Easy Pharma Exit and COC Exam Prep

Therapeutcics COC question on Endocrine Gland #Q. A 19-year-old woman develops secondary amenorrhea followed by symptoms of palpitations, nervousness, and heat intolerance and sweating. There is a strong family history of autoimmune disease. The physical examination shows that she appears anxious and sweaty, her pulse is 120 beats per minute and regular, and there is a smooth goiter with a soft bruit. There is tremor of the outstretched fingers. A pregnancy test is positive. Blood was sent to the laboratory for standard investigations, including T3 and T4. What is the most appropriate drug therapy for this patient? (A) Start low dose of Methimazole with Proponalol (B) Start low dose of Carbimazole with Proponalol (C) Start low dose of radioactive iodine with Proponalol D) Start low dose of Propylthiouracil with Proponalol https://t.me/EasyPharmaexamprep

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2.በፈተናው ወቅት የብሄራዊ መታወቂያ (National ID) እንዲሁም ሲስተሙ የሚሰጠውን QR code ያለው የፈተና መግቢያ /ስሊፕ/ print out ይዛችሁ መገኘት ይኖርባችኋል፡፡ 3.ከላይ ከተጠቀሱት ነገሮች ውጪ ምንም አይነት የኤሌክትሮኒክስ መሳሪያ (ስልክ፣ የእጅ ሰዓት፣ መነጽር (የተረጋገጠ የዕይታ ችግር ከሌለ በስተቀር)፣ ቦርሳ እና ሌሎች እቃዎች፣ ምንም አይነት ማጣቀሻዎችን፣ እንዲሁም ባዶ ወረቀቶች፣ ምግብ ወይም መጠጥ (የተረጋገጠ የጤና ችግር ከሌለ በስተቀር) ይዞ መግባት አይፈቀድም፡፡ 4.በፈተናው ወቅት ተመዛኞች በሁለቱም ክፍለ ጊዜ (ጠዋት እና ከሰዓት በኋላ) የፈተና ክፍሉን ለቀው ከመውጣታቸው በፊት አቴንዳንስ ላይ በአግባቡ መፈረም ይጠበቅባቸዋል፡፡ 5.በተጨማሪም ከስር የተያያዘውን የፈተና ሂደቱን የሚያሳይ ቪዲዎ መመልከት የምትችሉ መሆኑን እናሳስባለን፡፡ 6.ተመዛኞች ወደ ጣቢያ ከመምጣታችሁ በፊት ከዚህ ማስታወቂያ በታች የተያያዘውን ዚፕፋይል በመክፈት የመረጣችሁትን የፈተና ጣቢያ መመልከት ይኖርባችኋል። ማሳሰቢያ፦ ተመዛኞች ስማቸው ከተጠቀሰበት የመፈተኛ ጣቢያ (ተቋም) ውጪ በፍጹም ፈተናውን መውሰድ አይፈቀድም፡፡ https://t.me/EasyPharmaexamprep

የብቃት ምዘና ፈተና ለምትወስዱ ጤና ባለሙያዎች በሙሉ ከከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋማት በመጀመሪያ ዲግሪ ተመርቃችሁ የብቃት ምዘና ፈተናውን ለመውሰድ ምዝገባ ያጠናቀቃችሁ የጤና ባለሙያዎች በሙሉ፤ ፈተናው ከነሀሴ 13 እስከ 15/2018 ዓ.ም የሚሰጥ መሆኑን እየገለፅን፦ 1.የፈተናው መርሃ-ግብርም፦ -በ13/12/2018 ዓ.ም…… Medicine, Pharmacy, Anesthesia, Environmental Health, Human Nutrition, Emergency and Critical Care Nursing, Dental Medicine እና Optometry -በ14/12/2018 ዓ.ም…………, Medical Laboratory Science, Public Health, Midwifery, Medical Radiology Technology, Pediatric and Child Health Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, Physiotherapy እና Surgical Nursing -በ15/12/2018 ዓ.ም…… Nursing ሁሉም ተፈታኝ ነሀሴ 12/2018 ዓ.ም ከሰዓት 8፡00 ሰዓት በመፈተኛ ጣቢያ በመገኘት ስለፈተናው አሰጣጥ ቅድመ ገለጻ (orientation) መከታተል፤ የቅድመ ፈተና መለማመጃ ጥያቄዎችን መስራትና፤ የመፈተኛ ክፍሉን መለየት ይኖርበታል:: https://t.me/EasyPharmaexamprep

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DSM MCQ 1. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of poor inventory management? A. Waste of financial resources B. Increased patient satisfaction C. Shortage of essential medicines D. Decreased quality of patient care Answer: B 2. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of poor inventory management? A. Waste of financial resources B. Increased patient satisfaction C. Shortage of essential medicines D. Decreased quality of patient care Answer: B 3. What is the primary function of an inventory control system? A. To reduce the number of staff in a pharmacy B. To inform decision-makers about ordering and issuing stock C. To eliminate the need for record-keeping D. To ensure all drugs are used before their expiry date Answer: B 4. What does the term "maximum stock level" refer to in inventory management? A. The smallest quantity of a pharmaceutical a facility should hold B. The largest amount of a pharmaceutical a facility should hold at any one time C. The amount of stock available at the supplier D. The emergency order point Answer: B 5. What is the primary function of an inventory control system? A. To reduce the number of staff in a pharmacy B. To inform decision-makers about ordering and issuing stock C. To eliminate the need for record-keeping D. To ensure all drugs are used before their expiry date Answer: B 4. What does the term "maximum stock level" refer to in inventory management? A. The smallest quantity of a pharmaceutical a facility should hold B. The largest amount of a pharmaceutical a facility should hold at any one time C. The amount of stock available at the supplier D. The emergency order point Answer: B https://t.me/EasyPharmaexamprep

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የብቃት ምዘና ፈተና ለምትወስዱ ጤና ባለሙያዎች በሙሉ _______ የጤና ሚኒስቴር ነሀሴ 13-15 /2018 ዓ.ም ለሚሰጠው የብቃት ምዘና ፈተና ለመውሰድ ስማችሁን ከፋይዳ ቁጥር ጋር አያይዛችሁ በመጠባበቅ ላይ ለምትገኙ የጤና ሙያ ተመራቂዎች በሙሉ፤ ተመዛኞች ከሀምሌ 27- 30/2018 ዓ.ም ድረስ ብቻ https://hple.moh.gov.et/ ማስፈንጠሪያ /Link/ በመጫን FAYDA and Password በማስገባት የፈተና ጣቢያ እንድትመርጡ እናሳስባለን፡፡ ማሳሰቢያ፦ ▪ እያንዳንዱ የፈተና ጣቢያ በየሙያ መስኩ ማስተናገድ በሚችለው ከፍተኛ የተመዛኝ ቁጥር ልክ ገደብ ስለተቀመጠለት የፈተና ጣቢያ ምርጫ ቀድማችሁ በማጠናቀቅ ተጠቃሚ መሆን የምትችሉ መሆኑን እያሳወቅን ከፍተኛው የተመዛኝ ቁጥር በደረሰበት የፈተና ጣቢያ ላይ ተጨማሪ ምዝገባ ማከናወን የማይቻል መሆኑን እናሳስባለን። ▪ በምዝገባ ወቅት ለሚገጥማችሁ ማንኛውም ችግር በነጻ የስልክ መስመር 952 በመደወል ከዚያም 3 ቁጥርን በመጫን በቀጥታ እገዛ ማግኘት የምትችሉ መሆኑን ከወዲሁ እናሳስባለን፡፡ Website: moh.gov.et Facebook: Ministry of Health,Ethiopia Twitter: x.com/fmohealth YouTube: youtube.com/@FMoHealthEthiopia Tiktok: tiktok.com/@mohethiopia Telegram: t.me/M0H_EThiopia Linkedin: lnkd.in/ewFJ6

A pharmacist working in a hospital pharmacy store received several dosage forms of pharmaceuticals from a supplier. The pharmacist needs to keep the pharmaceuticals according to their proper storage arrangement. #Q. What is the most appropriate storage arrangement to be used? (A) Liquid products on the lower shelves (B) Solid products on the lower shelves (C) Light cartoons on the lower shelves (D) Safety stocks on the lower shelves The answer is (A) Liquid products on the lower shelves Explanation Liquid products on the lower shelves: This is a fundamental safety and management practice in pharmacy and general inventory management. Heavy and breakable items like large bottles of liquid medications or bulk containers should be stored on lower shelves to reduce the risk of them falling, breaking, spilling, and potentially causing injury or damage to other products.  https://t.me/EasyPharmaexamprep

#Q. A 68 year old female is admitted to the medical intensive care unit from the nursing home for septic shock likely due to pneumonia. The patient has NKDA (No Known Drug Allergies) and is written for vancomycin, piperacillin/tazobactam, and tobramycin for empiric therapy. Which of the following antibiotics that  she is receiving exerts its mechanism of action by inhibiting cell wall synthesis?  A. Vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam B. Piperacillin/tazobactam and tobramycin C. Vancomycin and tobramycin D. Vancomycin E. Tobramycin Answer with rationale: The correct answer is A. All beta-lactams, carbapenems, and monobactams (remember aztreonam?) decrease cell wall synthesis leading to cell death in the bacteria targeted. Remember that beta-lactams include penicillins and cephalosporins. Vancomycin works by binding to the D-alanyl-D-alanine terminal of the growing peptide chain during cell wall synthesis, resulting in inhibition of transpeptidase, which prevents further elongation and cross-linking of the peptidoglycan matrix. Aminoglycosides such as tobramycin work to inhibit protein synthesis by irreversible binding to the 30S ribosomal subunit making answers B, C, and E incorrect https://t.me/EasyPharmaexamprep

#Q. Assume, you are the head of a hospital pharmacy and pharmacist working in the drug store submitted a list of expired pharmaceuticals to get your advice on the next step in the disposal of these pharmaceuticals. What is the most appropriate consultation you should give the pharmacist? (A) Report to the drug and therapeutics committee (B) Separate the pharmaceuticals from the stock (C) Return the pharmaceuticals to the supplier (D) Dispose the pharmaceuticals by incineration https://t.me/EasyPharmaexamprep https://t.me/EasyPharmachatgroup

The Correct answer is (B) Enteric coated tablet Explanation -Because the drug is unstable in an acidic environment, it must be protected from the gastric acid in the stomach. - The dosage form that provides this protection is an enteric-coated tablet, which dissolves only in the higher-pH environment of the intestine.  Acid Instability: Drugs that degrade or lose potency in low pH environments (like stomach acid, pH 1.5 - 3.5) must be protected during gastric transit. An enteric coating uses pH-sensitive polymers (such as cellulose acetate phthalate or methacrylic acid copolymers) that remain intact in the acidic environment of the stomach and only dissolve when exposed to the higher pH (pH ≥5.5) of the small intestine. Why Other Options Are Incorrect (A) Chewable tablet: Chewable tablets are chewed in the mouth and swallowed, exposing the API directly to gastric fluids. Furthermore, chewing breaks down protective coatings, making enteric protection impossible.   (C) Sugar coated tablet: Sugar coating primarily serves to mask unpleasant tastes/odors, improve aesthetics, or protect the tablet from atmospheric moisture and light. It dissolves rapidly in gastric fluid and offers no protection against stomach acid.   (D) Film coated tablet: Standard non-enteric film coatings (e.g., hydroxypropyl methylcellulose / HPMC) are designed to dissolve rapidly in gastric juice to facilitate fast drug release, which would expose the acid-labile drug to destruction in the stomach. https://t.me/EasyPharmaexamprep https://t.me/EasyPharmachatgroup

#Q. A Pharmacist works in the R and D department of drug manufacturing company. While he was determining the physico-chemical properties, he found out that the drug was compressible and with good flow property, but unstable in acidic environment. In what type of dosage form the drug should be formulated? (A) Chewable tablet (B )Enteric coated tablet (C) Sugar coated tablet (D) Film coated tablet Try this question with its explanation 👆 https://t.me/EasyPharmaexamprep https://t.me/EasyPharmachatgroup

Dispensing COC Question #Q. A physician working at the inpatient department prescribes Igm of Ceftriaxone injection IV BID for one day for an admitted patient. Ceftriaxone is only available as 0.25 gm per vial in the dispensary. What actual amount of Ceftriaxone should be dispensed? (A) 8 vials of 0.25gm Ceftriaxone (B) 6 vials of 0.25gm Ceftriaxone (C) 4 vials of 0.25gm Ceftriaxone (D) 2 vials of 0.25gm Ceftriaxone The answer is A Explanation:- 1gm/0.25=4 1gm= 4vial Since; it’s BID dose we multiply 4 * 2= 8vials https://t.me/EasyPharmachatgroup

#Q. A pharmacist working as a store manager in a referral hospital needs to manage expired pharmaceuticals, including; anti-infective, anti-inflammatory, disinfectants and neurological drugs.    Which of the paired products are more hazardous? (A) Anti-infective and anti-inflammatory (B) Anti-inflammatory and disinfectants (C) Disinfectants and neurological drugs (D) Anti-infective and disinfectants The answer is (D) Anti-infective and disinfectants. Explanation Accordng to Ethiopian medicines waste management diposal directive; section “Handling of Medicines Waste” sub section 5 states theat “Special emphasis shall be given to segregate and store controlled drugs or substances, antineoplastics or cytotoxic/anti–cancer medicines, anti-infective medicines, radiopharmaceuticals and any other hazardous non-medicine products like antiseptics and disinfectants until their separate and safe disposal.”

COC Exams #1. A pharmacist working in a hospital's inventory management team wants to select   pharmaceuticals for procurement in the next budget year. The pharmacist wanted to purchase all pharmaceuticals in the essential medicines list. However, there was shortage of budget and the pharmacist conducted an ABC-VEN matrix analysis. What is the most appropriate next step for the pharmacist? (A) Prioritizing essential and class A items (B) Prioritizing essential and class B items (C) Prioritizing fast moving items (D) Prioritizing vital and class C items   #2. A pharmacist member of a hospital drug and therapeutics committee (DTC) recommended the preparation of an essential medicines list and the use of the list in the procurement process. Other members of the DTC wanted to get justifications on the advantages of using the essential medicines list during procurement. What is the reason of using essential medicines list in the procurement process? (A) Limiting the quantity of each medicine to be procured (B) Ensuring availability of medicines at the hospital (C) Helping the DTC to efficiently hire health professionals (D) Limiting procurement to products from local suppliers https://t.me/EasyPharmaexamprep https://t.me/EasyPharmachatgroup

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