Test Bank for Advanced Pharmacology
for Prescribers Updated Edition
The science of pharmaceutical systems/ preparations - answer-Pharmaceutics
What the body does to drugs - answer-Pharmacokinetics
What the drugs do to the body - answer-Pharmacodynamics
Treatment of disease with drugs - answer-Pharmacotherapy
Study of drugs, their sources, actions, chemistry and uses - answer-Pharmacology
Liberation, Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Elimination, Therapeutic drug monitoring -
answer-Basic pharmacokinetics (LADMET)
The minimum concentration - answer-C-min
The maximum concentration - answer-C-max
The time to maximum concentration - answer-T-max
Half-life - answer-T-1/2
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, Area Under drug Vs. Time Curve (Total exposure to drug) - answer-AUC
Volume of distribution - answer-Vd
Fraction of drug absorbed into system - answer-F
Elimination rate constant (eg. hr -1) - answer-k
Clearance (eg. volume/time) - answer-CL
Estimated Creatinine Clearance (approximates GFR) - answer-Cr-CL-est
Serum creatinine - answer-S-cr
Steady State Concentration - answer-C-ss
Name brand vs. generic/ 2 different drugs have the same form and concentration Within -20 to
25% - answer-Bioequivalence
-Applies to most drugs
-Takes the same amount of time to wear off, regardless of amount
-Dose INDEPENDENT - answer-First order kinetics
-Dose DEPENDENT kinetics
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for Prescribers Updated Edition
The science of pharmaceutical systems/ preparations - answer-Pharmaceutics
What the body does to drugs - answer-Pharmacokinetics
What the drugs do to the body - answer-Pharmacodynamics
Treatment of disease with drugs - answer-Pharmacotherapy
Study of drugs, their sources, actions, chemistry and uses - answer-Pharmacology
Liberation, Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Elimination, Therapeutic drug monitoring -
answer-Basic pharmacokinetics (LADMET)
The minimum concentration - answer-C-min
The maximum concentration - answer-C-max
The time to maximum concentration - answer-T-max
Half-life - answer-T-1/2
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, Area Under drug Vs. Time Curve (Total exposure to drug) - answer-AUC
Volume of distribution - answer-Vd
Fraction of drug absorbed into system - answer-F
Elimination rate constant (eg. hr -1) - answer-k
Clearance (eg. volume/time) - answer-CL
Estimated Creatinine Clearance (approximates GFR) - answer-Cr-CL-est
Serum creatinine - answer-S-cr
Steady State Concentration - answer-C-ss
Name brand vs. generic/ 2 different drugs have the same form and concentration Within -20 to
25% - answer-Bioequivalence
-Applies to most drugs
-Takes the same amount of time to wear off, regardless of amount
-Dose INDEPENDENT - answer-First order kinetics
-Dose DEPENDENT kinetics
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