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171. Which of the following is not a Glycoside ?

A. Digoxin
B. Digitoxin
C. Ergotoxine
D. Gitoxin

172. Drugs that does not cross Blood Brain Barrier______________?

A. Atropine
B. Neostigmine
C. Physostigmine
D. Scopolamine

173. Which of the following drugs will not produce allergic reactions ?

A. Pencillins
B. Sulfonamides
C. Certrizine
D. Cephalosporins

174. Drugs used in cysticercosis_______________?

A. Prazequantal
B. Metronidazole
C. Niclosamide
D. Pyrantel

175. Which of the following exerts its major systemic pharmacological action when administered orally_____________?

A. Insulin
B. Chloral hydrate
C. Procaine
D. Streptomycin

176. Which of the following second generation anti-histaminics is used topically______________?

A. Acrivastine
B. Terfenadine
C. Lovocabastine
D. Cetrizine

177. Tannic acid is used in the following conditions except_____________?

A. Bleeding gums
B. Alkaloidal poisoning
C. Toothache
D. Bleeding piles

178. Which drug may be administered even when the patient is on alcoholic beverages ?

A. Animal charcoal
B. Glibenclamide
C. Chloral hydrate
D. Cefixime

179. In which of the following condition thalidomide may be used_______________?

A. Myocardial infarction
B. Epilepsy
C. Wernicke’s ecephalo pathy
D. Erythema nodosum leprosum

180. A patient has had an allergic reaction with Urticarlia and wheezing. The drug of choice will be_____________?

A. Epinephrine
B. Hydrocortisone
C. Succinylcholine
D. All of the above