Which statement regarding tetanus is correct?

Which vaccine is used for emergency staff?

A patient has a history of severe HSV. Which vaccine should the patient receive to prevent shingles infection?

Which of the following infections is preventable by vaccination?

Which of the following is a live attenuated vaccine?

A newborn baby is about to be discharged with the mother. Which vaccine is indicated now?

Vaccination case: He came to receive the MMR vaccine and has a history of taking immunoglobulin for hepatitis A last month. What should be done?

Live and inactivated vaccines: what is the correct administration strategy?

A 20‑year‑old man with deep wounds after a serious road accident has an unknown vaccination history. Which is best to administer now?

A 20‑year‑old man had a road accident with minor injuries (no deep wounds). His vaccination history is unknown. What is recommended regarding tetanus vaccination?

Before 6 weeks post‑surgery, a patient is preparing for discharge. Which vaccine should be given?

He came to receive the MMR vaccine and has a history of taking immunoglobulin for hepatitis A last month. What should be done?

A one‑year‑old child previously had immunodeficiency and received IVIG 4 months ago. It is now time for the MMR vaccine. What should be done?

Which of the following is the result of a drug interaction between birth control pills and erythromycin?

Which medication promotes ripening and dilation of the cervix during labor?

A pregnant patient develops ductus arteriosus closure. What is the management?

According to FDA pregnancy categories, amoxicillin is category B. What does this mean?

Which of the following best describes the content of a monophasic contraceptive?

Which medication promotes ripening and dilation of the cervix during labor?

Which drug is most likely to pass into mother’s milk due to high lipid solubility?

Which of the following is most likely to inhibit lactation?

Which hormone is responsible for milk production in the mammary glands?

Which of the following reduces the risk of transmission of sexually transmitted diseases?

A 20‑year‑old pregnant woman presents to the emergency department with severe vomiting. Which is the most likely safe drug?

Which of the following is an important counseling point for a woman starting fingolimod?

A 30‑year‑old woman with a history of deep vein thrombosis treated a year ago wants to use birth control pills. Which contraceptive is best for her?

Which statement describes a drug with pregnancy category A?

A 20‑year‑old woman is taking birth control pills. Which concurrent drug most likely reduces the efficacy of oral contraceptives?

Which of the following drugs is contraindicated in pregnancy due to teratogenicity?

A lactating mother presents with nausea and vomiting. Which agent is most appropriate to give?

Which of the following drugs is pregnancy category X?

Which statement best describes oxytocin?

Which medication is an aromatase inhibitor used for the treatment of breast cancer?

Which statement describes a drug with pregnancy category B?

Which of the following medications is an anti‑progestin?

A 23‑year‑old woman taking finasteride wishes to conceive. Why should finasteride be discontinued?

Which of the following is a statement that describes a drug with pregnancy category X?

Which of the following vitamins is contraindicated in high doses during pregnancy?

Which property of nicotine is attributed to abortions?

A lactating mother comes to the emergency department complaining of nausea and vomiting. Which of the following agents is most appropriate to give?

An experiment on unknown drugs D-1, D-2, D-3 and D-4 shows the following: D-1 low lipid solubility; D-2 high molecular weight; D-3 low degree of plasma protein binding; D-4 weak acidity. Which of the following is most likely to be excreted in breast milk?

Treatment of eclampsia?

A pregnant woman with hypothyroidism takes levothyroxine and starts feeling fatigue. What is the most appropriate action?

Woman positive hCG: which of the following drugs can be used?

Drug passes to mother’s milk due to which property?

Pregnant with nausea and vomiting: which is most appropriate?

Which contraceptive has high dose of estrogen and is contraindicated in women with DVT?

Warfarin is contraindicated in pregnancy because it causes which of the following?

When should Fingolimod be stopped for pregnancy?

Statin woman positive hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin): which medication is appropriate for her?

Which is contraindicated in pregnancy or lactation?

Which contraceptive pills reduce lactation?

What is the more effective method to prevent pregnancy?

Antidepressants have teratogenicity effect on pregnant women: which class is implicated?

Which of the following committees is responsible for requests of removing a drug from the hospital formulary?

A physician prescribed heparin at a dose of 75 units/kg every six hours for a child weighing 15 kg. Heparin is available in a 2.5 ml vial containing 12,500 units. How many milliliters of heparin solution would be administered every day?

A dermatologist prescribes hydrocortisone 1.5% w/w, cream base to make 50 g. The pharmacist has two strengths of hydrocortisone creams: 2.5% and 1%. Which of the following is the weight ratio of the two strengths that should be mixed to prepare the 1.5% cream?

A pharmacist must extemporaneously prepare moxifloxacin oral suspension from 400 mg tablets at a concentration of 20 mg/mL with a total volume of 60 mL. How many 400 mg tablets are needed?

Drug X has an infusion rate of 0.95 mg/kg/hr. What is the total amount of drug X (in mg) needed for a 12‑hr infusion if the patient’s weight is 70 kg?

A patient is to receive 1 mg of hydromorphone hydrochloride injection for pain. Hydromorphone hydrochloride is available as 50 mg in a 50 mL vial. How many milliliters must be injected?

A solution contains 2.5 mg of a drug per milliliter and is to be administered at a rate of 50 mg/hr (1 mL = 30 drops). Which of the following is the most appropriate infusion rate?

A 2.5% intravenous drug is infused at a rate of 1.5 mL/min. What is the amount of the drug (in mg) infused in each hour?

A technician is preparing 250 mL of 70% (w/v) dextrose solution. What is the total amount of dextrose (in grams) in the final preparation?

How many milliliters of paracetamol syrup of 120 mg/5 mL strength could be prepared using 1.8 kg of paracetamol as active ingredient?

What is the percentage w/w of a 10 mL vial that contains 50 mEq of ammonium chloride per 1 mL if 1 mEq of ammonium chloride equals 0.0535 g?

One folic acid tablet contains 400 mcg of folic acid as an active ingredient. How many tablets would be required for the preparation of 30 grams of folic acid?

A drug has a clearance value of $$4.75\ \text{L/hour}$$ and $$65\%$$ is cleared by renal excretion. Which of the following would be the non-renal clearance value?

A patient is to receive $$400\ \text{mL}$$ intravenous infusion of a $$1\%$$ drug that will be over $$10$$ hours. Which of the following is the amount (milligrams) of the drug that will be delivered in $$15$$ minutes?

Penicillin-G potassium is available in $$50\ \text{mL}$$ vial containing $$20\ \text{gram}$$ . Each milligram of penicillin-G potassium is equal to $$1500$$ units. How many units of penicillin G potassium are there in each vial?

A physician prescribes, for a 6-year-old child $$10\ \text{mg}$$ , omeprazole daily for seven days as a syrup formulation. Omeprazole capsules strength are available in the pharmacy is $$10\ \text{mg}$$ . Which of the following is the number of capsules required to make to suffice the total doses in the prescription if the final concentration syrup should be $$2\ \text{mg/mL}$$ ?

A 35-year-old individual is receiving $$20\ \text{mg}$$ of propranolol hydro four times daily as a prophylaxis to migraine attacks. The drug $$25\%$$ bioavailability due to extensive first pass effect. What amount of the drug reaches the systemic circulation after dosing?

A child weighing $$25\ \text{kg}$$ is prescribed acetazolamide $$2.5\ \text{mg/kg}$$ every $$12$$ hours. Acetazolamide is available in a liquid dosage form with strength of $$25\ \text{mg/mL}$$ . How many milliliters would the patient be administered per dose?

The diclofenac sodium suppository is prepared according to the following formula: Diclofenac sodium; Triglyceride base to make. How many grams of diclofenac sodium should be used to prepare $$2400$$ suppositories?

Which of the following is the amount of dextrose (in grams) that is present in $$100\ \text{mL}$$ of $$10\%$$ dextrose solution?

A 4-year-old boy is admitted with dehydration. He is started on dextrose $$5\%$$ and normal saline with $$40$$ milliequivalent potassium chloride per liter at a rate of $$40\ \text{mL}$$ per hour; weight is $$16\ \text{kilograms}$$ . How much potassium chloride (in milliequivalent) per kilograms per day is he receiving?

Which of the following is the percentage ( $$\%$$ ) strength of ketorolac tromethamine in an ophthalmic solution if $$200\ \text{micrograms}$$ of the drug are present in $$50\ \text{microliters}$$ of the solution?

A $$10\ \text{mL}$$ vial contains $$1\ \text{gm}$$ of clindamycin hydrochloride. Each milligram of clindamycin hydrochloride is equivalent to $$800$$ micrograms (mcg) of clindamycin. How much clindamycin in micrograms (mcg) is present in $$3\ \text{mL}$$ solution?

A solution contains $$27\ \text{mg}$$ of antipyrine per $$500\ \text{microliter}$$ . How many grams of antipyrine are there in $$3\ \text{mL}$$ of the solution?

A 4.5-year-old girl weights $$16\ \text{kilograms}$$ and is $$95\ \text{centimeters}$$ tall. Which of the following is her body surface area in squared meter ( $$\text{m}^2$$ )?

The following prescription is received in a hospital pharmacy: Losartan $$25\ \text{mg}$$ . Sig: Take 1 tab BID $$\times$$ 3 weeks. Which of the following instructions will be on the prescription label?

How many milliliters are there in one table spoonful in a metric system?

A solution contains $$2.5\ \text{mg}$$ of a drug per milliliter. The drug is to be administered at a rate of $$50\ \text{mg/hr}$$ , (1 mL 30 drops). Which of the following is the most appropriate infusion rate?

A patient is to receive two drops of deamethasone four times daily. The deamethasone is available as $$0.15\%$$ solution in a $$5\ \text{mL}$$ bottle with a dropper calibrated to deliver $$16$$ drops per mL. How many days will the bottle last?

What is the specific gravity of a liquid if $$121.92\ \text{mL}$$ of its weight is $$107.56\ \text{g}$$ ?

A physician prescribed $$5000$$ units of heparin twice daily for five days. Heparin is available in a vial containing $$20{,}000$$ units/mL. How many milliliters should be given for each dose?

A solution contains $$5\ \text{gm}$$ of drug per $$25\ \text{mL}$$ . Which of the following is the concentration, in mg/mL of the drug?

A 20-year-old boy who weighs $$10\ \text{kg}$$ is prescribed Drug X as $$1\ \text{mg/kg/hour}$$ infusion. The pharmacy prepared the prescription by diluting $$5\ \text{mL}$$ of $$25\ \text{mg/mL}$$ concentration to $$100\ \text{mL}$$ with normal saline. Which of the following is the rate of infusion (in mL/hour)?

A drug has a total body clearance of $$2.5\ \text{L/hr}$$ . Its hepatic metabolism accounts for $$25\%$$ during less blood perfusion and $$40\%$$ when blood perfusion is higher to the liver. What will be the hepatic clearance value in fed state of stomach?

A physician ordered Labetalol hydrochloride intravenous infusion at a close of $$500\ \text{micrograms/min}$$ over an hour for a hypertensive patient. Labetalol hydrochloride is available in a $$20\ \text{mL}$$ vial containing $$5\ \text{mg/mL}$$ of the drug. Which of the following is the amount (in milliliters) of labetalol hydrochloride solution that should be administered?

An ointment was prepared by incorporating $$15\ \text{g}$$ of a drug into $$150\ \text{g}$$ of petrolatum. What would be the concentration of the drug in the ointment?

A $$2.5\%$$ intravenous drug is infused at a rate of $$1.5\ \text{mL/min}$$ . Which of the amount of the drug (in mg) that is infused in each hour?

If a pharmacist has a stock solution of D5W and D50W, How many milliliters from each solution will need in order to prepare a $$450\ \text{mL}$$ of D15W solution?

How much $$5\%$$ w/v solution would be required to prepare $$60\ \text{mL}$$ of $$0.5\%$$ w/v solution?

The pharmacy receives a prescription for labetalol $$800\ \text{mg}$$ twice daily for three days. The available strength of labetalol in the pharmacy is $$200\ \text{mg}$$ . Which of the following is the number of $$200\ \text{mg}$$ labetalol tablet needed to prepare the above prescriptions for the total duration?

A drug vial contains $$0.2\%$$ of drug X. Which of the following is the amount of the drug (in mg) in a $$5\ \text{mL}$$ dose?

A patient is to receive $$25\ \text{mg}$$ of dextromethorphan four times daily for cough. The pharmacist dispensed two $$125\ \text{mL}$$ bottles containing $$10\ \text{mg}$$ of dextromethorphan per $$5\ \text{mL}$$ . How many days will the two bottles last?

A hospitalized patient with hypertension is prescribed nicardipine hydrochloride intravenous infusion at a dose of $$5\ \text{mg}$$ per hour for four hours. Nicardipine hydrochloride is available as a $$10\ \text{mL}$$ vial containing $$25\ \text{mg}$$ of nicardipine hydrochloride. How many milliliters of nicardipine should be used?

A $$100\ \text{mL}$$ infusion bottle contains $$2\%$$ of potassium chloride (KCl). (Mol wt/valence $$74.6$$ ). Which of the following is the most likely amount of KCl present in the infusion bottle?

Heparin is prepared in a piper-bag which contains $$25{,}000$$ units in $$250\ \text{mL}$$ . How many milliliters of heparin per hour must be given to a $$70$$ -kilogram male patient if infusion rate is $$10$$ units/kg/hour?

What is the weight of 60 mL of olive oil (density 0.92 g/mL)?

How many grams of water are needed to make $$100\ \text{grams}$$ of $$5\%$$ (w/w) solution of potassium acetate?

A patient is prescribed 0.25% alcaftadine ophthalmic solution, one drop for each eye per day. Alcaftadine is available in a 3 ml bottle and one ml contains 14 drops. How many days will the bottle last?

A 500 ml infusion bottle contains 11.72 g of potassium chloride (KCl). The molecular weight of KCl is 74.6 grams. Which of the following is the amount of KCl, in milliequivalent (mEq), present in the bottle?

A 65‑year‑old man (weight = 70 kg) with acute decompensated heart failure is to be started on dobutamine 5 μg/kg/min. The infusion bag contains dobutamine 150 mg in 100 ml of 0.9% sodium chloride. He has normal renal function. Which of the following is the rate of infusion of dobutamine?

A 6‑year‑old HIV‑infected boy measuring 0.9 m^2 is to receive nevirapine $$140 \text{ mg/m}^2$$ two times daily. Nevirapine is available as $$50 \text{ mg/5 ml}$$ suspension. How many milliliters of nevirapine suspension would be administered per dose?

A patient is to receive 750 ml 5% dextrose over five hours. The intravenous infusion set delivers 20 drops/ml. Which of the following is the flow rate in ml/min to deliver the prescribed volume?

A pharmacist calculates a dose of 500 μg/min for continuous infusion of dopamine based on the patient’s weight. The concentration of a premixed dopamine infusion is 400 mg/250 ml. What is the most likely amount of dopamine in ml received by the patient in the first hour of treatment?

A drug was given to a patient with a constant intravenous infusion rate of 10 mg/hour. The half‑life of the drug is three hours. Which of the following is the time in hours to reach steady‑state plasma concentration?

A syrup is 70% w/v solution of sucrose in water. How much sucrose is required to prepare 500 ml of this syrup?

Lidocaine is commonly administered for patients exhibiting cardiac arrhythmias. Lidocaine pharmacokinetic parameters are as follows: half‑life = 2 hours, clearance = 9 ml/min/kg, and volume of distribution = 70 L. Which of the following is the time (in hours) needed to achieve 87.5% of the steady‑state concentration in a 70‑kg individual?

A 9‑year‑old child weighing 36 kg came to the clinic with chickenpox. The physician prescribed acyclovir at a dose of 20 mg/kg four times a day for five days. Acyclovir is available as 200 mg/5 ml oral suspension. How many milliliters of suspension should be dispensed?

How many grams of dextrose are in a 250 ml bag of 10% dextrose?

A water sample contains 9 ppm of magnesium. Which of the following is the percentage of magnesium in this sample?

Using the following table from a bioavailability study of an antibiotic drug: IV solution dose $$0.2$$ mg/kg with cumulative urinary drug excretion 0–72 h of $$20$$ ; oral solution dose $$4$$ mg/kg with excretion $$380$$ ; oral tablet dose $$4$$ mg/kg with excretion $$340$$ ; and oral tablet dose $$4$$ mg/kg with excretion $$360$$ . Which of the following is the absolute bioavailability of the tablet dose?

Which of the following is the expected bioavailability (F) of drugs given by the intravenous route?

A patient presents a prescription with the following antiviral regimen: start with 50 mg then decrease by 10 mg every 2 days until finished. Which of the following quantities of 5 mg tablets is needed to fill this prescription?

Which of the following is the calculation of the apparent volume of distribution if the patient received 400 mg of intravenous medication that produced immediate blood concentration of $$10\,\mu\text{g}/\text{ml}$$ ?

A solution contains 2.5 mg of a drug per milliliter. The drug is to be administered at a rate of 50 mg/hr. (1 ml = 30 drops). Which of the following is the most appropriate infusion rate?

A 20 ml vial of penicillin‑G potassium containing 2,000,000 units is available. Each mg of the drug is equivalent to 1600 units. How many milligrams of penicillin‑G potassium are there in one ml of the solution?

A drug vial contains 0.2% of drug X. Which of the following is the amount of the drug X (in mg) in a 10 ml dose?

The vitamin D solution is available in a 2.5 ml bottle containing 36,000 international units. The recommended daily dose for children is 400 international units. Each ml of vitamin D solution contains 36 drops. How many drops should be administered to a child per day?

A pharmacist adds 2 g of potassium chloride to 1 L of D5W/1/2 normal saline. Atomic weights (Sodium 23, Potassium 39, Chloride 35.5, Dextrose 198). Which of the following is the most likely osmolality of the solution assuming the final volume as 1 L?

A budesonide inhaler delivers 200 puffs and each puff contains 100 micrograms of the drug. Which of the following is the amount (in milligrams) of total budesonide present in the inhaler?

A 500 ml infusion bottle contains 11.72 g of potassium chloride (KCl). The molecular weight of KCl is 74.6 grams. Which of the following is the amount of KCl in milliequivalent (mEq) present in the bottle?

A 500‑mg dose of aspirin was given intravenously to a patient and produced an initial plasma concentration of 100 mg/L. If the half‑life of the drug is 6.93 hours, what was the total body clearance?

How many grams of 5% diclofenac cream should be mixed with 100 g of 1% cream to make 2.5% diclofenac cream?

If multivitamin syrup contains 150 IU of vitamin A in each milliliter, which of the following quantities of international units of vitamin A would be provided by 1 teaspoonful?

Penicillin‑G potassium is available in a 50 ml vial containing 20 grams. Each milligram of penicillin‑G potassium is equal to 1500 units. How many units of penicillin‑G potassium are there in each vial?

A physician ordered labetalol hydrochloride intravenous infusion at a dose of 500 micrograms/min over an hour for a hypertensive patient. Labetalol hydrochloride is available in a 20 ml vial containing 5 mg/ml. Which of the following is the amount (in milliliters) of labetalol hydrochloride solution that should be administered?

A solution contains 448 mg of KCl (MW = 74.5) and 468 mg of NaCl (MW = 58.5) in 500 ml. Which of the following is the osmolar concentration of this solution?

A 250 mg aliquot of 2.5% aminophylline hydrochloride is to be diluted with 5% dextrose to obtain a drug concentration of 1 mg/ml. How many milliliters of 5% dextrose should be used?

A drug vial contains 0.4% of drug X. Which of the following is the amount of the drug X (in mg) in a 5 ml dose?

A patient is prescribed 1.25 mg of paclitaxel by intravenous infusion. Paclitaxel is added to 5% dextrose solution. The infusion was given over two hours. Which of the following is the infusion rate?

An oral elixir contains 5 mg of drug per ml. Which of the following is the amount of the drug (in micrograms) in one teaspoonful?