Pharmacotherapy Considerations in the Elderly — MCQs

A 40-year-old woman presents with double vision, difficulty swallowing, and drooping eyelids that worsen as the day progresses. Which class of medications is the most appropriate initial treatment?

A 72 year old lady is severely depressed. For the past 2 days she has suicidal thoughts with an actual intent to die. Which of the following is best suitable to alleviate the symptoms?

Pharmacodynamics deals with:-

Which of the following is the most appropriate treatment for an overactive bladder in a patient with dementia?

A drug is more likely to cause toxicity in elderly patients due to all of the following reasons except which of the following?

A 56-year-old woman has nausea due to chemotherapy for breast cancer. Droperidol is effective in reducing nausea because it blocks which of the following?

The drug that causes fall in elderly patients with postural hypotension is:-

A 68-year-old with depression and chronic pain is on amitriptyline. What side effect may arise if given oxybutynin for overactive bladder?

Which of the following is NOT true about delirium?

An elderly woman is brought to psychiatry OPD by her daughter with complaints of forgetfulness. For the past one year, she has been seeing people and animals in nearby house that has been unoccupied during this period. Also has rigidity. What is the mos t likely type of dementia?