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bucstennis@aim.com · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The patient is suffering from glaucoma and is scheduled to begin treatment with carbachol (Car-boptic). The health care provider knows to monitor the patient closely for evidence of which ef-fect of the drug?

a. Dilation of the iridic sphincter
b. Increased outflow of aqueous humor
c. Mydriasis
d. Vasoconstriction of collecting channels

Question 2

Human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) can be effective in treating infertility. hMG is com-posed of which group of hormones?

a. Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
b. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and LH
c. Testosterone and FSH
d. Estrogen, progestin, and FSH

akpaschal · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Carbachol is a cholinergic miotic drug that increases outflow of aqueous humor by contracting the iridic sphincter, causing miosis and vasodilating blood vessels and collection channels periph-eral to the canal of Schlemm.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
hMG is a purified preparation of the gonadotropins LH and FSH extracted from the urine of postmenopausal women. It contains a 1:1 ratio of FSH (75 international units) and LH (75 inter-national units).