NBDHE Pharmacology
NBDHE Pharmacology Exam Study
Questions and Answers Graded A+ 2025
potency is related to -Correct Answer ✔dose. Potency is greater when a dose is smaller
efficacy is -Correct Answer ✔the maximum response of a drug regardless of dose
What is first past effect? -Correct Answer ✔When orally administered drugs pass
through the hepatic portal which reduces the amount effective drug. this requires large
doses of a drug
What drug administration route is used to deliver protein products? -Correct Answer
✔Subcutaneous
The TB skin test is an example of what route of drug administration? -Correct Answer
✔Intradermal
The study of how we drug enters the body, circulates in the body and leaves the body -
Correct Answer ✔pharmacokinetics
What organ is involved in absorption of oral drugs? -Correct Answer ✔small intestine
What is the most important site for metabolism of drugs? -Correct Answer ✔the liver
What is the most important organ that is involved in excretion? -Correct Answer
✔kidneys
What terminates drug effects? -Correct Answer ✔elimination
What steps do intra-vascular drugs bypass? -Correct Answer ✔absorption and first pass
What drugs are known to move across biological membranes by diffusion? -Correct
Answer ✔Lipid soluble drugs
Metabolism is also known as -Correct Answer ✔Bio transformation
Side effects are -Correct Answer ✔Dose related reaction that is not part of the desired
therapeutic action
True or false: an allergic reaction is related to dose -Correct Answer ✔false
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An abnormal drug response that is usually genetically determined -Correct Answer
✔Idiosyncrasy
What are the two branches of the autonomic nervous system? -Correct Answer
✔Sympathetic and parasympathetic
What are some effects of the sympathetic nervous system? -Correct Answer ✔Fight or
flight
Increase blood pressure through vasoconstriction
Dilate pupils and bronchioles
Reduce salivary flow
The preganglionic neurotransmitter for the sympathetic nervous system is -Correct
Answer ✔Acetylcholine
The Post ganglionic neurotransmitter for the sympathetic nervous system is -Correct
Answer ✔Norepinephrine
What drugs mimic the sympathetic nervous system? -Correct Answer ✔Adrenergic
drugs
What diseases should avoid adrenergic drugs? -Correct Answer ✔angina, uncontrolled
hypertension and uncontrolled hyperthyroidism
What is dopamine used to treat? And what class of drugs is it? -Correct Answer
✔Shock, Low blood pressure, parkinson's. adrenergic
Andrenergic blocking drugs are used to treat -Correct Answer ✔High blood pressure,
angina, glaucoma and myocardial infarction
Propanolol is also known as:
And it is a -Correct Answer ✔Inderal
Nonselective beta blocker to treat hypertension
Atenolol is also known as:
And it is a -Correct Answer ✔Tenormin
Selective beta blocker to treat hypertension
Lopressor is also known as
And it is a -Correct Answer ✔Metoprolol
selective beta blocker to treat hypertension
pilocarpine is an example of a:
what two diseases can it treat? -Correct Answer ✔cholinergic drug.
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It increases saliva flow in patients with sjogrens
can also tx glaucoma
what type of drugs are used to treat hypertension and angina? -Correct Answer
✔adrenergic blocking
what drugs are contraindicated for angina, uncontrolled hypertension and
hyperthyroidism? -Correct Answer ✔adrenergic drugs
___________________increases saliva and moisture flow, ____________decreases
saliva flow -Correct Answer ✔pilocarpine, atropine
mechanism of action for aspirin -Correct Answer ✔inhibits prostaglandin synthesis
the A's of Aspirin -Correct Answer ✔Analgesic
antipyretic
Anti inflammatory
anti platelet
what is synergism -Correct Answer ✔when the combo of two antibiotics produces a
greater effect than if just one were used
contraindications for aspirin -Correct Answer ✔asthma, coumadin, stomach ulcers and
children (especially with the flu and chicken pox)
What Gi side effect is related to aspirin? -Correct Answer ✔ulcers
what % of patients have an allergy to aspirin? what patients are more at risk? -Correct
Answer ✔15%, asthma patients
what dangerous syndrome is found in children with the flu or chic pox who take aspirin?
-Correct Answer ✔Reyes syndrome
what may happen at high doses of aspirin? -Correct Answer ✔tinnitus
Brand name acetaminophen -Correct Answer ✔Tylenol
Effects of acetaminophen -Correct Answer ✔Analgesic
Antipyretic
What does Tylenol not do? -Correct Answer ✔It is not anti-inflammatory
Adverse effects of Tylenol -Correct Answer ✔Hepatoxicity
NBDHE Pharmacology
NBDHE Pharmacology Exam Study
Questions and Answers Graded A+ 2025
potency is related to -Correct Answer ✔dose. Potency is greater when a dose is smaller
efficacy is -Correct Answer ✔the maximum response of a drug regardless of dose
What is first past effect? -Correct Answer ✔When orally administered drugs pass
through the hepatic portal which reduces the amount effective drug. this requires large
doses of a drug
What drug administration route is used to deliver protein products? -Correct Answer
✔Subcutaneous
The TB skin test is an example of what route of drug administration? -Correct Answer
✔Intradermal
The study of how we drug enters the body, circulates in the body and leaves the body -
Correct Answer ✔pharmacokinetics
What organ is involved in absorption of oral drugs? -Correct Answer ✔small intestine
What is the most important site for metabolism of drugs? -Correct Answer ✔the liver
What is the most important organ that is involved in excretion? -Correct Answer
✔kidneys
What terminates drug effects? -Correct Answer ✔elimination
What steps do intra-vascular drugs bypass? -Correct Answer ✔absorption and first pass
What drugs are known to move across biological membranes by diffusion? -Correct
Answer ✔Lipid soluble drugs
Metabolism is also known as -Correct Answer ✔Bio transformation
Side effects are -Correct Answer ✔Dose related reaction that is not part of the desired
therapeutic action
True or false: an allergic reaction is related to dose -Correct Answer ✔false
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An abnormal drug response that is usually genetically determined -Correct Answer
✔Idiosyncrasy
What are the two branches of the autonomic nervous system? -Correct Answer
✔Sympathetic and parasympathetic
What are some effects of the sympathetic nervous system? -Correct Answer ✔Fight or
flight
Increase blood pressure through vasoconstriction
Dilate pupils and bronchioles
Reduce salivary flow
The preganglionic neurotransmitter for the sympathetic nervous system is -Correct
Answer ✔Acetylcholine
The Post ganglionic neurotransmitter for the sympathetic nervous system is -Correct
Answer ✔Norepinephrine
What drugs mimic the sympathetic nervous system? -Correct Answer ✔Adrenergic
drugs
What diseases should avoid adrenergic drugs? -Correct Answer ✔angina, uncontrolled
hypertension and uncontrolled hyperthyroidism
What is dopamine used to treat? And what class of drugs is it? -Correct Answer
✔Shock, Low blood pressure, parkinson's. adrenergic
Andrenergic blocking drugs are used to treat -Correct Answer ✔High blood pressure,
angina, glaucoma and myocardial infarction
Propanolol is also known as:
And it is a -Correct Answer ✔Inderal
Nonselective beta blocker to treat hypertension
Atenolol is also known as:
And it is a -Correct Answer ✔Tenormin
Selective beta blocker to treat hypertension
Lopressor is also known as
And it is a -Correct Answer ✔Metoprolol
selective beta blocker to treat hypertension
pilocarpine is an example of a:
what two diseases can it treat? -Correct Answer ✔cholinergic drug.
NBDHE Pharmacology
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It increases saliva flow in patients with sjogrens
can also tx glaucoma
what type of drugs are used to treat hypertension and angina? -Correct Answer
✔adrenergic blocking
what drugs are contraindicated for angina, uncontrolled hypertension and
hyperthyroidism? -Correct Answer ✔adrenergic drugs
___________________increases saliva and moisture flow, ____________decreases
saliva flow -Correct Answer ✔pilocarpine, atropine
mechanism of action for aspirin -Correct Answer ✔inhibits prostaglandin synthesis
the A's of Aspirin -Correct Answer ✔Analgesic
antipyretic
Anti inflammatory
anti platelet
what is synergism -Correct Answer ✔when the combo of two antibiotics produces a
greater effect than if just one were used
contraindications for aspirin -Correct Answer ✔asthma, coumadin, stomach ulcers and
children (especially with the flu and chicken pox)
What Gi side effect is related to aspirin? -Correct Answer ✔ulcers
what % of patients have an allergy to aspirin? what patients are more at risk? -Correct
Answer ✔15%, asthma patients
what dangerous syndrome is found in children with the flu or chic pox who take aspirin?
-Correct Answer ✔Reyes syndrome
what may happen at high doses of aspirin? -Correct Answer ✔tinnitus
Brand name acetaminophen -Correct Answer ✔Tylenol
Effects of acetaminophen -Correct Answer ✔Analgesic
Antipyretic
What does Tylenol not do? -Correct Answer ✔It is not anti-inflammatory
Adverse effects of Tylenol -Correct Answer ✔Hepatoxicity
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