Pharmacy Quiz and Trivia Questions
20 Questions
- Which brand of antiseptic mouthwash is named after the pioneer of antiseptic surgery?
- What's a well-known and mostly archaic term for a medical professional who dispenses and formulates medicine?
- What is hypertension better known as?
- What's another word for painkillers, in otherwords medications that reduce or suppress pain?
- What was invented by pharmacist John Pemberton - his first sales were at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, in May, 1886?
- What does the standard abbreviation "pc" mean on a prescription?
- Fluoxetine is a well-used, well-known antidepressant known by which brand name?
- The generic laxative bisacodyl is the same as which brand name starting with the letter 'D'?
- Also called water pills, what medications help rid your body of salt and water as urine?
- Onset of the medication sildenafil is typically within 20 minutes and lasts for about 2 hours, what is the brand name it's sold under?
- What are medicines often used to relieve symptoms of allergies, such as hay fever, called?
- What does the standard abbreviation "bd" mean on a prescription?
- What was discovered in 1961 by Stewart Adams and John Nicholson while working at Boots UK Limited? It is available under a number of trade names, including Nurofen and Anadin.
- Fortamet and Glucophage are brand names for which oral diabetes medicine?
- Tums is an antacid made of sucrose and what chemical compound?
- What drink, sold mostly in chemists up until the 1980s, was invented in Newcastle in 1927 by British pharmacist William Hunter?
- No longer sold in the UK after its patent expired in 2002, which tranqualizer was described as "Mother's Little Helper" by the Rolling Stones in a 1966 song?
- Launched in 1959 by an English pharmaceutical company based in Crewe, which brand of children's medicine is usually a coloured syrup used to treat fever and pain?
- What is Zovirax used to treat?
- Bisoprolol, atenolol, propranolol are the most commonly prescribed examples of what medicines?
Answers
- Listerine (named after Joseph Lister)
- Apothecary
- High blood pressure
- Analgesics
- Coca-Cola
- After meals (post cibum)
- Prozac
- Dulcolax
- Diuretics
- Viagra
- Antihistamines
- Twice a day (bis in die)
- Ibuprofen
- Metformin
- Calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
- Lucozade
- Valium
- Calpol
- Cold sores (around the mouth)
- Beta-blockers
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