A 13-year-old boy with severe asthma has been treated for 6 months with good control of nocturnal wheezing. His parents now complain that he seems to be very fat around the face and shoulders, bruises easily, and has discolored streaks on his abdomen. Laboratory tests reveal moderate hyperglycemia. He has probably been receiving which of the following drugs?

Which of the following is the drug of choice to reverse bronchoconstriction in an acute asthma attack?

The most prominent and dose related side effect of

salbutamol is:

Select the fastest-acting inhaled bronchodilator:

Select the correct statement about salmeterol:

Select the most appropriate drug for regular prophylactic therapy in a 10 year old child who suffers from exercise induced asthma:

Select the drug that is neither bronchodilator nor anti-inflammatory, but has antihistaminic and mast cell stabilizing activity:

Leukotriene antagonists are used in bronchial asthma:

Choose the correct statement about theophylline:

Identify the first line disease modifying antirheumatic drugs.

A woman with RA planning pregnancy asks about medication safety. Which drug is contraindicated in pregnancy because of teratogenicity?

The selective COX-2 inhibitors have the following

advantage(s) over the nonselective NSAIDs:

A 55-year-old man presents with acute monoarticular pain of the first metatarsophalangeal joint starting 12 hours ago. Which of the following is first-line pharmacologic therapy for acute gout attack in a patient with no contraindications?

Which adverse effect is most characteristically associated with chronic colchicine therapy?