HCB 102A – Pharmacology and Toxicology Questions and Correct Answers | 2025/2026 | Drug Classifications, Dosage, and Administration Guide

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HCB 102 A Pharmacology and Toxicology
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Chemical Name

Ans: Chemical and molecular structure.
Meaningful to chemist but rarely used because of its complexity.


Contraindication

Ans: Any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure
inadvisable.


Drug

Ans: Therapeutic agent; any substance, other than food, used in prevention,
diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of disease.


Generic Name

Ans: Often derived from the chemical name.

All medication has only one generic name regardless of the manufacturer.

The generic name is the common name of the medication.


Hypersensitivity (allergy)

Ans: Abnormal sensitivity, a condition in which there is an exaggerated
response by the body to the stimulus of a foreign agents.


Indication



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Ans: The basis for initiation of a treatment for a disease or of a diagnostic test.


Maximum dose

Ans: The largest amount of medication that can be given without reaching the
toxic effect.


MTF

Ans: Military Treatment Facility


Opiate

Ans: A drug that contains opium, derivatives of opium, or any several
semisynthetic drugs with opium-like activity.


Opioid

Ans: Pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that have opium-like effects
similar to morphine although they are not derived from opium.


Note #1

Ans: Opiate contains opium


Note #2

Ans: Opioid does not contain opium


Patency

Ans: The state of being freely open or exposed.


Pharmacology


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Ans: The science concerned with drugs, their sources, appearance, chemistry,
actions, and uses.


Pharmacy

Ans: The brunch of pharmacology dealing with the preparation, dispensing, and
proper use of medications.


Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)

Ans: A comprehensive book listing of drug products for medical professionals


Therapeutics

Ans: The science of treating disease by any method that will relieve pain, treat
or cure diseases and infections, or prolong life.


Toxicology

Ans: Study of poisons, their actions, their detection, and the treatment of the
conditions produced by them.


Trade/Brand name

Ans: Proprietary name given by manufacturer.


Usual/Therapeutic dose

Ans: Is referred to as the normal adult dose, usual dose, or average dose. It is
the amount needed to produce the desired therapeutic effect.


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