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(Single Best Answer) Question 1: The following is a life threatening side effect associated with the use of clozapine ?

A) Pancreatitis
B) Hypoglycemia
C) Agranulocytosis
D) Acute renal failure
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(Single Best Answer) Question 2: Antipsychotic induced "akathisia" is characterized by ?

A) Rigidity
B) Tremor
C) Spasm of muscle / muscle group
D) Restlessness
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(Single Best Answer) Question 3: Nephrotoxicity is seen with ?

A) Azathioprine
B) Leflunomide
C) Mycophenolate mofetil
D) Tacrolimus
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(Single Best Answer) Question 4: Thiazides can cause ?

A) Hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis
B) Hypolipidemia
C) Hypouricemia
D) Impotence
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(Single Best Answer) Question 5: Which of the following toxicity is specific to anthracyclines therapy ?

A) Cardiac muscle damage
B) Peripheral neuropathy
C) Haemorrhagic cystitis
D) Renal damage
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(Single Best Answer) Question 6: Regarding adverse drug reaction of chemotherapeutic agent which is a wrong match ?

A) 5-FU - Acute coronary syndrome
B) Doxorubicin - LV dysfunction
C) Cisplatin - Hypokalemia
D) Paclitaxel - Hypotension
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(Single Best Answer) Question 7: Regarding statins
Assertion: Pravastatin should be taken in the evening whereas atorvastatin can be taken at any time in the day

Reason: Pravastatin causes day time drowsiness as a most common side effect

A) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
B) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
C) Assertion is true, but Reason is false
D) Assertion is false, but Reason is true
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(Single Best Answer) Question 8: The antiretroviral drug implicated in the development of heart muscle disease ?

A) nevirapine
B) efavirenz
C) zidovudine
D) emtricitabine
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(Single Best Answer) Question 9: Drug causing acquired Nasolacrimal duct obstruction ?

A) Brimonidine
B) Dorzolamide
C) Pilocarpine
D) Timolol
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(Single Best Answer) Question 10: Antibiotic associated with Colitis ?

A) Chloramphenicol
B) Clindamycin
C) Neomycin
D) Vancomycin
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