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PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 1

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-Guarantee passing score -29 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: What are the molecules that activate receptors?

Answer:

Agonist

Question 2: What organ is mostly responsibly for metabolism?

Answer:

Liver

Question 3: What is the movement of drugs and metabolites out of the body?

Answer:

Excretion

Question 4: Which protein is most abundant in the blood?

Answer:

Albumin

Question 5: What are common assessments associated with Parkinson's disease?

Answer:

Tremors, slurred speech, trouble speaking, constipation, depression, and difficulty speaking, pill rolling, shuffling gait.

Question 6: What is the therapeutic range?

Answer:

The distance between minimum effective concentration and minimum toxic concentration.

Question 7: What is the amount of drug that we must give to elicit a response?

Answer:

Potency

Question 8: What medication is used to treat Parkinson's?

Answer:

Carbidopa/Levadopa Question 9: What is the movement of drugs that involves the movement of a drug from the site of administration to the blood stream?

Answer:

Absorption

Question 10: What is an emergency medication used to treat Myasthenia Graves?

Answer:

Edrophonium Question 11: What produces their effects by preventing receptor activation by endogenous regulatory molecules and drugs?

Answer:

Antagonist Question 12: What is a medication used to depress the muscle spasms exhibited in Multiple Sclerosis?

Answer:

Baclofen

Question 13: What is it important for a nurse to do when she is aware that a drug has a narrow therapeutic range?

Answer:

Frequently monitor the patient for toxic effects.

Question 14: What will happen if you stop taking Baclofen immediately?

Answer:

A patient may have rebound muscle spasms and seizures.

Question 15: What common fruit juice interacts with many medications?

Answer:

Grapefruit juice Question 16: What is it called when a drug is extensively inactivated as it passes through the liver?

Answer:

First Pass Effect Question 17: What is the drug movement from the blood to the interstitial spaces and from there to the cells?

Answer:

Distribution Question 18: What is a food drug interactions associated with Caribopa/Levadopa?

Answer:

Protein will inhibit the absorption of the medication decreasing its therapeutic effects.Question 19: If a patient needs to stop taking Baclofen, what is a safe way to do so?

Answer:

A patient should stop taking the medication slowly over the course of a week.

Question 20: What is the most important organ used for excretion?

Answer:

Kidneys

Question 21: What medication is given on a daily basis in order to control Myasthenia Graves?

Answer:

Pyridostigmine

Question 22: What are the four types of movement of drugs?

Answer:

Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion

Question 23: What medication is used to treat osteoporosis?

Answer:

Alendronate (Bisphosphonates), Vitamin D, and Calcium Question 24: Which types of food should you avoid when taking Carbidopa/Levadopa?

Answer:

Foods high in protein.

Question 25: What are the common side effects of Baclofen?

Answer:

Dizziness, drowsiness, abdominal pain, nausea, urinary retention, and decreased respiratory rate.

Question 26: What is the impact of drugs on the body and how they do it?

Answer:

Pharmacodynamics Question 27: What precautions should you give the patient when they begin taking Baclofen?

Answer:

Don't mix with alcohol or other CNS depressants (sleep, pain, etc) and avoid preforming hazardous tasks until you know how the medication will effect you.

Question 28: What is the study of the movement of drugs through the body?

Answer:

Pharmacokinetics