USMLE Q Bank Step 1- 216

You receive a phone call from the nurse of a nursing home telling you that your patient refused to take her medications for the third day. She is 75 years old, competent and has disability of both lower limbs. What is your best response to the nurse’s concern? A- Ask the patient for the reason … Read more

Question of the Day- 3

A scientific researcher is classifying some drugs according to their actions on different receptors. One of these drugs binds to its receptor without producing any action. This drug should be classified as what? A-Agonist B-Antagonist C-Partial agonist D-Inverse agonist Answer When a drug binds to its receptor, it competes with other substances which normally affect … Read more

USMLE Step 1 Sample Questions- Question of the Day 2

Q- A 24-year-old medical student visits her physician for a refill on her treatment of depression. She is prescribed imipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant. During the discussion of the treatment, her physician mentions that this drug mainly undergoes first-pass hepatic metabolism. The prescribed drug is most likely administered by which route? A- Intramuscular B- Intravenous C- … Read more

USMLE Q Bank Step 1- 215- Pharmacology Question

A 28 year old woman visits her physician for evaluation of bilateral proximal muscle weakness and muscle pain. Her symptoms started last week and her pain is getting worse. Her records indicate alcohol abuse and cocaine addiction. She is HIV positive and she takes zidovudine. She also takes simvastatin for hypercholesterolemia. A muscle biopsy shows … Read more

Last Minute Tips For USMLE Test

These are some tips that will make a difference in your USMLE score and they work for all steps. These tips are collected and approved by many of the students that successfully passed USMLE on the first attempt and got the highest scores. Please read them carefully and try to apply them as they are … Read more