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ANTICONVULSANTS

The document is a mock test containing 13 multiple choice questions about antiepileptic drugs. The questions cover topics such as the mechanisms of action of antiepileptics, which drugs are used to treat specific seizure types like myoclonic seizures or status epilepticus, the effects and side effects of common antiepileptic drugs like phenytoin, carbamazepine, and valproate.

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ANTICONVULSANTS

The document is a mock test containing 13 multiple choice questions about antiepileptic drugs. The questions cover topics such as the mechanisms of action of antiepileptics, which drugs are used to treat specific seizure types like myoclonic seizures or status epilepticus, the effects and side effects of common antiepileptic drugs like phenytoin, carbamazepine, and valproate.

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SPACE GPAT ACACEMY

ANTIEPILEPTICS MOCK TEST-02 12.12.2019


7. The drug which is used for
1. The mechanism of action of myoclonic seizures is:
antiepileptic drugs is : a. Primidone
a. Enhancement of GABA-ergic b. Carbamazepine
(inhibitory) transmission c. Clonazepam
b. Inhibition of excitatory (usually d. Phenytoin .
glutamate-ergic) transmission
c. Modification of ionic conductance 8. The most effective drug in status
d. All of the above . epilepticus in adults is :
2. Which of the following has an a. Carbamazepine
impotent effect on the T-type b. Ethosuximide
calcium channels in thalamic c. Diazepam
neurons? d. Zonisamide .
a. Carbamazepine
b. Lamotrigine 9. Regarding phenytoin:
c. Ethosuximide a. It effects on Ca2+ currents,
d. Phenytoin . reducing the low-threshold (T-
3. The drug which does not produce a type) current
voltage-dependent inactivation of b. It blocks Na+ channels
sodium channels is : c. It inhibits GABA-transaminase,
a. Lamotrigine which catalyzes the breakdown of
b. Carbamazepine GABA
c. Phenytoin d. None of the above .
d. Vigabatrine . 10. Phenytoin is used in the treatment
4. The antiepileptic drug, which of:
produce inhibition of the central a. Petit mal epilepsy
effects of excitatory amino acids is : b. Grand mal epilepsy
a. Ethosuximide c. Myoclonic seizures
b. Lamotrigine d. None of the above .
c. Diazepam 11. Dose-related adverse effect caused
d. Tiagabine . by phenytoin is:
5. The drug which is not used for a. Physical and psychological
partial and generalized tonic-clonic dependence
seizures is : b. Gingival hyperplasia
a. Carbamazepine c. Exacerbated grand mal epilepsy
b. Valproate d. Steven-Johnson syndrome .
c. Phenytoin 12. Granulocytopenia , GI irritation
d. Vigabatrine . and facial hirsutism are possible
6. The drug which is used for absence adverse effects of:
seizures is : a. Phenobarbital
a. Sodium valproate b. Ethosuximide
b. Phenobarbital c. Phenytoin
c. Carbamazepine d. Carbamazepine .
d. Phenytoin . 13. Which of the following does not
induce hepatic microsomal
enzymes

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