INTRO TO PHARMACOLOGY: LECTURE 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
what is a drug?
ANSWER
Any substance that interacts with a living organism and brings functional changes as a
consequence of its interactions at the molecular level
Question 2.
what chemical name?
ANSWER
Specifies the chemical structure of a drug using standard chemical nomenclature
Question 3.
what is generic name of drug?
ANSWER
Derived from the chemical name and provides indication of the class to which a particular drug
belongs.
***refer to drug by generic name
Question 4.
what is the trend or brand name of drugs?
ANSWER
Registered brand name or trademark belonging to a particular dug manufacturer
Question 5.
what is drug class?
ANSWER
Term used to describe medications that are grouped together because of similarities in the
chemical structure, mechanism of action (MOA), and/or the specific way in which the body
responds to a drug.
, Question 6.
what is pharmacology?
ANSWER
Science of the interaction of chemical substances (drugs) with living organisms
Question 7.
what is toxicology?
ANSWER
Science of poisons and toxicity. Focuses on the harmful effects of chemicals and on the
mechanisms by which toxic agents produce pathologic changes, diseases, and death. The part
of pharmacology dealing with the study of adverse effects of drugs
Question 8.
what is clinical pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics?
ANSWER
The part of pharmacology dealing with the clinical use of drugs for the prevention, diagnosis,
and treatment of diseases.
Question 9.
what is pharmakinetics?
ANSWER
Describes the effects of the body on the drug, studies the time course of the drug during the
ADME processes
Question 10.
what is pharmadynamics?
ANSWER
Describes the actions of the drug on the body.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
what is a drug?
ANSWER
Any substance that interacts with a living organism and brings functional changes as a
consequence of its interactions at the molecular level
Question 2.
what chemical name?
ANSWER
Specifies the chemical structure of a drug using standard chemical nomenclature
Question 3.
what is generic name of drug?
ANSWER
Derived from the chemical name and provides indication of the class to which a particular drug
belongs.
***refer to drug by generic name
Question 4.
what is the trend or brand name of drugs?
ANSWER
Registered brand name or trademark belonging to a particular dug manufacturer
Question 5.
what is drug class?
ANSWER
Term used to describe medications that are grouped together because of similarities in the
chemical structure, mechanism of action (MOA), and/or the specific way in which the body
responds to a drug.
, Question 6.
what is pharmacology?
ANSWER
Science of the interaction of chemical substances (drugs) with living organisms
Question 7.
what is toxicology?
ANSWER
Science of poisons and toxicity. Focuses on the harmful effects of chemicals and on the
mechanisms by which toxic agents produce pathologic changes, diseases, and death. The part
of pharmacology dealing with the study of adverse effects of drugs
Question 8.
what is clinical pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics?
ANSWER
The part of pharmacology dealing with the clinical use of drugs for the prevention, diagnosis,
and treatment of diseases.
Question 9.
what is pharmakinetics?
ANSWER
Describes the effects of the body on the drug, studies the time course of the drug during the
ADME processes
Question 10.
what is pharmadynamics?
ANSWER
Describes the actions of the drug on the body.
