Pharmacology Exam 1 NUR 239 (CORRECTLY SOLVED)

Pharmacology correct answers study of the effects of chemical substances on living tissues Drug therapy correct answers used to prevent, diagnose, treat, treat signs and symptoms, and cure disease local effect correct answers sunscreen or anesthetics systemic effect correct answers circulate though the bloodstream to their sites of action Pure Foods and Drug Act 1906 correct answers passed to protect the public from adulterated or mislabeled drugs. required drug companies to declare danger/addicting nature of drug on package label Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 1938 correct answers prevented the marketing of new drugs before they had been properly tested for safety before a product could be sold. took effect after 100 deaths in 1937 as a result of ingesting an elixir Durham-Humphrey Amendment of 1952 correct answers further changed 1938 act by declaring that legend drugs could be dispensed by Rx only, couldn't be refilled without physician authorization rating categories of drug effectiveness correct answers effective, probably effective, possibly effective, ineffective Controlled Substance Act of 1970 correct answers designed to remedy the escalating problem of drug abuse Sulfonamides correct answers first antibiotics United States Pharmaopeia correct answers empowered federal government to enforce drug standards Pregnancy category A correct answers no increased risk of fetal abnormalities have ever been demonstrated Pregnancy category B correct answers no adequate or well controlled studies in pregnant women. animal studies have not revealed evidence of harm to fetus Pregnancy category C correct answers adverse side effect has been shown in animal studies Pregnancy category D correct answers risk to fetus has been demonstrated