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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 dt




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



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



b. administering drugs in the office. dt dt dt dt



c. handling emergency situations. dt dt



d. selection of a nonprescription medication. dt dt dt dt



e. All of the above. dt dt dt




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All of the choices are true. Because many of our patients are being treated with drugs, knowledge of pha
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rmacology helps in understanding and interpreting patients’ responses to health history questions. Know
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ledge of the therapeutic and adverse effects of medications obviously helps in their proper administratio
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n in the office. Emergency situations may be caused by drugs or treated by drugs; thus, knowledge of ph
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armacology is of great help, especially because a rapid response is sometimes required. A clear understa
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nding of the concepts of drug action, drug handling by the body, and drug interactions will allow the den
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tal practitioner to make proper judgments and grasp the concepts relevant to new drug therapies on the
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market.

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 (Nonpre dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt



scription Medication) | pp. 2-3 OBJ:
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TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacologyd t dt dt




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 dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt



consequence in the dental office. dt dt dt dt



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



c. Diabetic patients usually have fewer problems with a morning appointment com dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt



pared with afternoon appointments. dt dt dt



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




ANS: D d t



Asthmatic patients who experience dental anxiety should schedule their appointments when they are not
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rushed or under pressure early in the morning. Diabetic patients usually have relatively fewer problems
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with a morning appointment. Patients taking medication for systemic diseases may require special handl
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ing in the dental office.
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DIF: Comprehension
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Appointment Scheduling) | p. 3
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OBJ: 1 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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, 3. Nutritional or herbal supplements dt dt dt



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



c. can cause adverse effects. dt dt dt



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



Nutritional or herbal supplements are quite capable of causing adverse effects. The majority of nutritional
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or herbal supplements do not carry FDA approval for treating disease states. These supplements are drugs
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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. 3
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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 dt



b. Code name dt



c. Generic name dt



d. Trade name dt




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Before any drug is marketed, it is given a generic name that becomes the “official” name of the drug. Eac
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h drug is assigned only one generic name selected by the U.S. Adopted Name Council, and the name is
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not capitalized. The brand name is equivalent to the trade name and is capitalized. Although the brand n
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ame is technically the name of the company marketing the product, this term is often used interchangeabl
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y with the trade name. The code name is the initial term used within a pharmaceutical company to refer t
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o a drug while it is undergoing investigation and is often a combination of capital letters and numbers, t
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he letters representing an abbreviation of the company name.
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DIF: Comprehension
REF: Drug Names | p. 4 OBJ: 3 d t dt dt dt dt dt d t



TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology d t dt dt




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



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



c. U.S. Adopted Name Council. dt dt dt



d. Federal Patent Office. dt dt




ANS: C d t



Each drug is assigned only one generic name (e.g., ibuprofen). It is selected by the U.S. Adopted Name
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Council. The generic name is not selected by the FDA or the Federal Patent Office. The pharmaceutical
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company manufacturing the drug clearly has an influence on the generic name given its drug, but the fin
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al decision is not the company’s.
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DIF: Recall REF: Drug Names | p. 4 d t dt dt dt dt



OBJ: 3 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology d t dt d t dt dt




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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