Help suggest questions for a meds & drug quiz:

[keops]

Hi. I'm building a "psych meds and drugs" quiz for the famous QuizUp Android app. I need suggestions for as many more questions as possible. The format is: a question with four options, one of which is correct. If anyone would like to help with this endeavor, I'd really appreciate it. You can also post easier on my shrib page:

https://shrib.com/3WX5YbR5WRXpenU

Thanks, and I hope some of you will be interested.

 

[Kittycat5]

Which med is considered an atypical antipsychotic?

A. Olanzapine
B. Thiothixene
C. Haloperidol
D. Trifluoperazine

Im not sure how in depth you want to go but I can post more later.

 

[DutchBloke]

Maybe you could give us a few examples, so we know on what kind of questions you are aiming for (difficulty, shape, sciency yes or no, etc.)

 

[keops]

Right. As I said, the format of the quiz is one questions with four answers, with only one of them being correct . What I forgot to mention is that there is a limit of 130 characters per question and 30 per answer.

Kittycat5's question is very good and I will add it. This is an easy one. You can also add medium difficulty questions such as pharmacological activity of a specific drug (on receptors, transporters, enzymes etc.) or ask what a med is used for, what are the effects of meds and street drugs and how do they act on the nervous system etc. There can also be questions regarding peripheral drugs, but there must be only chemicals that act on the nervous system.

In this picture, there are some of the questions of the quiz, so you can get an idea on what to ask. Users with smartphones can try taking the quiz themselves, with the QuizUP app, so they can see what's it like. It's available for all mobile OS.

 

[Kittycat5]

Gingival hyperplasia is a common adverse effect of which of the following drugs:

A. Quetiapine
B. Imipramine
C. Fluoxetine
D. Phenytoin

Which of the following drugs is excreted primarily unchanged?

A. Trazodone
B. Gabapentin
C. Vortioxetine
D. Clonazepam

The type of ligand receptor binding of buprenorphine at the mu opioid receptor is best described as:

A. Agonist
B. Antagonist
C. Partial Agonist
D. Inverse Agonist

Which of the following antipsychotics have a higher incidence of anticholinergic effects and postural hypotension:

A. Chlorpromazine
B. Haloperidal
C. Aripiprazole
D. Ziprasidone

Carbidopa is used in conjuction with levodopa in treatment of Parkinson's disease in order to:

A. Act as a precursor to dopamine within the CNS
B. Inhibit COMT thus prolonging the action of levodopa
C. Block the action of peripheral DOPA decarboxylase allowing more levodopa to penetrate the BBB.
D. Inhibit CYP450 enzymes in the liver from metabolizing levodopa into an inactive metabolite.

The non-benzodiazepine hypnotic zaleplon primarily binds to which of the GABA receptor subunits?

A. GABA-A alpha1
B. GABA-A alpha5
C. GABA-B1
D. GABA-A beta1

Patients taking MAOI antidepressants must make dietary restrictions including which of the following:

A. Increase intake of foods rich in iron
B. Avoidance of foods containing tyramine
C. Limiting daily intake of salt to 2300mg or less
D. No dietary restrictions are required

Atomoxetine's mechanism of action and approved indication for use include:

A. Selectively inhibits pre-synaptic NE transporter/ADHD
B. Agonist at 5HT-2A receptor/Major depression
C. Inhibitor of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor/Alzheimers Disease
D. Antagonist of post-synaptic alpha-1a adrenoreceptors/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

 

[DutchBloke]

I seriously need some answers for most of these hahah

 

[Kittycat5]

Few more.

A drug known to induce its own metabolism via CYP450 isoenzymes is:

A. Donepezil
B. Morphine
C. Buproprion
D. Carbamazepine

A slang term for an intravenous injection of heroin and cocaine is:

A. Speedball
B. Firehouse
C. Up and Down
D. Yayo

LSD was first synthesized by which chemist?

A. Alexander Shulgin
B. Leonard Susskind
C. Timothy Leary
D. Albert Hoffman

The most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter in the CNS is:

A. Norepinephrine
B. Glutamate
C. Gamma aminobutyric acid
D. Dynorphin

The first dual orexin receptor antagonist approved for insomnia is:

A. Doxepin
B. Sumatriptan
C. Pioglitazone
D. Suvorexant

"Base" is a slang term for which of the following drugs of abuse?

A. Crack cocaine
B. Methamphetaminr
C. PCP
D. Marijuana

Barbiturates differ from benzodiazepines in that they:

A. Bind to the GABA-B receptor rather than the GABA-A
B. Exhibit negative allosteric modulation at the GABA-A receptor
C. Increase the frequency in which the chloride ion channel opens
D. Increase the duration of chloride ion channel opening.

 

[Kittycat5]

I seriously need some answers for most of these hahah

Yeah those were a bit tough. The second group is easier.

 

[keops]

Thanks, Kittycat5, for your contribution! The quiz now has over 100 questions. I couldn't use questions 5, 7, 8 of the first post and 7 from the second post because the answers exceeded the 30 character limit. I'd prefer to avoid questions about metabolism unless they are related to enzymes that convert drugs to active metabolites. Also, never post questions asking about dosage numbers, because they're really boring.

Good job, and thx again! I hope other people will join in too.