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Patient HG (female, 72 years old) has been diagnosed with osteoporosis and is discussing the treatment options with her doctor.   Past medical history: Hypertension Deep vein thrombosis 15 years ago   Drug history: Amlodipine 10 mg daily No known drug allergies.   Which is CORRECT?

Patient IH (question 10) has been taking the following medication from their GP for the previous 3 years: Zomorph® capsules 100 mg twice daily Oramorph® 10mg/5ml solution 10 ml when required up to four times daily (the patient states they only use this occasionally) You broach the idea of making a change to Patient IH’s medication regime. This causes them to voice their anxieties, saying the pain will be unbearable if their morphine is reduced. Which is CORRECT?

Patient HU (question 2) has been prescribed alfacalcidol 1 microgram daily as part of their management plan. Which is a common side effect of this medication?

Cumulative Sucrose (a non-electrolyte) is dissolved in water. The osmotic pressure at 299 K is found to be 21 atm. What is the molarity of the solution?  Answer in M. Do not type units. Do not use scientific notation.

Cumulative 111 g Zn is reacted with 88 g HCO2H in excess water by the reaction 2Zn + HCO2H + H2O –> 2ZnO + H3COH. What is the limiting reagent?

Given Ksp(PbBr2, lead(II) bromide) = 6.3*10-3: what is the concentration of lead(II) (Pb+2) in a saturated lead(II) bromide solution that also contains 2.0 M NaBr? Use the small-x approximation if possible. Answer in M. Do not type units. Do not use scientific notation.

Which is the appropriate integrated rate law to use for the reaction CO + H2O –> CO2 + H2 with rate law rate = k[H2O]2? 

Aristotle believed that form exists primarily:

A photo of Abraham Lincoln is a mere copy, but the actual Lincoln in 1860 (flesh and bones) is the Platonic Form of Abraham Lincoln. 

Which of the following most agrees with the claim that “it is good if it is desirable.”