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,Chapter 01: Information Sources, Regulatory Agencies, Drug Legislation, and Prescription Writi
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Haveles: Applied Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist, 9th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE cn




1. Knowledge of pharmacology aids the dental professional in cn cn cn cn cn cn cn



a. obtaining a patient’s health history. cn cn cn cn



b. administering drugs in the office. cn cn cn cn



c. handling emergency situations. cn cn



d. selection of a nonprescription medication. cn cn cn cn



e. All of the above. cn cn cn




ANS: E c n



All of the choices are true. Because many of our patients are being treated with drugs, knowledge of p
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harmacology helps in understanding and interpreting patients’ responses to health history questions. K
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nowledge of the therapeutic and adverse effects of medications obviously helps in their proper admini
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stration in the office. Emergency situations may be caused by drugs or treated by drugs; thus, knowled
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ge of pharmacology is of great help, especially because a rapid response is sometimes required. A clea
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r understanding of the concepts of drug action, drug handling by the body, and drug interactions will a
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llow the dental practitioner to make proper judgments and grasp the concepts relevant to new drug the
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rapies on the market. cn cn cn




DIF: Application
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Medication/Health History), Role of the Dental Hygienist (Medication
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Administration), Role of the Dental Hygienist (Emergency Situations), Role of the Dental Hygienist (Non
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prescription Medication) | pp. 2-3 OBJ: 1 cn cn cn cn



TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology c n cn cn




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 of little cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn



consequence in the dental office. cn cn cn cn



b. Asthmatic patients should have dental appointments in the morning. cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn



c. Diabetic patients usually have fewer problems with a morning appointment co cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn



mpared with afternoon appointments. cn cn cn



d. Both B and C are true. cn cn cn cn cn




ANS: D c n



Asthmatic patients who experience dental anxiety should schedule their appointments when they are n
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ot rushed or under pressure early in the morning. Diabetic patients usually have relatively fewer probl
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ems with a morning appointment. Patients taking medication for systemic diseases may require special
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handling in the dental office.
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DIF: Comprehension
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Appointment Scheduling) | p.
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3 OBJ: 1
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, 3. Nutritional or herbal supplements cn cn cn



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



c. can cause adverse effects. cn cn cn



d. will not interact with other drugs the patient may be taking.
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ANS: C c n



Nutritional or herbal supplements are quite capable of causing adverse effects. The majority of nutritiona
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l or herbal supplements do not carry FDA approval for treating disease states. These supplements are dr
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ugs 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) | p.
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3 OBJ: 1
cn 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 cn



b. Code name cn



c. Generic name cn



d. Trade name cn




ANS: C c n



Before any drug is marketed, it is given a generic name that becomes the “official” name of the drug. E
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ach drug is assigned only one generic name selected by the U.S. Adopted Name Council, and the nam
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e is not capitalized. The brand name is equivalent to the trade name and is capitalized. Although the br
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and name is technically the name of the company marketing the product, this term is often used interch
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angeably with the trade name. The code name is the initial term used within a pharmaceutical compan
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y to refer to a drug while it is undergoing investigation and is often a combination of capital letters and
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numbers, the letters representing an abbreviation of the company name.
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DIF: Comprehension
REF: Drug Names | p. 4 OBJ: 3 c n cn cn cn cn cn c n



TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology c n cn cn




5. A drug’s generic name is selected by the
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a. pharmaceutical company manufacturing it. cn cn cn



b. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). cn cn cn cn



c. U.S. Adopted Name Council. cn cn cn



d. Federal Patent Office. cn cn




ANS: C c n



Each drug is assigned only one generic name (e.g., ibuprofen). It is selected by the U.S. Adopted Nam
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e Council. The generic name is not selected by the FDA or the Federal Patent Office. The pharmaceuti
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cal company manufacturing the drug clearly has an influence on the generic name given its drug, but th
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e final decision is not the company’s.
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DIF: Recall REF: Drug Names | p. 4 c n cn cn cn cn



OBJ: 3 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacologyc n cn c n cn cn




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 name.
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