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Question	Answer
Myasthenia gravis	Edrophonium, pyridostigmine,neostigmine
Glaucoma	Carbachol, pilocarpine, physostigmine, timolol
Alzheimer’s disease	Tacrine, donepezil
Organophosphate poisoning antidote	Pralidoxime
Motion sickness	Scopalamime
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Ipratropium
Asthma	Albuterol
Cardiogenic shock	Dopamine
Cardiogenic shock and congestive heart failure	Dobutamine
Nasal congestion	Ephedrine, oxymetazoline,phenylephrine
Pheochromocytoma	Phentolamine,phenoxybenzamine
Hypertension	Prazosin
Angina, hypertension, arrhythmias, and myocardial infarction,AnaphylaxiS	Beta blockers
Mydriasis and cycloplegia	Tropicamide
Allergies	H1 antagonists
antagonists	H2 antagonists
Acute migraine and cluster headaches	Serotonin agonists
Carcinoid tumors	Serotonin antagonists
Sumatriptan	Serotonin agonists
Ketanserin, cyproheptadine, and phenoxybenzamine	Serotonin antagonists
Postoperative vomiting and vomiting, associated with cancer chemotherapy	Ondansetron
Acute migraine headache	Ergotamine
Prophylactic use for migraine headaches	Methysergide and ergonovine
Reduction of postpartum bleeding	Ergonovine and ergotamine
Reduction of prolactin secretion	Bromocryptine and pergolide
Ergotamine, Methysergide and ergonovine, Bromocryptine and pergolide	Ergot alkaloids
Abortifacient, prevention of ulcers in combination with NSAIDs therapy	Misoprostol
Maintain patency of ductus arteriosus	PGE1
Erectile dysfunction	Alprostadil
Inhibition of arachidonic acid production	Corticosteroids
Closure of patent ductus arteriosus	NSAIDs
Misoprostol,PGE1,Alprostadil,Corticosteroids	Eicosanoid agonists
Asthma	Indomethacin
Grand mal seizures	Valproic acid, phenytoin carbamazine
Absence seizures	Ethosuximide, valproic acid
Myoclonus	Valproic acid
Status epilepticus	Diazepam, lorazepam
Congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema, ascites	Loop diuretics
Hypertension, congestive heart failure, renal calcium stones	Thiazides
Increasing urine flow, decreasing intracranial pressure	Osmotics
Diminishing potassium wasting from other diuretics	Potassium-sparing diuretics
Pituitary diabetes insipidus	ADH
Antiemetic in cancer chemotherapy	Ondansetron
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome	Omeprazole
TX Removal from exposure and administer oxygen	Carbon dioxide
TX Removal from exposure	Sulfur dioxide, Aliphatic hydrocarbons, Aromatic hydrocarbons
TX Atropine, pralidoxime	Cholinesterase inhibitors
TX Gastric lavage and dialysi	Paraquat
TX Dimercaprol, penicillamine	Lead
TX Dimercaprol, penicillamine	Arsenic
TX Dimercaprol (elemental), penicillamine,dimercaprol (inorganic salts)	Mercury
TX Deferoxamine	Iron