Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka

III year B.Pharm Degree Examination – Mar 2013

Time: Three Hours Max. Marks: 80 Marks

PHARMACOLOGY
(Revised Scheme - 2)
Q.P. CODE: 1965
Your answers should be specific to the questions asked
Draw neat labeled diagrams wherever necessary
LONG ESSAYS (Answer any Two) 2 x 10 = 20 Marks
1. Write a detailed note on different routes of drug administration.
2. Classify antiepileptic drugs. Write the pharmacology of phenytoin.
3. Classify cholinesterase inhibitor drugs. Write the pharmacology of neostigmine and its adverse
reactions.

SHORT ESSAYS (Answer any Eight) 8 x 5 = 40 Marks

4. Write a short note on drug toxicity.
5. Classify cholinergic drugs. Write the muscarinrc and nicotinc actions of Ach.
6. Write a note on morphine.
7. Classify peripheral skeletal muscle relaxants. Write the adverse reactions of d-tubocurare.
8. Write a note on captopril as antihypertensive drug.
9. Write a note on diethyl ether as a general anaesthetic drug.
10. Write a note on adverse reactions and toxicity of digitalis.
11. Write a note on disulfiram as an aversion agent.
12. Write a note on dicoumarol as an oral anticoagulant agent.
13. Write a note on Ca++ channel blockers as antianginal agents.

SHORT ANSWERS 10 x 2 = 20 Marks

14. Therapeutic uses of barbiturates
15. Specific antagonists of morphine
16. Give example of diuretic drugs.
17. Justify the use of adrenaline with local anaesthetic agents.
18. Physiological antagonism
19. Food-drug interaction
20. Uses of oximes in organophosphorous poisoning
21. Justify the use of carbidopa along with Levodopa.
22. Why neostigmine is preferred to physostigmine in myasthenia gravis?
23. Define pseudotolerance.

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