MN 553 ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
▶ Alpha blocker medications. Answer: Prazosin (Minipress)
Tamsulosin (Flomax)
▶ Clinical uses for alpha blockers. Answer: HTN
BPH
▶ Clinical use for beta blockers. Answer: Angina
HTN
Heart failure
Tachycardia
Post Mi antidysrhythmias
Migraine prophylaxis
Arrhythmias
▶ Other names for cholinergic agents. Answer: Parasympathomimetics
Muscarinic agonists
▶ Direct acting cholinergic drugs. Answer: Bethanechol (Urecholine)
Pilocarpine (Pilocar )
▶ Indirect acting cholinergic drugs. Answer: Cholinesterase inhibitors
Neostigmine bromide (Prostigmin)
,▶ Main uses of cholinergic drugs. Answer: To decrease intraocular
pressure in glaucoma
To treat atony of GI tract and urinary bladder
To diagnose and treat MG
▶ Function of Bethanechol (Urecholine). Answer: Increases tone of
detrusor muscle and causes bladder contractions
Increases gastric tone
▶ Clinical use for Bethanechol. Answer: Neurogenic bladder atony
▶ True or false
Bethanechol can be used for reflux. Answer: False
▶ Uses for anticholinergic drugs. Answer: Block vagal impulses to the
heart
Suppress or decrease respiratory secretions and bladder spasms
Preoperative medicine
Treat tremors/rigidity of parkinsonism
Treat side effects of psychotropic medications
▶ Clinical uses of cholinesterase inhibitors. Answer: MG
Alzeheimer's
▶ Cholinergic blockers rational drug selection. Answer: Scopolamine
Ipratropium bromide
Benztropine
, Oxybutynin
▶ What is another term for anticonvulsants. Answer: Hydantoins
▶ Examples of anticonvulsants. Answer: Ethotoin
Fosphenytoin
Phenytoin
Lamotrigine
▶ Clinical uses for lamotrigine. Answer: Used in adjunctive treatment of
primary generalized tonic clonic seizures and partial seizures in adults and
children older than 2 years of age
Concurrently used with valproic acid and phenytoin
▶ Examples of nonselective norepinephrine serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
Answer: TCAs
Amitriptyline, nortriptyline, imipramine, doxepin, trimipramine maleate,
amoxapine, desipramine, protriptyline hydrochloride, clomipramine
▶ Examples of MAOIs. Answer: Phelenzine, isocarboxazid,
tranylcypromine
▶ Examples of SSRIs. Answer: Fluoxetine, olanzapine-fluoxetine,
paroxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine, citalopram, escitralopram
▶ Examples of serotonin -norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs).
Answer: Venlafaxine (Effexor), duloxetine, (Cymbalta), milnacipran
(Savella), desvenlafaxine (Pristig)
▶ Clinical use for TCAs. Answer: Nocturnal enuresis
Intractable pain
Anxiety disorders.
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
▶ Alpha blocker medications. Answer: Prazosin (Minipress)
Tamsulosin (Flomax)
▶ Clinical uses for alpha blockers. Answer: HTN
BPH
▶ Clinical use for beta blockers. Answer: Angina
HTN
Heart failure
Tachycardia
Post Mi antidysrhythmias
Migraine prophylaxis
Arrhythmias
▶ Other names for cholinergic agents. Answer: Parasympathomimetics
Muscarinic agonists
▶ Direct acting cholinergic drugs. Answer: Bethanechol (Urecholine)
Pilocarpine (Pilocar )
▶ Indirect acting cholinergic drugs. Answer: Cholinesterase inhibitors
Neostigmine bromide (Prostigmin)
,▶ Main uses of cholinergic drugs. Answer: To decrease intraocular
pressure in glaucoma
To treat atony of GI tract and urinary bladder
To diagnose and treat MG
▶ Function of Bethanechol (Urecholine). Answer: Increases tone of
detrusor muscle and causes bladder contractions
Increases gastric tone
▶ Clinical use for Bethanechol. Answer: Neurogenic bladder atony
▶ True or false
Bethanechol can be used for reflux. Answer: False
▶ Uses for anticholinergic drugs. Answer: Block vagal impulses to the
heart
Suppress or decrease respiratory secretions and bladder spasms
Preoperative medicine
Treat tremors/rigidity of parkinsonism
Treat side effects of psychotropic medications
▶ Clinical uses of cholinesterase inhibitors. Answer: MG
Alzeheimer's
▶ Cholinergic blockers rational drug selection. Answer: Scopolamine
Ipratropium bromide
Benztropine
, Oxybutynin
▶ What is another term for anticonvulsants. Answer: Hydantoins
▶ Examples of anticonvulsants. Answer: Ethotoin
Fosphenytoin
Phenytoin
Lamotrigine
▶ Clinical uses for lamotrigine. Answer: Used in adjunctive treatment of
primary generalized tonic clonic seizures and partial seizures in adults and
children older than 2 years of age
Concurrently used with valproic acid and phenytoin
▶ Examples of nonselective norepinephrine serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
Answer: TCAs
Amitriptyline, nortriptyline, imipramine, doxepin, trimipramine maleate,
amoxapine, desipramine, protriptyline hydrochloride, clomipramine
▶ Examples of MAOIs. Answer: Phelenzine, isocarboxazid,
tranylcypromine
▶ Examples of SSRIs. Answer: Fluoxetine, olanzapine-fluoxetine,
paroxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine, citalopram, escitralopram
▶ Examples of serotonin -norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs).
Answer: Venlafaxine (Effexor), duloxetine, (Cymbalta), milnacipran
(Savella), desvenlafaxine (Pristig)
▶ Clinical use for TCAs. Answer: Nocturnal enuresis
Intractable pain
Anxiety disorders.
