Helping Hand Questions for FPGEE

Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination Questions and Answers

Question 57

Allopurinol, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, is a derivative of:

Uric acid

Purine

Pyridine

Pteridine

Urate salts

Question 58

The mechanism of antipsychotic effect of phenothiazines is thought to be due to:

improvement of cholinergic transmission

blockade of catecholamine re-uptake

blockade of dopamine receptors

blockade of enkephalinergic neurons

prolactin release

Question 59

The shock and airway edema of anaphylaxis are best treated with:

salbutamol

diphenhydramine

adrenaline

acetazolamide

aminophylline

Question 60

Select the drug whose major metabolites have therapeutically significant pharmacological activity:

oxazepam

nitrazepam

diazepam

triazolam

clonazepam