode of action, adverse drug reaction and uses of BZD.
4. Classify drugs used in treatment of Parkinsonism. Write the mechanism of action of
levodopa. Discuss the rationale for its combination with Carbidopa.
5. Treatment of Morphine Dependence
6. Treatment of drug induced Parkinsonism
7. Combination of levodopa + carbidopa / benzserazide
CHEMOTHERAPY
1. Classify Antimicrobials based on Mechanism of action. Discuss problems encountered
with use of Antimicrobials.
2. Enumerate Fluroquinolones. Discuss mode of action. Spectrum, uses and adverse
effects.
3. Classify Penicillin’s. Discuss mechanism of action, spectrum, uses and adverse effects
of aminopenicillins.
4. Discuss mechanism of action, spectrum uses and adverse effects of 3 rd generation
Cephalosporins.
5. Enlist macrolide antibiotics. Discuss their mode of action. Spectrum, uses and adverse
effects.
6. Classify drugs used in treatment of Tuberculosis. Discuss mode of action, adverse
effects of first line anti TB drugs.
7. Enlist drugs used in treatment of Malaria. Write a note on ACT.
AUTOCOIDS:
1. Classify NSAIDS. Write mode of action, adverse drug reaction and uses of any one.
2. 1st generation anti-histamines
3. Non-sedative anti-histamines
4. Role of DMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis
5. Drug therapy for gout
6. DMARDs
7. Treatment of migraine
Endocrine system:
1. Discuss drugs used in treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Write mode of action and
adverse effects of any 2 oral hypoglycemics.
2. Discuss emergency management of hypoglycemia
3. Classify various antithyroid drugs
