dxtxpx
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Based on hypertensive pt subtypes in the items below choose which antiHT drug would be best suited for initial monotherapy. Answers may be used once, more than once or not at all
a)furosemide
b)HCTZ
c)diltiazam
d)captopril
e)minoxidil
f)guanethidine
g)diazoxide
h)reserpine
i)esmolol
j)methyldopa
1) Caucasian femaile, aged 75, with no CAD
2) African-American male hypertensive, aged 45, with DM
3)Caucasian male, aged 33, with high renin levels
4) Caucasian male, aged 55, with acute HT crisis
5)Acute intraoperative HT with tachycardia, requiring short acting agent
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| asmi
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1.b
2.d
3.a
4.h
5. :?: c
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| dxtxpx
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Correct Matching
1) b
2) c
3) d
4) g
5) i
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| asmi
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THANKS
I ALMOST MISSED ALL OF THEM 
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| leftfoot
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GREAT QUESTION!!!
its great solving questions like these...speccially antihypertensives and diuretics! tricky ones!!! :wink:
can you give some clinical indications of reserpine in hypertension?
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| mjl1717
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Reserpine is OLD FASHION( blocks neuronal transport of NE between the cytoplasm and vesicle),rarely used because of low efficacy and adverse effects CNS depression and adverse effects sexual dysfunction and increase gastric acid,etc.
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| leftfoot
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thanks mjl!
i guess you are right.....there are much better drugs out there! 
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