RUDRA'S PHARMACOLOGY

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DRUGS (MCQ’s)

✽   Codeine is used clinically as

     (a) Analgesic

     (b) Antitussive

     (c) Antidiarrhoeal

     (d) All of the above

ANSWER:  [  d  ] 

✽   Mucokinetic is a drug which

     (a) Reduces airway mucus secretion

     (b) Increases airway mucus secretion

     (c) Makes respiratory secretions more watery

     (d) Stimulates mucociliary activity of bronchial epithelium

ANSWER:  [  c  ] 

✽  The following expectorant acts both directly on the airway mucosa as well as reflexly

     (a) Potassium iodide

     (b) Guaiphenesin

     (c) Terpin hydrate

     (d) Bromhexine

ANSWER:  [  a  ] 

✽   Bromhexine acts by

     (a) Inhibiting cough centre

     (b) Irritating gastric mucosa and reflexly increasing bronchial secretion

     (c)  Depolymerizing mucopolysaccharides present in sputum

     (d) Desensitizing stretch receptors in the lungs

ANSWER:  [  c  ]     

✽    Antitussives act by

     (a) Liquifying bronchial secretions

     (b) Raising the threshold of cough centre

     (c) Reducing cough inducing impulses from the lungs

     (d) Both ‘B’ and ‘C’ are correct

ANSWER:  [  d  ] 

✽   Which of the following is not an antitussive

     (a) Oxeladin

     (b) Clophedianol

     (c) Dextropropoxyphene

     (d) Dextromethorphan

ANSWER:  [  c  ] 

✽   The following antitussive is present in opium but has no analgesic or addicting properties

     (a) Noscapine

     (b) Codeine

     (c) Pholcodeine

     (d) Ethylmorphine

ANSWER:  [  a  ]