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Pharmacology of CNS Drugs Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following local anaesthetic agents is an ester?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 5
Commonalities of the sympathetic, parasympathetic, and somatic nervous systems involve which of the following neuroeffector transmitters?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
A medical student is performing a summer research project evaluating the pharmacologic effects of atropine at varying doses. Doses are extrapolated from normal human doses of this agent. Slow infusion of this agent to a steady state dose of 0.5 mg would be expected to produce which of the following effects?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
A 37-year-old woman with hyperthyroidism and asthma has frequent asthma attacks, requiring inhalational albuterol and epinephrine. Her attacks are occurring several times per week. Her most recent blood tests reveal elevated \(T_3\) and \(T_4\) levels twice the normal values. These levels significantly increased from her last laboratory studies 6 months ago. What is the most likely explanation for these findings?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
A 58-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis presents to her primary care physician for follow-up. She ambulates well and has few issues with her disease. Which of the following agents may be beneficial in slowing the progression of this disease?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.