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Question 1 of 5

Hepatitis B vaccine is least likely to be recommended for prophylactic use in

A. Dialysis patients

B. Intravenous drug abusers

C. Newborns

D. Raw oyster eaters

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Raw oyster eaters

Question 2 of 5

Ranitidine is mostly given by intravenous infusion for the following indication.

A. Rapid relief of gastric ulcer pain

B. Prophylaxis of gastric erosion in patients with extensive burns

C. Zollinger Ellison syndrome

D. Reflux oesophagitis

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Prophylaxis of gastric erosion in patients with extensive burns

Question 3 of 5

Cardiac arrhythmias have occurred when this drug was used by patients taking the gastrointestinal promotility agent cisapride

A. Amphotericin B

B. Clotrimazole

C. Griseofulvin

D. Ketoconazole

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Ketoconazole

Question 4 of 5

On your way to an examination, you experience the vulnerable feeling that an attack of diarrhea is imminent. Which one of the following anti-diarrheal drugs could you buy without a prescription even though it is related chemically to the strong opioid-analgesic meperidine?

A. Aluminum hydroxide

B. Sulfasalazine

C. Loperamide

D. Magnesium hydroxide

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Loperamide

Question 5 of 5

Which risk factor is most likely to predispose patient to the complications of peptic ulcer disease?

A. Obesity

B. Race

C. Age

D. Helicobacter pylori infection

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Helicobacter pylori infection

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