Child with cold finger tips

A 9-year-old white female comes to your office complaining of painful, cold finger tips which turn white when she attends evening football games in October and November. While there is no approved treatment for this condition at this time, which one of the following drugs has been shown to be useful?

A.Propranolol (Inderal)
B.Nifedipine (Procardia XL)
C.Ergotamine/caffeine (Cafergot)
D.Methysergide (Sansert)
E.Alcohol (e.g., Budweiser, Lone Star, etc.)

A 43-year-old, diabetic patient with hypertension...

A 43-year-old, insulin-dependent diabetic patient is diagnosed with hypertension and begins therapy with an antihypertensive agent. Three days later, he measures his blood glucose at home and finds that it is 53 mg/dL. He recalibrates his glucose testing apparatus and repeats the test, only to find that the first reading was accurate. He is concerned that his hypoglycemia did not produce the normal premonitory signs and symptoms. Which of the following medications was most likely prescribed to treat his hypertension?

A. Captopril
B. Diltiazem
C. Methyldopa
D. Prazosin
E. Propranolol