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Pharmaceutical Quiz: Mastering Glucocorticoids and Thyroid Function

Welcome to the Pharmaceutical Quiz focused on Glucocorticoids and Thyroid Function! Test your knowledge and understanding of these crucial medications through a series of 10 carefully crafted questions.

This quiz is perfect for students, healthcare professionals, or anyone interested in the pharmaceutical sciences. Here are some topics you'll explore:

Medical Uses of Glucocorticoids
Thyroid Hormone Synthesis
Mechanisms of Action of Key Drugs

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by ExploringPharma21

1. Which of the following is NOT an effect of glucocorticoids?

A. Metabolism

B. Potassium regulation

C. Catabolism

D. Inflammation

2. Which of the following glucocorticoid is medication used to hasten lung maturation in the setting of preterm labor/delivery?

A. Dexamethasone

B. Hydrocortisone

C. Prednisone

D. Prednisolone

3.Inhibits cholesterol side chain cleavage cytochrome P450 enzymes and other enzymes for steroid synthesis

A. Dexamethasone

B. Hydrocortisone

C. Spironolactone

D. Ketoconazole

4. Activation of nuclear receptors results in gene expression with RNA formation and protein synthesis

A. PTU

B. LEVOTHYROXINE

C. PROPRANOLOL

D. IODIDE

5. Iodide ion is converted to iodine by thyroid peroxidase (TPO)

A. COUPLING

B. TRANSPORT

C. PROTEOLYSIS

D. IODINE ORGANIFICATION

6. WHICH DRUG IS USED FOR HYPOTHYROIDISM?

A. PTU

B. LEVOTHYROXINE

C. PROPRANOLOL

D. IODIDE

7. Molecules of DIT combine to form T4 while 1 molecule each of MIT and DIT form T3

A. COUPLING

B. TRANSPORT

C. PROTEOLYSIS

D. IODINE ORGANIFICATION

8. Inhibit thyroid peroxidase reactions and iodine organification

A. POTASSIUM IODIDE

B. METHIMAZOLE

C. PTU

D. LUGOL'S SOLUTION

9. Block beta receptors (control heart rate and other cardiac abnormalities in severe thyrotoxicosis and slow pacemaker activity

A. PTU

B. LEVOTHYROXINE

C. PROPANOLOL

D. IODIDE

10. PROTOTYPE DRUG OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS

A. Dexamethasone

B. Hydrocortisone

C. Prednisone

D. Prednisolone

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