Test Quiz: Pharmacotherapy Of Gout
Gout is known as a form of inflammatory arthritis that develops in people who have high levels of uric acid in their blood. It's is very painful and people who suffer from it are often unable to do the simple movements they like doing everyday. So, what do you know about gout? Take our quiz and find out now.
- 1.What are the diseases that promote gout?
- A.
Instant fatigue and heart failure
- B.
Sickle cell disease
- C.
Diabetes and kidney diseases
- D.
Flu or cough
- 2.What types of food expose you to gout?
- A.
Meat seafood, ethanol, soft drinks, and fructose
- B.
Dried fruits and meat
- C.
Raw chicken and eggs
- D.
Sausages and rice
- 3.What are the known symptoms of gout?
- A.
High blood pressure and nervousness
- B.
Severe fatigue
- C.
Severe pain, swelling, tenderness
- D.
Temporary blindness
- 4.What are examples of nonpharmacologic treatments?
- A.
Diet, lifestyle modification, etc.
- B.
Workout
- C.
Exposure to the sun
- D.
Walking
- 5.What's an example of pharmacologic treatment?
- A.
Vitamin prescription
- B.
Venipuncture
- C.
Urate -lowering therapies
- D.
Veniculture
- 6.What's the purpose of using urate-lowering therapies?
- A.
It's to prevent acute gouts attacks and the development of tophi
- B.
To help the patient digestive system
- C.
It to prevents patients from having diahrrea
- D.
It prevents patients from having puss
- 7.How does Colchicine work?
- A.
It reduces pain caused by leukocytes
- B.
It reduces inflammation by leukocytes
- C.
It reduces puss creation by leukocytes
- D.
It reduces lactic acid production by leukocytes
- 8.What do NSAIDs do?
- A.
They reduce white blood cells production
- B.
They inhibit the cyclooxygenase enzymes
- C.
They stop the pain
- D.
They kill blood cells
- 9.What is COX?
- A.
It stands for cyclooxygenase
- B.
It sands for gocyclooxygenase
- C.
It stands for coxxy
- D.
It stands for coocite
- 10.How many NSAIDs are approved by the FDA?
- A.
2
- B.
3
- C.
4
- D.
5
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