Medical Pharmacology Chapter 27: Gastrointestingal Pharmacology Practice Questions

Bismuth subsalicylate:
1. Prevention and treatment of "travelers diarrhea."
2. Effective as an antidiarrheal in episodic diarrhea unrelated to travel.
3. Both
4. Neither
Effect(s) associated with bismuth:
1. Antimicrobial effects
2. Anti-inflammatory effects
3. Both
4. neither
Bismuth appears to have anti-secretory effects.
1. True
2. False
Bismuth is effective in relieving which one(s) of the following?
1. Nausea
2. Abdominal cramping
3. Both
4. Neither
Associated with bismuth administration:
1. Dark stools
2. Black staining of the tongue.
3. Both
4. Neither
Bismuth salicylate:
1. Salicylate absorbed by small intestine and stomach
2. Bismuth mostly (99%) passes as the parent compound on absorbed into the feces.
3. Both
4. Neither
Bismuth salicylate side effect(s):
1. Reye syndrome warning
2. CNS Side effects
3. Tinnitus
4. Hearing loss
5. A & B
6. B & C
7. A, B & C
8. A, B, C & D (all answers are correct)
Probiotics may be effective in:
1. Antibiotic-associated diarrhea
2. Infectious diarrhea
3. Both
4. Neither
Bacteria effective in treating antibiotic-associated diarrhea, infectious diarrhea and in some acute diarrheal presentations:
1. Lactobacillus GG
2. Saccharomyces boulardii
3. Both
4. Neither

Medical Pharmacology: Gastrointestinal Pharmacology Practice Questions