PEBC (Therapeutic) Sample Questions Set-9
Categories: PEBC Canada
Question. A customer of your pharmacy complains of a burning feeling in the stomach or lower chest rising up to the neck, epigastric pain and nausea and difficulty in swallowing? However these symptoms are mild and infrequent for the past 1 week. What to do?
A) offer non-pharm advise +/- H2RA or antacids, or alginates
B) Refer to physician to get PPI prescription
C) Refer to physician for further investigation
D) Recommend PPI, or H2RA or prokinetic agents
Answer: (c)
Question. A doctor has prescribed Synthroid and followed by "no substitution". What is the best appropriate action?
A) It means no therapeutic substitution like between Synthroid and Eltroxin
B) It means discontinue substitution of drugs
C) It means no pharmaceutical substitution
D) Do not substitute drugs other than levothyroxine, Eltroxin
E) Only substitute with brand drugs
Answer: (a)
Question. SS is a 21-year-old male works outside in the sun and is suffering from sunburn. What is true about sunscreens?
a) Select agent that protect skin from UVA/UVB radiation
b) Select an agent that protects skin from UVA alone.
c) Sunscreen agent should be used before 60-90 minutes
d) Apply lidocaine local anesthetics
e) Chemical sunscreen taken every day morning
Answer: A
Question. A 60 yo person on Li2CO3 600 mg q8h for manic depression, have continuous vomiting and watery diarrhea for the last 1 week? Looking for some OTC antidiarrheal? If a patient is taking mistakenly every 1 h, what serious symptoms are observed?
A) bradycardia
B) sweating
C) confusion
D) diarrhea
E) coarse tremors
Answer: (e)
Question. A woman comes to your pharmacy, asking if her husband has HIV? As your pharmacy has her husband's profile. He is HIV positive? What to do?
A) Do check for yourself because you may at risk of HIV infection and speak your husband
B) Tell her yes! he has HIV
C) Don't tell her the truth
D) Tell her not to worry, HIV is treatable
E) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Question. A 60 year old male and long time client who has had a long time mild hypertension which is successfully controlled with 25 mg of hydrochlorothiazide daily. He is otherwise healthy and has no complaints. He presents to you a prescription for Timolol+ Latanoprost eye drops to be used one drop in both eyes daily from his ophthalmologist for his newly diagnosed primary open angle glaucoma.
What is/are correct statement about xalacom?
I) Instil 1-drop daily at bedtime in both eye (OU)
II) Can be stored at room temperature for 10 weeks
III) Local side effects include iris color changes
a. I only
b. III only
c. I and II
d. II and III
e. I, II and III
Answer: (e)