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1. A 32-year-old woman with hypertension wishes to become pregnant. Her physician informs her that she will have to switch to another antihypertensive drug. Which of the following drugs is absolutely contraindicated in pregnancy?
2. A patient is admitted to the emergency department with severe tachycardia after a drug overdose. His family reports that he has been depressed about his hypertension. Which one of the following drugs increases the heart rate in a dose- dependent manner?
3. Which one of the following is characteristic of captopril treatment in patients with essential hypertension?
4. A 73-year-old man with a history of falling at home is found to have moderately severe hypertension. Which of the following drug groups is most likely to cause postural hypotension and thus an increased risk of falls?
5. A significant number of patients started on ACE inhibitor therapy for hypertension are intolerant and must be switched to a different class of drug. What is the most common manifestation of this intolerance?
6. Which one of the following is a significant unwanted effect of the drug named?
7. Comparison of prazosin with atenolol shows that
8. A patient with hypertension is to receive a calcium channel blocker. Verapamil is associated with which one of the following?
9. A 45-year-old man is brought to the emergency department with mental obtundation. He is found to have a blood pressure of 220/160 and retinal hemorrhages. Which one of the following is used in severe hypertensive emergencies, is short-acting, acts on a G protein-coupled receptor, and must be given by intravenous infusion?
10. Which of the following is very short-acting and acts by releasing nitric oxide?
