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RAD1125 Exam 3 Questions And Answers
2025 Update.
Pharmacology - Answer✔Science concerned with the origin, nature, effects, and uses of drugs
Pharmacokinetics - Answer✔The study of the metabolism and action of drugs with emphasis on
the time required for absorption, duration of action, distribution in body, and method of
excretion
Chemical name - Answer✔chemical formula for a drug
Generic name - Answer✔simpler than chemical name; name when it becomes commercially
available
Brand name - Answer✔manufactured by a specific company
What is a contraindication? - Answer✔Conditions that render the administration of some drug
or some line of treatment improper or undesirable
laxatives - Answer✔promote passing and elimination of feces
analgesics - Answer✔relieve pain without loss of consciousness
antibiotics - Answer✔kill/inhibit growth of microorganisms
antiemetics - Answer✔treats anemia
anesthetics - Answer✔depress neuronal function, producing loss of ability to perceive pain
anticholinergics - Answer✔reduce smooth muscle tone, motility of GI tract, and secretions from
respiratory tract and glands
statins - Answer✔lower cholesterol
antiplatelets - Answer✔inhibit platelet aggregation, usually treats stroke; complications include
bleeding
antihistamines - Answer✔inhibit allergic reactions
thrombolytics - Answer✔dissolve blood clots
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antineoplastic - Answer✔agent that works against tumor growth
Dosage Forms and how are they absorbed? - Answer✔Tablet - oral
Capsule - oral
Inhalant - inhaled
Suppository - rectum, vagina, urethra
Solution - oral or parenterally
Suspension - oral
Transdermal patch - skin
Cream - skin
What is anaphylaxis? - Answer✔Life threatening allergic reaction
What does Nitroglycerin do? - Answer✔Relaxes blood vessels, reduces work that heart must
do. Prevents chest pain
What does Metformin do? - Answer✔Controls blood glucose/sugar
What is a PDR? - Answer✔Physician's desk reference
What is thyroid medication called and what does it do? - Answer✔Levothyroxine treats
underactive thyroid gland
What is Heparin used for and how is it administered? - Answer✔Prevents/inhibits blood clot; IV
What is a diuretic? - Answer✔A substance that increases urine formation
What does parentally mean? - Answer✔needle, outside of the digestive tract
What is an antagonist? - Answer✔Drug that binds to the receptor and completely or partially
blocks the activation of a biological response
Infiltration - Answer✔the localized fluid into a tissue
Extravasation - Answer✔a complication of a dislodged needle tip in an IV site
both are often used interchangeably but know the difference. Most of the time the patient
experiences BOTH extravasation (needle went through the vein) and infiltration
(the fluid/saline/medication is going into the tissue instead of the vein)
5 Patient Rights of Drug Administration - Answer✔Right drug
Right amount
Right patient
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RAD1125 Exam 3 Questions And Answers
2025 Update.
Pharmacology - Answer✔Science concerned with the origin, nature, effects, and uses of drugs
Pharmacokinetics - Answer✔The study of the metabolism and action of drugs with emphasis on
the time required for absorption, duration of action, distribution in body, and method of
excretion
Chemical name - Answer✔chemical formula for a drug
Generic name - Answer✔simpler than chemical name; name when it becomes commercially
available
Brand name - Answer✔manufactured by a specific company
What is a contraindication? - Answer✔Conditions that render the administration of some drug
or some line of treatment improper or undesirable
laxatives - Answer✔promote passing and elimination of feces
analgesics - Answer✔relieve pain without loss of consciousness
antibiotics - Answer✔kill/inhibit growth of microorganisms
antiemetics - Answer✔treats anemia
anesthetics - Answer✔depress neuronal function, producing loss of ability to perceive pain
anticholinergics - Answer✔reduce smooth muscle tone, motility of GI tract, and secretions from
respiratory tract and glands
statins - Answer✔lower cholesterol
antiplatelets - Answer✔inhibit platelet aggregation, usually treats stroke; complications include
bleeding
antihistamines - Answer✔inhibit allergic reactions
thrombolytics - Answer✔dissolve blood clots
1
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antineoplastic - Answer✔agent that works against tumor growth
Dosage Forms and how are they absorbed? - Answer✔Tablet - oral
Capsule - oral
Inhalant - inhaled
Suppository - rectum, vagina, urethra
Solution - oral or parenterally
Suspension - oral
Transdermal patch - skin
Cream - skin
What is anaphylaxis? - Answer✔Life threatening allergic reaction
What does Nitroglycerin do? - Answer✔Relaxes blood vessels, reduces work that heart must
do. Prevents chest pain
What does Metformin do? - Answer✔Controls blood glucose/sugar
What is a PDR? - Answer✔Physician's desk reference
What is thyroid medication called and what does it do? - Answer✔Levothyroxine treats
underactive thyroid gland
What is Heparin used for and how is it administered? - Answer✔Prevents/inhibits blood clot; IV
What is a diuretic? - Answer✔A substance that increases urine formation
What does parentally mean? - Answer✔needle, outside of the digestive tract
What is an antagonist? - Answer✔Drug that binds to the receptor and completely or partially
blocks the activation of a biological response
Infiltration - Answer✔the localized fluid into a tissue
Extravasation - Answer✔a complication of a dislodged needle tip in an IV site
both are often used interchangeably but know the difference. Most of the time the patient
experiences BOTH extravasation (needle went through the vein) and infiltration
(the fluid/saline/medication is going into the tissue instead of the vein)
5 Patient Rights of Drug Administration - Answer✔Right drug
Right amount
Right patient
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