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PHARMACOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -181 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Delivery of a medication outside of the GI tract, typically using needles to inject medications into the circulatory system or tissues

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Parenteral Route

Question 2: Medication used to treat hypertension

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Antihypertensive Question 3: This medication name is used to foster brand loyalty; the marketing names (Trade, Proprietary)

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Brand

Question 4: Increased effectiveness when a drug is given in several doses

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Cumulative Effect

Question 5: Anesthesia that combines decreased sensation of pain with amnesia while the patient remains conscious

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Neuroleptanesthesia

Question 6: Potent vasodilators used to treat all forms of angina

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Organic Nitrates Question 7: Schedule of drugs that are completely and totally off limits; high abuse potential (Heroin, LSD, Mescaline)

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Schedule I Question 8: A drug effect that is unique to the individual; different than seen or expected in the population in general

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Idiosyncrasy Question 9: Correlation of different amounts of a medication to clinical response

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Drug-Response Relationship Question 10: Phase of FDA drug studies to refine therapeutic dose (usually double-blind study)

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Phase III

Question 11: Medication intended to make mucus more watery

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Mucolytic Question 12: How a medication is absorbed, distributed, metabolized (biotransformed), and excreted; how medications are transported into and out of the body

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Pharmacokinetics

Question 13: Movement of water out of the plasma across the capillary membrane into the interstitial space; movement of molecules across a membrane from an area of higher pressure to an area of lower pressure

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Filtration Question 14: The postganglionic neurotransmitter of the sympathetic nervous system

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Norepinephrine

Question 15: Minimum level of medication needed to cause a given effect

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Minimum Effective Concentration

Question 16: Medication that relieves the sensation of pain

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Analgesic Question 17: Groups of autonomic nerve cells located outside of the central nervous system

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Autonomic Ganglia Question 18: FDA Number Classification for new formulation or dosage form not previously marketed

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3 Question 19: Process in which carrier proteins transport large molecules across the cell membrane (facilitated diffusion)

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Carrier-Mediated Diffusion

Question 20: Alkalotic compound used to increase the gastric environment's pH

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Antacid

Question 21: Substance that decreases blood glucose levels

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Insulin Question 22: Time from when the medication's level drops below its minimum effective concentration until it is eliminated from the body

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Termination of Action

Question 23: Medication that decreases or lessens a body function or activity

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Depressant Question 24: A medication that binds to a receptor and causes some of its effects but blocks others (Partial Agonist)

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Agonist-Antagonist Question 25: Medication packages that contain a single dose for a single patient

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Dose Packaging Question 26: Secreted from juxtaglomerular cells of the kidneys; Reacts with angiotensinogen which is secreted from the liver

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Renin

Question 27: Medication used to prevent vomiting

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Antiemetic

Question 28: Substance that decreases surface tension

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Surfactant