M.B.B.S. EXAMINATION PHARMACOLOGY PAPER-II

M.B.B.S. DEGREE EXAMINATION – JULY, 2013

PAPER-II

Time : 2 Hours                                                                Max. Marks : 40

Answer all questions

1. Enumerate oral antidiabetic drugs.  Write the mechanism of action and adverse effects of any two of them.             3+5+2=10

WRITE SHORT NOTES ON:                                                      5x4=20

2. Indications and adverse effects of oral and parenteral iron.
3. Ciprofloxacin.
4. Ranitidine.
5. Name the first line antitubercular drugs.  Write the mechanism of action and adverse effects of any one of them

6. Enumerate aminoglycosides.  List the common properties of aminoglycosides.

WRITE BRIEFLY ON:                                                               5x2=10

7. Name 4 antimicrobials used in anaerobic infections
8. Advantages of combination of antimicrobial agents.
9. Name 4 glucocorticoid preparations

10. Why MESNA (2 – mercaptoethanesulfonate) is given in patients

      receiving cyclophosphamide – give reason.

11. Estrogen and progesterone are used together for contraception

       – give reason