Dosage Forms and Routes of Administration QUESTIONS WITH
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS
Why are sublingual tablets better for relieving angina attacks than traditional tablets? -
answer☑️✔️..They bypass the stomach, entering the bloodstream for quicker relief.
Why do manufacturers make dosage forms that are effective over a longer time? -
answer☑️✔️..to enable the patient to take the medication less often
Parenteral medications are used because: - answer☑️✔️..they work quickly, they bypass the
acidic secretions of the stomach, and the patient is unable to take medication by mouth
Which of the following is not an example of a semisolid dosage form? - answer☑️✔️..creams,
lotions, ointments, powders, gelatins, suppositories, inhalant powders
which liquid dosage form has a hydroalcoholic base? - answer☑️✔️..elixir
the organ that performs most of the metabolism of a drug is the: - answer☑️✔️..liver
if a drug has a half- life of 20 hours, this would mean that: - answer☑️✔️..the drug loses half
its strength in 20 hours , followed by half of the remaining strength in the following 20 hours,
and so forth
excipients are used in preparing medication to: - answer☑️✔️..improve appearance, disguise
taste or smell, and increase the size of the medication
the time taken for the plasma concentration of a drug to decrease by 50% is known as: -
answer☑️✔️..half- life
, which of the following oral dosage forms should have a '' shake well'' auxiliary label on the
bottle? - answer☑️✔️..suspension
Absorption - answer☑️✔️..The taking in of nutrients and drugs into the body from food and
liquids
Behind-the-counter - answer☑️✔️..Nonprescription drugs that are kept behind the pharmacy
counter; limited amounts may be sold, or the customer may require the permission of a
pharmacist to purchase them
Bioavailability - answer☑️✔️..The degree to which a drug or other substance becomes
available to the target tissue after administration
Bioequivalence - answer☑️✔️..The relationship between two drugs that have the same
dosage and dosage form and that have similar bioavailability. Generic versions of a medication
must show bioequivalence to the original approved brand product as a requirement of drug
approval
Distribution - answer☑️✔️..The movement of a medication throughout the blood, organs, and
tissues after administration
Elimination - answer☑️✔️..The final evacuation of a drug or other substance from the body via
normal body processes, such as kidney elimination (urine), biliary excretion (bile to stool),
sweat, respiration, or saliva
Enteral - answer☑️✔️..A route of administration by way of the intestine, such as orally,
rectally, or sublingually
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS
Why are sublingual tablets better for relieving angina attacks than traditional tablets? -
answer☑️✔️..They bypass the stomach, entering the bloodstream for quicker relief.
Why do manufacturers make dosage forms that are effective over a longer time? -
answer☑️✔️..to enable the patient to take the medication less often
Parenteral medications are used because: - answer☑️✔️..they work quickly, they bypass the
acidic secretions of the stomach, and the patient is unable to take medication by mouth
Which of the following is not an example of a semisolid dosage form? - answer☑️✔️..creams,
lotions, ointments, powders, gelatins, suppositories, inhalant powders
which liquid dosage form has a hydroalcoholic base? - answer☑️✔️..elixir
the organ that performs most of the metabolism of a drug is the: - answer☑️✔️..liver
if a drug has a half- life of 20 hours, this would mean that: - answer☑️✔️..the drug loses half
its strength in 20 hours , followed by half of the remaining strength in the following 20 hours,
and so forth
excipients are used in preparing medication to: - answer☑️✔️..improve appearance, disguise
taste or smell, and increase the size of the medication
the time taken for the plasma concentration of a drug to decrease by 50% is known as: -
answer☑️✔️..half- life
, which of the following oral dosage forms should have a '' shake well'' auxiliary label on the
bottle? - answer☑️✔️..suspension
Absorption - answer☑️✔️..The taking in of nutrients and drugs into the body from food and
liquids
Behind-the-counter - answer☑️✔️..Nonprescription drugs that are kept behind the pharmacy
counter; limited amounts may be sold, or the customer may require the permission of a
pharmacist to purchase them
Bioavailability - answer☑️✔️..The degree to which a drug or other substance becomes
available to the target tissue after administration
Bioequivalence - answer☑️✔️..The relationship between two drugs that have the same
dosage and dosage form and that have similar bioavailability. Generic versions of a medication
must show bioequivalence to the original approved brand product as a requirement of drug
approval
Distribution - answer☑️✔️..The movement of a medication throughout the blood, organs, and
tissues after administration
Elimination - answer☑️✔️..The final evacuation of a drug or other substance from the body via
normal body processes, such as kidney elimination (urine), biliary excretion (bile to stool),
sweat, respiration, or saliva
Enteral - answer☑️✔️..A route of administration by way of the intestine, such as orally,
rectally, or sublingually
