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Applied Pharmacology for The Dental Hygienist 9th Edition by Elena Bablenis Haveles TEST BANK

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Applied Pharmacology for The Dental Hygienist 9th
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Edition by Elena Bablenis Haveles
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Complete Test Bank
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,Chapter 01: Information Sources, Regulatory Agencies, Drug Legislation, and Prescription
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Writing
Haveles: Applied Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist, 9th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE x@




1. Knowledge of pharmacology aids the dental professional in
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a. obtaining a patient’s health history. x@ x@ x@ x@


b. administering drugs in the office. x@ x@ x@ x@


c. handling emergency situations. x@ x@


d. selection of a nonprescription medicatio x@ x@ x@ x@


n.
e. All of the above. x@ x@ x@




ANS: x @ E
All of the choices are true. Because many of our patients are being treated with drugs, knowl
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edge of pharmacology helps in understanding and interpreting patients’ responses to health hist
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ory questions. Knowledge of the therapeutic and adverse effects of medications obviously help
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s in their proper administration in the office. Emergency situations may be caused by drugs o
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r treated by drugs; thus, knowledge of pharmacology is of great help, especially because a rap
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id response is sometimes required. A clear understanding of the concepts of drug action, drug
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@handling by the body, and drug interactions will allow the dental practitioner to make proper
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@judgments and grasp the concepts relevant to new drug therapies on the market.
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DIF: Application
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Medication/Health History), Role of the Dental Hygienist (M
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edication Administration), Role of the Dental Hygienist (Emergency Situations), Role of the Dental
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Hygienist (Nonprescription Medication) | pp. 2-3
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TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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2. Which of the following statements is true regarding planning appointments?
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a. Whether or not patients are taking medication for systemic diseases is o
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f little x@


consequence in the dental office. x@ x@ x@ x@


b. Asthmatic patients should have dental appointments in the morning.
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c. Diabetic patients usually have fewer problems with a morning appointme
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nt compared with afternoon appointments.
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d. Both B and C are true. x@ x@ x@ x@ x@




ANS: x @ D
Asthmatic patients who experience dental anxiety should schedule their appointments when the
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y are not rushed or under pressure early in the morning. Diabetic patients usually have relativ
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ely fewer problems with a morning appointment. Patients taking medication for systemic diseas
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es may require special handling in the dental office.
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DIF: Comprehension
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Appointment Scheduling)
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| p. 3 OBJ: 1
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,3. Nutritional or herbal supplements x@ x@ x@


a. carry the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for disease
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states.
b. are not drugs. x@ x@


c. can cause adverse effects.
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d. will not interact with other drugs the patient may be taking.
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ANS: x @ C
Nutritional or herbal supplements are quite capable of causing adverse effects. The majority of n
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utritional or herbal supplements do not carry FDA approval for treating disease states. These su
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pplements are drugs and can cause adverse effects and interact with different drugs.
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DIF: Comprehension
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Nutritional or Herbal Supplements
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) | p. 3 OBJ: 1 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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4. Which type of drug name usually begins with a lowercase letter?
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a. Brand name x@


b. Code name x@


c. Generic name x@


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ANS: x @ C
Before any drug is marketed, it is given a generic name that becomes the ―official‖ name of t
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he drug. Each drug is assigned only one generic name selected by the U.S. Adopted Name C
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ouncil, and the name is not capitalized. The brand name is equivalent to the trade name and i
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s capitalized. Although the brand name is technically the name of the company marketing the
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product, this term is often used interchangeably with the trade name. The code name is the in
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itial term used within a pharmaceutical company to refer to a drug while it is undergoing inv
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estigation and is often a combination of capital letters and numbers, the letters representing an
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x@abbreviation of the company name. x@ x@ x@ x@




DIF: Comprehension
REF: Drug Names | p. 4 OBJ: 3
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TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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5. A drug’s generic name is selected by the
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a. pharmaceutical company manufacturing i x@ x@ x@


t.
b. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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c. U.S. Adopted Name Council.x@ x@ x@


d. Federal Patent Office. x@ x@




ANS: x @ C
Each drug is assigned only one generic name (e.g., ibuprofen). It is selected by the U.S. Ado
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pted Name Council. The generic name is not selected by the FDA or the Federal Patent Offic
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e. The pharmaceutical company manufacturing the drug clearly has an influence on the generic
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@name given its drug, but the final decision is not the company’s.
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DIF: Recall REF: Drug Names | p. 4 x @ x@ x@ x@ x@


OBJ: 3 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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6. Which of the following is true concerning generic and trade names of drugs?
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a. A drug may only have one generic name and one trade
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name.

, b. A drug may only have one generic name, but it may have several trade
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names. @


c. A drug may have several generic names, but it may only have one trade
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name. x@


d. A drug may have several generic names and several trade names.
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ANS: x @ B
Each drug has only one generic name but may have several trade names. For each drug, there
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is only one generic name. It is not capitalized, and it becomes the ―official‖ name of the dru
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g. The pharmaceutical company discovering the drug gives the drug a trade name. The trade n
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ame is protected by the Federal Patent Law for 20 years from the earliest claimed filing date,
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plus patent term extensions. Although the brand name is technically the name of the company
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marketing the product, it is often used interchangeably with the trade name.
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DIF: Comprehension
REF: Drug Names | p. 4 OBJ: 3
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TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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7. Two drugs that are found to be chemically equivalent, but not biologically equiva
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lent or therapeutically equivalent are said to differ in
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a. potency.
b. efficacy.
c. bioavailability.
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ANS: x @ C
A preparation can be chemically equivalent yet not biologically or therapeutically equivalent.
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These products are said to differ in their bioavailability. The potency of a drug is a function o
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f the amount of drug required to produce an effect. The efficacy is the maximum intensity of
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@effect or response that can be produced by a drug. The therapeutic index is the ratio of the l
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ethal dose for 50% of the experimental animals divided by the effective dose for 50% of the
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experimental animals. If the value of the therapeutic index is small, toxicity is more likely.
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DIF: Recall
REF: Drug Names (Drug Substitution) | p. 5 OBJ:
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4 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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8. How many years must pass after a drug patent expires before other drug companies can ma
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rket the same compound as a generic drug?
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a. 20 years x@


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c. 7 years x@


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ANS: x @ D
Once a drug patent expires, competing companies may immediately market the same compoun
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d in generic form. The pharmaceutical company discovering the drug gives the drug a trade n
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ame. The trade name is protected by the Federal Patent Law for 20 years from the earliest cla
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imed filing date, plus the patent term extensions.
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DIF: Application
REF: Drug Names (Drug Substitution) | p. 5 OBJ:
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4 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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