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Paper I — 2024 December (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) — Q11

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2024 December (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

Mention four atropine substitutes with respective clinical indications for the same.

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Answer

  • Glycopyrrolate — pre-anesthetic medication (does not cross the blood-brain barrier, longer duration than atropine).
  • Ipratropium/Tiotropium — bronchodilation in asthma/COPD (inhaled, minimal systemic absorption).
  • Hyoscine (Scopolamine) — motion sickness, antisecretory pre-anesthetic sedation.
  • Tropicamide/Homatropine — short-acting mydriasis/cycloplegia for ophthalmic examination.
  • Dicyclomine — antispasmodic in infantile colic/irritable bowel syndrome.
  1. 1Drugs for Constipation and Diarrhoea

Other Years Asked

  1. 1Describe the uses, adverse effects and contraindications of atropine and atropine substitutes. (4+2+2)2022 February (2019 Scheme)Short Essay · 10 marks
  2. 2(2024 June (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme)Short Essay · 8 marks
  3. 3Compare and contrast: loperamide and racecadotril.2024 December (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme)Short Answer · 4 marks
  4. 4Assertion (A): Lactulose is used in hepatic encephalopathy. Reason (R): Lactulose is neither digested not absorbed in the small intestine, therefore retains water and produces soft formed stools by osmotic action.2024 December (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme)MCQ · 1 mark
  5. 5Prevention of constipation2013 April (2010 Scheme)Short Answer · 1 mark
  6. 6Which anti-diarrhoeal drug acts by inhibiting intestinal motility via opioid receptors2025 March (Supplementary (SAY)) (2019 Scheme)MCQ · 1 mark
  7. 7Octreotide is a long acting synthetic analogue of:2024 December (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme)MCQ · 1 mark
  8. 8Super ORS2014 March (2010 Scheme)Short Answer · 1 mark
  9. 9Stimulant laxatives2018 February (2010 Scheme)Short Answer · 1 mark
  10. 10Lactulose in Hepatic encephalopathy2024 August (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme)Short Answer · 1 mark
  11. 11The drugs widely preferred to treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)2025 March (Supplementary (SAY)) (2019 Scheme)MCQ (Multi) · 1 mark
  12. 12The following is the right composition of oral rehydration solution as per WHO standard formula:2024 December (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme)MCQ · 1 mark
  13. 13Irritable bowel syndrome.2014 September (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme)Short Answer · 1 mark
  14. 14Laxatives2020 February (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme)Short Answer · 0.3 marks
  15. 15Drugs given for constipation2024 March (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme)Short Answer · 0.3 marks
  16. 16Antimotility drugs used in nonspecific diarrhoeas2022 May (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme)Short Answer · 0.3 marks
  17. 17Laxatives2023 March (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme)Short Answer · 0.3 marks
  18. 18Newer insulins2020 February (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme)Short Answer · 0.3 marks
  19. 19Anti-secretory agents in diarrhea2019 July (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme)Short Answer · 0.3 marks
  20. 20Stimulant purgatives2021 December (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme)Short Answer · 0.3 marks
  21. 21Drugs to treat Constipation2024 June (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme)Short Answer · 0.2 marks
  22. 22Laxative agents.2022 July (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme)Short Answer · 0.2 marks
  23. 23Antidiarrhoeal agents2023 January (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme)Short Answer · 0.2 marks
  24. 24Stimulant laxatives2024 March (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme)Short Answer · 0.2 marks

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