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d. Dru action; dru effects
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Textbook Reference: Pharmacolo y: The Science of Dru Action
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2. After dru administration has occurred, the amount of dru in the blood that is fr
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d. ED50.
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Textbook Reference: Pharmacokinetic Factors Determinin Dru Action
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3. The specific molecular chan es that occur when a dru binds to a particular tar et
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Textbook Reference: Pharmacolo y: The Science of Dru Action
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4. Which of the followin is not a possible explanation for placebo effects?
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Textbook Reference: Pharmacolo y: The Science of Dru Action
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Textbook Reference: Pharmacokinetic Factors Determinin Dru Action
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6. Which factor does not affect the pharmacokinetics of a dru ?
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Textbook Reference: Pharmacokinetic Factors Determinin Dru Action
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7. First-pass metabolism occurs when dru s are taken
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a. orally.
b. intravenously.
c. subcutaneously.
d. nasally.
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9. First-pass metabolism occurs with orally administered dru s because
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Textbook Reference: Pharmacokinetic Factors Determinin Dru Action
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10. Toxic substances in the blood tri er a vomitin response by activatin the
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Answer: c C/t

Textbook Reference: Pharmacokinetic Factors Determinin Dru Action
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11. Dru s administered _
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a. subcutaneously
b. intramuscularly
c. orally
d. intravenously
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Textbook Reference: Pharmacokinetic Factors Determinin Dru Action
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12. Ionization of a dru depends on the of the solution and the
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13. The absorption of a dru depends on all of the followin except
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a. lipid solubility.
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b. ionization.
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14. Dru s that are C/ should be avoided by women of childbearin a e.
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c. psychoactive
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Textbook Reference: Pharmacokinetic Factors Determinin Dru Action
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15. A ents that induce developmental abnormalities in a fetus are known as
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a. psychoactive dru s. C/t C/

b. illicit dru s. C/t C/

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Textbook Reference: Pharmacokinetic Factors Determinin Dru Action
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16. Depot bindin is said to occur when dru s
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a. bind to their tar et sites.
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