Welcome to our USMLE Prep Question and Answer series!

We posed the following question on our social media (@sjsm_medicalschool) on Thursday, March 17, 2022.

In this episode of the series, Dr. Russell Heckburn will break down this USMLE Step 1 Prep question and explain how you can get to the correct answer in order to prepare for the USMLE Step 1 Exam!

Question: A 45-year-old man comes to the clinic for progressive pain and burning sensation in his feet over the past 2 weeks. A few months ago the patient applied for a nursing home attendant position requiring a full physical examination and work up. At that time he was found to have a positive tuberculin skin test and no abnormalities on chest x-ray. The patient was treated appropriately and was advised to continue the amlodipine and simvastatin.

What is the most probable medication causing this patient’s symptoms?

a. Decrease calcium through L-type cellular calcium channels

b. Inhibits hepatic conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate

c. Inhibits 30S ribosomal subunit for protein synthesis

d. Inhibits dihydrofolic acid reductase

e. Hydrazide derivative of isonicotinic acid


CORRECT:
E) Hydrazide derivative of isonicotinic acid

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