NURS 613 advanced pharmacology EXAM A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

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Pharm Exam #1 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE S
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QUESTION 1 vc




What is pharmacology?
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ANSWER

- study of drugs that alter functions of living organisms
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QUESTION 2 vc




What is pharmacotherapy?
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ANSWER

- drug therapy, use of drugs to prevent, diagnose, or treat signs, symptoms, and disease processes
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QUESTION 3 vc




What is Pharmacoeconomics?
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ANSWER

- involves the cost of drug therapy (costs of purchasing, dispensing, storage, admin, and lab tests)
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QUESTION 4 vc




What is pharmacogenetics?
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ANSWER

- a field of research that studies how a person's gene affect how they respond to the medication
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QUESTION 5 vc

, Medication categories and naming vc vc vc




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Drugs are classified according to their effects on particular body systems, therapeutic uses, and chemic
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al characteristics -
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Prototypes: individual drugs that represent a group of drugs that are often the first drug of a particular
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group to be developed (ex. morphine --> opioid) -
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Generic name: is related to the chemical or official name and is independent of the manufacture -
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Brand (trade) name: made by the manufacture
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QUESTION 6 vc




Why do we use synthetic drugs?
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synthetic drugs are more standardized in their chemical characteristics, more consistent in their effects,
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and less likely to produce allergic reactions.
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QUESTION 7 vc




Why do we have laws pertaining to medications?
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ANSWER

- to control the use, manufacturing, possession, and distribution of various drugs regulation in the US -
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basically to keep us safe
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QUESTION 8 vc




What did the Pure food & drug Act 1906 lead to?
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1st comprehensive federal food & drug regulation in the US, giving the federal gov. authority to act in t
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he case of adulterated or misbranded drugs
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QUESTION 9 vc




What did the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 lead to?
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ANSWER

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requires the official drugs to meet standards of purity and strength as determined by chemical analysis
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