Published: 7 December 2023

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Test your knowledge: the Prescriber Update quiz 2023

Published: 7 December 2023
Prescriber Update 44(4): 73
December 2023

Have you been reading Prescriber Update in 2023? Have you kept up to date with emerging safety signals? Test your knowledge with the end-of-year Prescriber Update quiz.

1. Antipsychotics can inhibit the action of which neurotransmitters, resulting in prolonged gastrointestinal time and contributing to constipation?
   1. acetylcholine, dopamine or glutamate
   2. gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), norepinephrine or serotonin
   3. acetylcholine, histamine or serotonin
   4. glutamate, histamine or norepinephrine
2. Unless covered by an exemption or blanket approval, which classes of controlled drugs require approval from the Minister of Health to supply, prescribe and administer?
3. Metoclopramide use in children and young adults is limited to certain conditions and as second-line therapy due to the risk of what type of side effects?
4. [Name of medicine] may be fatal if ingested by pets.
5. List the four risk factors for antidepressant withdrawal symptoms.
6. Baboon syndrome is the original name for which drug-induced rash?
7. Which of the following is the most well-known DPYD variant associated with dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency?
   1. DPYD*13
   2. c.2846A>T
   3. HapB3
   4. DPYD*2A
8. True or false: Patients with evidence of corneal epithelial breakdown should have their ocular NSAID dose increased.
9. To reduce the risk of ______, consider reducing the patient’s insulin dose when co-prescribing it with dulaglutide.
10. If a renally-impaired patient is being treated with cefepime and develops a new onset neurological condition, what might they be experiencing?

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