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Drugs and the Peripheral Nervous System Questions
Question 1 of 5
Nitroglycerin is a vasodilator used in treatment of angina. A common side effect of its vasodilator activity is a reflex increase in heart rate, which is sometimes dangerous. Which drug could inhibit this reflex cardiac stimulation?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
Neostigmine is a drug useful in treatment of myasthenia gravis, but it causes parasympathomimetic effects unless another drug is given first. This drug is:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
Your patient is diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, and she is given a prescription for pyridostigmine. Which of the following best summarizes the drug's mechanism of action?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
The neurotransmitter agent that is normally released in the sinoatrial node of the heart in response to a blood pressure increase is
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
Which one of the following can be blocked by atropine?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.