Anti-inflammatory Pharmacology
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A 45-year-old woman received a deceased-donor kidney transplant. Within 12 hours of the transplantation, she started immunosuppressive pharmacotherapy that included cyclosporine. Which of the following actions most likely mediated the therapeutic eeffect of the drug in the patient’s disease?
A 43-year-old man suffering from rheumatoid arthritis complained to his physician that his joint pain had increased recently despite current naproxen and hydroxychloroquine therapy. The patient was otherwise healthy, and his past medical history was unremarkable. Which of the following drugs would be appropriate to add to the patient’s therapy at this time?
A 44-year-old woman at a routine check-up was found to have a serum urate level of 18 mg/dL and a urine urate level of 800 mg/24 h. She started an appropriate treatment, and 3 weeks later her serum urate level was 7.2 mg/dL and urinary urate level was 530 mg/24 h. Which of the following drugs did the patient most likely take?
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A 45-year-old woman received a deceased-donor kidney transplant. Within 12 hours of the transplantation, she started immunosuppressive pharmacotherapy that included cyclosporine. Which of the following actions most likely mediated the therapeutic eeffect of the drug in the patient’s disease? You picked: A. To cause fewer adverse eeffects
A 48-year-old woman who underwent a liver transplant had been receiving immunosuppression treatment with prednisone and cyclosporine. Despite the therapy, a liver biopsy still showed rejection 12 days after surgery, and the therapeutic team decided to substitute tacrolimus for cyclosporine. Which of the following cells represent the main site of action of tacrolimus? You picked: A. Macrophages
A 64-year-old woman recently diagnosed with osteoarthritis started treatment with ibuprofen and misoprostol. Which of the following adverse eeffects is most likely expected from misoprostol treatment? You picked: D. Diarrhea
A 20-year-old man, diagnosed with acute rheumatic fever, started high-dose salicylate treatment. A few days later, laboratory values indicated increased blood pH, decreased P CO , and decreased plasma bicarbonate content. Which of a 2 the following acid−base disturbances was most likely caused by salicylate treatment? You picked: E. Mixed acidosis
A 54-year-old man at a scheduled ophthalmic check-up was found to have increased intraocular pressure. The man had been suffering from open-angle glaucoma for 2 years, but up Questions until the current visit, the disease was found to be well controlled by local treatment with timolol and latanoprost. Drugs taken recently by the patient included over-the-counter preparations for episodic headache, heartburn, and insomnia. Which of the following drugs could have caused the patient’s increased…
A 59-year-old woman complained to her physician of persistent heartburn. She had been taking ibuprofen for osteoarthritis of the right hip for the past 2 months. She refused to stop the medication, which she said was very good for her pain. The physician prescribed another drug, to be taken together with ibuprofen, to prevent peptic ulcer formation. Which of the following actions most likely contributed to the preventive eeffect of the prescribed drug? You picked: B. Blockade of muscarinic M receptors on gastric parietal cells
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Anti-inflammatory Pharmacology covers high-yield mechanisms, clinical presentations, diagnostic workup, and management — drawn from First Aid, Pathoma, and the NBME content outline.
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