Advanced Pharmacology Verified Exam Questions and Answers Latest
update 2026/2027
Question:
1. Med Reconciliation
Answer:
-Improves drug history by 45-95%
-Reduces adverse drug events (ADEs) by 80%
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2. Side Effect
Answer:
A predictable effect from a drug
-Example: hypotension with an antihypertensive drug
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3. Adverse Drug Reaction
Answer:
An allergic or idiosyncratic reaction to a drug
-Not a predictable effect/reaction
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4. Dispensing drug samples
Answer:
Don't do this!
-There are specific rules about dispensing samples
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5. DOAP
Answer:
Descriptor Objective Assessment Plan
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6. Pharmacokinetics
Answer:
10. Bioavailability
, Question:
7. Enteral Routes of Administration
Answer:
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8. Parenteral Routes of Administration
Answer:
Question:
9. Other Routes of Administration
What the body does to the drug
-Absorption
-Distribution
-Metabolism
-Excretion
Oral, sublingual, eterostomy, buccal Intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, transdermal,
intra-arterial, intra-articu- lar, intradermal, intrathecal Skin, ear, eye, nose, lungs, vagina, rectum
Answer:
The extent to which the administered drug becomes available in the general circulation
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11. Rate of Absorption
Answer:
How fast does the drug become bioavailable AUC = Area under the curve
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12. Extent of Absorption
Answer:
How much of the administered drug actually makes it to systemic circulation
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13. First Pass Effect
Answer:
Removal of a substatial amount of an enterally administered drug dose prior to the drug reaching the
systemic circulation
-Gastrointestinal
-Hepatic
update 2026/2027
Question:
1. Med Reconciliation
Answer:
-Improves drug history by 45-95%
-Reduces adverse drug events (ADEs) by 80%
Question:
2. Side Effect
Answer:
A predictable effect from a drug
-Example: hypotension with an antihypertensive drug
Question:
3. Adverse Drug Reaction
Answer:
An allergic or idiosyncratic reaction to a drug
-Not a predictable effect/reaction
Question:
4. Dispensing drug samples
Answer:
Don't do this!
-There are specific rules about dispensing samples
Question:
5. DOAP
Answer:
Descriptor Objective Assessment Plan
Question:
6. Pharmacokinetics
Answer:
10. Bioavailability
, Question:
7. Enteral Routes of Administration
Answer:
Question:
8. Parenteral Routes of Administration
Answer:
Question:
9. Other Routes of Administration
What the body does to the drug
-Absorption
-Distribution
-Metabolism
-Excretion
Oral, sublingual, eterostomy, buccal Intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, transdermal,
intra-arterial, intra-articu- lar, intradermal, intrathecal Skin, ear, eye, nose, lungs, vagina, rectum
Answer:
The extent to which the administered drug becomes available in the general circulation
Question:
11. Rate of Absorption
Answer:
How fast does the drug become bioavailable AUC = Area under the curve
Question:
12. Extent of Absorption
Answer:
How much of the administered drug actually makes it to systemic circulation
Question:
13. First Pass Effect
Answer:
Removal of a substatial amount of an enterally administered drug dose prior to the drug reaching the
systemic circulation
-Gastrointestinal
-Hepatic