PHARMACOLOGY CLEAR AND SIMPLE
9781719644747 COMPLETE TEST BANK 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS AND
RATIONALS
⩥ -dine. Answer: Antiulcer agents
⩥ -done. Answer: opioid analgesics
⩥ -ide. Answer: oral hypoglycemics
⩥ -iam. Answer: antianxiety agents
⩥ -mide. Answer: diuretics
⩥ -nium. Answer: neuromuscular blocking agents
⩥ -olol. Answer: beta blockers (cardiovascular)
⩥ -oxacin. Answer: antibiotics
,⩥ -pam. Answer: antianxiety agent
⩥ -pril. Answer: ACE inhibitors
⩥ -statin. Answer: antilipemics
⩥ -vir. Answer: antivirals
⩥ Teratogenic. Answer: Literally, monster producing
⩥ -zide. Answer: diuretics
⩥ Pharmacokinetics. Answer: study of metabolism and action of drugs
with particular emphasis on the time required for absorption, duration of
action, distribution in the body, and method of excretion.
⩥ Pharmacodynamics. Answer: study of drugs and their action in living
organisms.
⩥ Palliative. Answer: relieving or alleviating without curing
⩥ idiosyncratic. Answer: relating to idiosyncracy; how a person differs
from another.
, ⩥ Half-life. Answer: length of time required for the concentration of a
drug to decrease by one-half in the plasma.
⩥ distribution. Answer: dividing and spreading of a medicaiton to a
target organ
⩥ cumulation. Answer: increasing in effect by successive additions
⩥ CrCl. Answer: creatinine clearance
⩥ anagonists. Answer: that which counteracts the action of something
else, such as a muscle or drug
⩥ agonists. Answer: drug that binds to the receptor and stimulates the
receptor's function
⩥ efficacy. Answer: ability to produce a desired effect
⩥ absorption. Answer: passage of a substance through some surface of
the body into body fluids and tissues
⩥ USP/NF. Answer: United States Pharmacopia/National Formulary
9781719644747 COMPLETE TEST BANK 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS AND
RATIONALS
⩥ -dine. Answer: Antiulcer agents
⩥ -done. Answer: opioid analgesics
⩥ -ide. Answer: oral hypoglycemics
⩥ -iam. Answer: antianxiety agents
⩥ -mide. Answer: diuretics
⩥ -nium. Answer: neuromuscular blocking agents
⩥ -olol. Answer: beta blockers (cardiovascular)
⩥ -oxacin. Answer: antibiotics
,⩥ -pam. Answer: antianxiety agent
⩥ -pril. Answer: ACE inhibitors
⩥ -statin. Answer: antilipemics
⩥ -vir. Answer: antivirals
⩥ Teratogenic. Answer: Literally, monster producing
⩥ -zide. Answer: diuretics
⩥ Pharmacokinetics. Answer: study of metabolism and action of drugs
with particular emphasis on the time required for absorption, duration of
action, distribution in the body, and method of excretion.
⩥ Pharmacodynamics. Answer: study of drugs and their action in living
organisms.
⩥ Palliative. Answer: relieving or alleviating without curing
⩥ idiosyncratic. Answer: relating to idiosyncracy; how a person differs
from another.
, ⩥ Half-life. Answer: length of time required for the concentration of a
drug to decrease by one-half in the plasma.
⩥ distribution. Answer: dividing and spreading of a medicaiton to a
target organ
⩥ cumulation. Answer: increasing in effect by successive additions
⩥ CrCl. Answer: creatinine clearance
⩥ anagonists. Answer: that which counteracts the action of something
else, such as a muscle or drug
⩥ agonists. Answer: drug that binds to the receptor and stimulates the
receptor's function
⩥ efficacy. Answer: ability to produce a desired effect
⩥ absorption. Answer: passage of a substance through some surface of
the body into body fluids and tissues
⩥ USP/NF. Answer: United States Pharmacopia/National Formulary
