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A friend has very severe hypertension and asks about a drug her doctor wishes to prescribe. Her physician has explained that this drug is associated with tachycardia and fluid retention (which may be marked) and increased hair growth. Which of the following is most likely to produce the effects that your friend has described?

The antimuscarinic agent preferred in the management of motion sickness is

Noradrenaline is administered by

A floor nurse pages you about a patient who is having a chest pain. You order an electro-cardiogram and rush to see the patient. He describes the pain as tight pressure and is demonstrably sweating and gasping for air. The ECG comes back with acute ST-segment elevations in inferior leads, and you diagnose a myocardial infarction. You start giving the patient oxygen and give him sublingual nitro-glycerin and morphine for pain. You also give him another medication, which you have read may prolong his survival in this situation. What class of medication is it?

Verapamil is a drug used for treating hypertension. It should be used with caution with other drugs that can depress heart rate or contractility. Which drug, if given with verapamil, might therefore cause the greatest risk of depressing heart rate, contractile force or impulse conduction?