Questions 24-26 refer to the following case: A patient has b…
Questions 24-26 refer to the following case: A patient has been receiving medication over the past 6 weeks that has been useful in alleviating his skeletal muscle weakness and paralysis due to Myasthenia Gravis. Today he presents with ptosis [weakness and paralysis of eyelid muscles] and extreme weakness of other skeletal muscles. Which of the following patient problems is a definite contraindication to receiving neostigmine?
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Questions 20-23 refer to the following case: Responses to 2 different types of parasympathomimetic drugs are to be compared. Drug X is a direct-acting parasympathomimetic and drug Y is an indirect-acting parasympathomimetic drug. Actions common to both drug X and drug Y would include all of the following EXCEPT:
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