Published: 1 December 2022
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Test your knowledge: the Prescriber Update quiz 2022
Prescriber Update 43(4): 55
December 2022
Have you been reading Prescriber Update in 2022? Have you kept up to date with emerging safety signals? Test your knowledge with the end-of-year Prescriber Update quiz.
- Non-steroidal autoinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are contraindicated during which trimester of pregnancy?
- Trimethoprim or _____ can interact with methotrexate to cause bone marrow suppression.
- List 3 factors that increase the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis in patients taking a sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor.
- Systemic ciprofloxacin may [increase/decrease] the serum concentration of levothyroxine.
- Consider drug–drug interactions with Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir
+ ritonavir) due to its inhibitory effects on:
- CYP3A
- CYP2D6
- CYP2C9
- CYP1A2
- Patients taking bimatoprost who have mild enophthalmos, orbital fat atrophy and/or inferior scleral show may be experiencing which condition?
- In patients taking combined oral contraceptives (COCs), when is the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) the highest?
- List 3 opioid medicines that are high-risk for inducing serotonin syndrome when used with serotonergic medicines.
- Which of the following are suggested mechanisms whereby vitamin
E may cause bleeding:
- Scavenging of free radicals
- Inhibition of platelet aggregation
- Tocopheryl quinone has anticoagulant activity
- Alpha-tocopherol can interfere with vitamin K metabolism
- True or False: St John’s Wort can reduce the clinical effects of warfarin.