{"id":101,"date":"2017-04-05T19:55:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T19:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/?p=101"},"modified":"2025-12-06T18:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T18:56:53","slug":"pharmacology-questions-2-for-usmle-mccee-plab-fcps-pdmcmrcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacology Questions (2) for USMLE, MCCEE, PLAB, FCPS, PDMC,MRCP&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({\n    google_ad_client: \"ca-pub-2708967997486115\",\n    enable_page_level_ads: true\n  });\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- shorter link --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2708967997486115\" data-ad-slot=\"2174551186\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/My_stethoscope.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-90\" src=\"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/My_stethoscope-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 64-year-old woman complains of low back pain for 1 week. Her pain and tenderness is localized over the lumbar spine and exaggerated by movement. Her physician prescribes a phosphonate drug. What is the mechanism of action of this drug for this patient?<\/p>\n<ul id=\"question_choices\">\n<li id=\"choice_a\" class=\"\"><span class=\"choice\">A-\u00a0<\/span>Decrease osteoclast activity<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"choice\">B-\u00a0<\/span>Increase osteoblast activity<\/li>\n<li id=\"choice_c\" class=\"\"><span class=\"choice\">C-\u00a0<\/span>Decrease parathormone activity<\/li>\n<li id=\"choice_d\" class=\"\"><span class=\"choice\">D-\u00a0<\/span>Increase vitamin D absorption<\/li>\n<li id=\"choice_e\" class=\"\"><span class=\"choice\">E-\u00a0<\/span>Increase urinary calcium reabsorption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- responsive ad unit --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2708967997486115\" data-ad-slot=\"7248596388\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Answer:<\/p>\n<p>This is most likely a case of osteoporosis. Phosphonates improve this condition through decreasing osteoclast activity.<\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is A<\/p>\n<div id=\"question_explanation\" class=\"flow-text\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"question_stats\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- USMLE Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2708967997486115\" data-ad-slot=\"2268670784\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 64-year-old woman complains of low back pain for 1 week. Her pain and tenderness is localized over the lumbar spine and exaggerated by movement. Her physician prescribes a phosphonate drug. What is the mechanism of action of this drug for this patient? A-\u00a0Decrease osteoclast activity B-\u00a0Increase osteoblast activity C-\u00a0Decrease parathormone activity D-\u00a0Increase vitamin D &#8230; <a title=\"Pharmacology Questions (2) for USMLE, MCCEE, PLAB, FCPS, PDMC,MRCP&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/?p=101\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pharmacology Questions (2) for USMLE, MCCEE, PLAB, FCPS, PDMC,MRCP&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[18,19,21,20],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pharmacology","tag-pharmacology","tag-usmle","tag-usmle-questions","tag-usmle-step-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323,"href":"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgmedicaldoctor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}