NUR 106 (Pharmacology Chapters 3-4) Questions with Correct
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Gender Specific Medicine
Answer: A developing science that looks at how men and women perceive and experience disease, as well
as how pharmacokinetics affect each gender
Question 2: Placebo Effect
Answer: A patient's positive expectation can positively affect the outcome
Question 3: Nocebo Effect
Answer: A patient's negative expectations can result in a less-than-optimal outcome
Question 4: Drug Tolerance
Answer: When a person requires a higher dosage of medication to provide the same effects of a lower
dosage that they were once taking
Question 5: Drug Dependence
Answer: A person who is unable to control his/her ingestion of drugs
Question 6: Physical Drug Dependence
Answer: A person who develops withdrawal symptoms if drug is withdrawn
Question 7: Psychological Drug Dependence
Answer: A person who is emotionally attached to a drug
Question 8: Drug Accumlation
Answer: Occurs when the next dose is give before the previously given drug has been metabolized or
excreted (Sometimes resulting in drug toxicity)
Question 9: Polypharmacy
Answer: The use of many different medications at one time (often over-the-counter)
Question 10: Medication Name with an "ER" following the name means:
Answer: Extended or Time-released medication
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, Question 11: Medication Name with an "EC" following the name means:
Answer: Enteric-coated medication
Question 12: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Answer: Measurement of a drug's concentration in blood samples to correlate the dosage administered and
the level of medicine in the body
Question 13: Trough
Answer: A sample drawn immediately BEFORE the next dose to measure the lowest blood level of
medicine
Question 14: Peak
Answer: A sample drawn 20 minutes after an IV Dose or 60 minutes after oral to obtain the highest blood
level
Question 15: Reye's Syndrome
Answer: a rare and life-threatening brain and liver disorder that is linked to Aspirin being given to children
Question 16: CYP3A4
Answer: An enzyme that metabolizes drugs at a faster rate and if often more active in more women than
men
Question 17: Category A (Drug use in Pregnancy)
Answer: Adequate and well-controlled studies have failed to demonstrate a risk to the fetus in the first
trimester of pregnancy (and there is no evidence of risk in later trimesters)
Question 18: Category B (Drug use in Pregnancy)
Answer: Animal reproduction studies have failed to demonstrate a risk to the fetus and there are no adequate
and well-controlled studies in pregnant women
Question 19: Category C (Drug use in Pregnancy)
Answer: Animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus and there are no adequate
and well-controlled studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant
women despite potential risks
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Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Gender Specific Medicine
Answer: A developing science that looks at how men and women perceive and experience disease, as well
as how pharmacokinetics affect each gender
Question 2: Placebo Effect
Answer: A patient's positive expectation can positively affect the outcome
Question 3: Nocebo Effect
Answer: A patient's negative expectations can result in a less-than-optimal outcome
Question 4: Drug Tolerance
Answer: When a person requires a higher dosage of medication to provide the same effects of a lower
dosage that they were once taking
Question 5: Drug Dependence
Answer: A person who is unable to control his/her ingestion of drugs
Question 6: Physical Drug Dependence
Answer: A person who develops withdrawal symptoms if drug is withdrawn
Question 7: Psychological Drug Dependence
Answer: A person who is emotionally attached to a drug
Question 8: Drug Accumlation
Answer: Occurs when the next dose is give before the previously given drug has been metabolized or
excreted (Sometimes resulting in drug toxicity)
Question 9: Polypharmacy
Answer: The use of many different medications at one time (often over-the-counter)
Question 10: Medication Name with an "ER" following the name means:
Answer: Extended or Time-released medication
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, Question 11: Medication Name with an "EC" following the name means:
Answer: Enteric-coated medication
Question 12: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Answer: Measurement of a drug's concentration in blood samples to correlate the dosage administered and
the level of medicine in the body
Question 13: Trough
Answer: A sample drawn immediately BEFORE the next dose to measure the lowest blood level of
medicine
Question 14: Peak
Answer: A sample drawn 20 minutes after an IV Dose or 60 minutes after oral to obtain the highest blood
level
Question 15: Reye's Syndrome
Answer: a rare and life-threatening brain and liver disorder that is linked to Aspirin being given to children
Question 16: CYP3A4
Answer: An enzyme that metabolizes drugs at a faster rate and if often more active in more women than
men
Question 17: Category A (Drug use in Pregnancy)
Answer: Adequate and well-controlled studies have failed to demonstrate a risk to the fetus in the first
trimester of pregnancy (and there is no evidence of risk in later trimesters)
Question 18: Category B (Drug use in Pregnancy)
Answer: Animal reproduction studies have failed to demonstrate a risk to the fetus and there are no adequate
and well-controlled studies in pregnant women
Question 19: Category C (Drug use in Pregnancy)
Answer: Animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus and there are no adequate
and well-controlled studies in humans, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant
women despite potential risks
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