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National Pharmacology Quiz 2011. Theme. Experience the Ecstasy. Round 1. Choice is Yours. Rules for Round 1 Each team has to select a system (shown in next slide). Five questions will be asked in the selected system to every team. You have 30 seconds to answer each question. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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National Pharmacology Quiz 2011
Theme
Experience the Ecstasy
Round 1
Choice is Yours
Rules for Round 1Each team has to select a system (shown in next slide).Five questions will be asked in the selected system to
every team. You have 30 seconds to answer each question.Ten points for answering correctly. No negative marks
for wrong answer. Unanswered / wrongly answered questions do not pass
to the next team.Questions in the systems not selected by any team will
be used as tie breaker (if needed)
Autonomic Nervous System
Blood & Autacoids
Cardiovascular System
Central Nervous System
Endocrinology Chemotherapy
Autonomic Nervous System
1. Which system is considered as the third division of autonomic nervous system?
Enteric nervous system2. Which blocker can augment the effects of
tricyclic antidepressants by blocking negative feedback of 5HT on 5HT1A autoreceptors?
Pindolol3. Which partial agonist (ANS drug) is associated
with suicidal ideation?
Varenicline
4. Which 2 agonist is used for sedation in intensive care setup & during anaesthesia?
Dexmedetomidine5. Which appetite suppressant was removed
from market as it was associated with hemorrhagic stroke in young women?
Phenylpropanolamine
Blood & Autacoids
1. Which structure / organelle concentrates serotonin by active transporter?
Platelets2. Which iron preparation is associated with soft
tissue sarcomas?
Intramuscular iron sucrose3. Which drug inhibits the final common pathway
of platelet aggregation?
Gp IIb / IIIa inhibitors (Abciximab, eptifibatide, tirofiban)
4. Which form / salt of Vitamin K should never be used in therapeutics?
Vitamin K3 - Menadione
5. Which is the most effective drug for increasing HDL?
Niacin
Cardiovascular System
1. Which group of antihypertensives can cause both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia?
Beta blockers2. Even though this agent is labeled as Class III
antiarrhythmic, it also displays Class I, II and IV activity. Name this drug.
Amiodarone3. Which vasoconstrictor is preferred over
adrenaline for use along with local anaesthetic in patients with cardiovascuar disorders?
Felypressin
4. Which drug reduces total peripheral resistance, requires a blocker to counteract reflex tachycardia & may cause drug induced lupus?
Hydralazine5. What is the mechanism of action of ticagrelor?
Reversible inhibition of ADP receptor (P2Y12)
Central Nervous System
1. Name the opioid which has anticholinergic properties.
Pethidine (Meperidine)2. Which inhaled anaesthetic has the lowest blood
gas partition coefficient and thus produces rapid onset and offset of effect?
Desflurane3. Name the antiparkinsonian drug which yields
amphetamine as its metabolite.
Selegiline
4. Which antiepileptic causes loss of hair which grows back curly?
Sodium valproate5. Acute intoxication of this CNS drug inhibits
drug metabolising enzymes whereas chronic administration induces them. Identify this drug.
Ethanol
Endocrinology
1. Which endocrine agent is used to reverse the cardiac effects of beta blocker toxicity?
Glucagon2. Which drug activates the calcium sensing
receptor and blocks parathormone secretion?
Cinacalcet3. Name the pure estrogen receptor antagonist
used in breast cancer resistant to tamoxifen.
Fulvestrant
4. Which inhaled corticosteroid is a prodrug activated by esterases in bronchial epithelium?
Ciclesonide5. Name the antidiabetic drug whose discovery
was based on substances obtained from Galega officinalis?
Metformin
Chemotherapy
1. Which beta lactam antibiotic can be safely used in penicillin allergic patients?
Aztreonam (monobactam)2. Which group of anticancer agents is extracted
from ‘Love Tree’ or ‘Tree of Joy’?
Camptothecins3. Name the antimicrobial agent whose effects
are antagonised by pulmonary surfactants.
Daptomycin
4. A pregnant mother had toxoplasmosis; investigations reveal that fetus in utero is also affected. What is the drug of choice for this condition?
Pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine5. What’s wrong with a combination of ampicillin +
sulbactam for treating beta lactamase producing Serratia?
Serratia produces Class C beta lactamases whereas sulbactam inhibits Class A beta lactamase only.
Round 2
Places & Persons
Rules for Round 2This round has two parts: Part 1 – Places, Part 2 -
Persons In Part 1, each team will be asked two questions (one in
pharmacology and the other in research methodology) and in Part 2, a question.
You have 30 seconds to answer each question.Ten points for answering correctly. No negative marks
for wrong answer. Unanswered / wrongly answered questions pass to the
next team. You get 5 seconds to answer it and five points for answering correctly.
Round 2 – Part I
Places
This drug is the first member of a group of antibiotics, isolated from a soil actinomycetes found near a city in Nebraska, USA and was named after the city.
Identify this drug.
Team B
Lincomycin, the first lincosamide was named after the city Lincoln.
Answer
This method is a group facilitation technique which is an iterative multistage process, designed to transform opinion into group consensus. It goes by the name of a city famous in Greek mythology.
Identify this method / technique.
Team B
Delphi method / technique
Answer
The research work of two scientists (Rachel Fuller Brown and Elizabeth Hazen) at the New York State Health Laboratory led to the discovery of a drug that was named after the lab.
Identify this drug.
Rachel F Brown
Team C
Nystatin
The first three letters ‘Nys’ stand for New York State.
Answer
This is a consensus document that aims to guide the implementation of global clinical trial registration. This is named after the city where the first meeting of this group was held in 2004.
Identify this landmark document.
Team C
Ottawa statement
Answer
This drug was isolated from Streptomyces pimprina (named after the town Pimpri) and developed by the first public sector drug manufacturing company (located at Pimpri) setup by Government of India.
Identify this drug.
Team D
Hamycin named after Hindustan Antibiotics, Pimpri.
Answer
This term refers to the tendency of some people to perform better when they are participants in an experiment.
This effect is named after an electric factory which is named after a town in Illinois, USA. Name this effect.
Team D
Hawthorne Effect (Hawthorne is a small town in Illinois, USA)
A study was conducted at the Hawthorne Works plant of Western Electric Co., to determine if varying the amount of light, workers received changed the worker productivity. It was found that productivity increased due to attention from the research team and not because of changes to the experimental variable.
Answer
This drug has two entirely different actions when administered by two different routes. The drug gets its alternative name from a town near London.
Identify this place.
Team A
Epsom
Magnesium sulphate also known as epsom after the town ‘Epsom’ near London.
Magnesium sulphate by oral route acts as a purgative and by intravenous route is used in eclampsia.
Answer
This statement on research integrity was developed during 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity as a global guide to the conduct of research.
Name this statement which was named after the city which hosted the conference.
Team A
Singapore Statement on Research Integrity
Answer
Round 2 – Part II
Persons
Identify this Indian pharmacologist who worked at Oxford and is credited with the nomenclature of a group of drugs.
Team A
Bramah N. Singh
He worked with Vaughan Williams and formed the classification of antiarrhythmic drugs (Vaughan Williams & Singh classification).
Answer
Identify this person who discovered a drug during his second year as a medical student at Johns Hopkins University.
Photo as a medical student
Photo during later part of life
Team D
Jay McLean
Discovered heparin.
Answer
Identify this famous film personality who is on antiparkinsonian drugs.
Team C
Michael J Fox
Answer
This graduate from Harvard Medical School published the novel ‘The Andromeda Strain’ which anchored his place as a techno thriller. He has written many medical fictions, some of them are A Case of Need, The Terminal Man, Next and Drug of Choice’. He died of lymphoma in November 2008.
Identify him.
Team B
Michael Crichton
Answer