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When a false substrate drug acts on an enzyme, an abnormal metabolite is produced. True or false?
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Drugs can potentiate enzymes (i.e. increase their activity). True or false?
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An inactive drug is produced when a pro-drug binds to an enzyme. True or false?
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Nitric oxide stimulates what enzyme?
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Hydroxylcarboxylase
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Phosphatase kinase
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Guanylate cyclase
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Acetyloxidase
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Drugs releasing nitric oxide (NO) are used to treat what?
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Angina
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Bacterial infections
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Asthma
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Stomach ulcers
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Which of the following drugs inhibits cyclo-oxygenase?
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Fluoxetine
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Paracetamol
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Aspirin
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Quinine
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Which of the following drugs inhibits phosphodiesterase?
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Aspirin
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Caffeine
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Paracetamol
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Tetracycline
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What roles does the drug Aspirin play?
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Anticoagulant
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Analgesic
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Anti-inflammatory
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Antipyrectic
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Aspirin is a reversible enzyme inhibitor. True or false?
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What is the function of the enzyme cyclo-oxygenase?
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Converts arachidonic acid into prostaglandins
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Adds a phosphate group to adenine diphosphate
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Oxidises a cyclic organic molecule
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Removes an oxygen group form a cyclic organic molecule
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When Aspirin inhbits cyclo-oxygenase, what cellular effects are affected?
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Which of the following statements are true about L-DOPA (levodopa)?
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Prevents symptoms of rigidty and tremor
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Increases the level of dopamine in the body
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Activates an enzyme to produce more dopamine
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Can be used to treat Parkinson's disease
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In Parkinson's disease, there are reduced levels of what neurotransmitter in what part of the brain?
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Why can L-DOPA be used to treat Parkinson's disease?
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It enters the peripheral nervous system
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L-DOPA can cross the blood-brain barrier
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L-DOPA is the immediate precursor of dopamine
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It acts directly upon muscles to prevent symptoms of rigidity and tremor
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Which of the following statements are true regarding the properties of L-DOPA and dopamine?
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DOPA-decarboxylase acts upon L-DOPA to produce dopamine
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L-DOPA and dopamine can cross the blood-brain barrier
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Removing a carboxylic acid group from L-DOPA forms the neurotransmitter, dopamine
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Dopamine can be used to prevent symptoms of Parkinson's disease
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L-DOPA is administered as a medicine. Given alone, dopamine levels would increase in the brain and periphery. How may this be prevented?
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Administer L-DOPA in very small quantities
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Co-administering a DOPA-decarboxylase inhibitor (e.g. carbidopa)
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Closely monitor L-DOPA levels in the body once administered
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Co-administer with an enzyme that removes dopamine from the body
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Carbidopa does not cross the blood brain barrier. Therefore dopamine concentrations are only increased in the brain. True or false?
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Neostigmine is an example of what?
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An anticoagulant
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An analgesic
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A neurotransmitter
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An anti-cholinesterase
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Treatment with anti-cholinesterases boosts the effects of acetylcholine. True or false?
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In general anaesthesia, the action of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors is stimulated. True or false?
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What effects does inhibiting cholinesterase have?
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Prevents acetylcholine breakdown
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Blocks the action of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
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Indirectly increases acetylcholine concentration
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Displaces the receptor blocker (a competitive antagonist) from the receptor, reversing its effects
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Which of the following statements are true regarding the disease Myasthenia gravis?
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Muscles that control swallowing are unaffected by the disease
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It is an auto-immune disease in which antibodies develop against the muscle nicotinic Ach receptor
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It is treated with anti-cholinesterases to boost the action of Ach
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Symptoms of the disease include drooping eyelids and muscle weakness
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Ion channel blockers allow permeation. True or false?
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Ion channel modulators increase/decrease opening probability. True or false?
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Which of the following is false: ion channels are grouped by
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What is the function of verapamil?
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Calcium ion channel blockers are used to treat which of the following?
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Hypertension
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Angina
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Heart failure
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Arrythmia
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Which of the following statements is false regarding sodium ion channel blockers?
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Inhibits influx of sodium, preventing action potential propagation
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Lidocaine is an example of a sodium ion channel blocker
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Verapamil is an example of a sodium ion channel blocker
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Sodium channel blockers act as local anasethetics
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Transporters move ions down their electrochemical gradient. True or false?
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The action of transporters requires energy from
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ATP hydrolysis (active transport)
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Borrowing energy from other biochemical reactions (pre-transport)
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Utilising an existing ion gradient (co-transport)
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Energy is not required for the action of transporters
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Which drug blocks Na+/K+ ATPase to treat heart failure?
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Fluoxetine
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Lidocaine
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Dopamine
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Digoxin
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Fluoxetine is an example of
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An anticoagulant
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An antidepressant
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A local anaesthetic
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An antipyretic
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The drug Fluoxetine is an example of a Serotonin-Selective Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI). True or false?
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Treatment with Serotonin-Selective Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) increases the effects of the 5HT receptor. True or false?