DRUGS FOR CONSTIPATION AND DIARRHOEA MCQs Part – 3

TOP 10 MCQ

1. The following combination of drugs are used in treating severe travelers’ diarrhoea [GPAT-2019]
(a) Pyrimethamine and Sulfadiazine
(b) Trimethoprim and Sulfadiazine
(c) Pyrimethamine and Sulfamethoxazole
(d) Trimethoprim and Sulfamethoxazole

2. The laxative that acts by opening of chloride channels
(a) Docusate
(b) Anthraquinone
(c) Lubiprostone
(d) Bisacodyl

3. The following laxative lowers blood ammonia level in hepatic encephalopathy
(a) Bisacodyl
(b) Liquid paraffin
(c) Lactulose
(d) Magnesium sulfate

4. Stimulant purgatives are contraindicated in the following
(a) Bed ridden patients
(b) Before abdominal radiography
(c) Spastic constipation
(d) Atonic constipation

5. The most suitable laxative for a patient of irritable bowel disease with spastic constipation is
(a) Dietary fibre
(b) Liquid paraffin
(c) Bisacodyl
(d) Senna

6. The concentration of sodium ions in the standard WHO oral rehydration solution is
(a) 40 m moles/L
(b) 60 m moles/L
(c) 90 m moles/L
(d) 110 m moles/L

7. Apart from diarrhea, oral rehydration solution has been employed in
(a) Severe vomiting
(b) Burn cases
(c) Heat stroke
(d) Both (b) and (c)

8. Sulfa drug used in inflammatory bowel disease includes
(a) Sulfasalazine
(b) Sulfamethoxazole
(c) Sulfinpyrazone
(d) Sulphadoxine

9. The preferred drug for controlling an acute exacerbation of ulcerative colitis is
(a) Prednisolone
(b) Sulfasalazine
(c) Mesalazine
(d) Vancomycin

10. Drug that is useful in treating Crohn’s disease
(a) Infliximab
(b) Azathioprine
(c) Tacrolimus
(d) Cyclosporine

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