GALEN PHARM 2500 STUDY GUIDE
2026 FINAL PAPER PRACTICE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS ACCURATE
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◉ What is Pharmacodynamics.
Answer: what the drug does to the body
◉ What phase is Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: Absorption phase
◉ Where does absorption of a drug take place.
Answer: Small intestine
◉ What affects absorption time.
Answer: -Pill type
-stomach contents
-blood circulation
-pain, stress, anxiety
-route of administration
◉ Contraindicators for medications.
Answer: Grapefruit juice and antacids
,◉ what is disintegration.
Answer: breakdown of oral drug into smaller particles
◉ What is dissolution.
Answer: Process of combining small drug particles with liquid to form a
solution
◉ What is drug absorption.
Answer: Drug movement from GI tract into bloodstream
happens in small intestine
◉ What is bioavailability.
Answer: What is left of drug after swallowing.
PO meds will never have 100% bioavailability
◉ Factors affecting Bioavailability.
Answer: -Absorption
-first pass metabolism
-Drug form
-route of admin
-gastric mucous % motility
-changes in liver metabolism
, -Administration w/ food and other drugs
◉ What is first pass effect.
Answer: drugs absorbed from the GI tract enter the portal vein and pass
through the liver before entering circulation.
PO meds only
◉ Characteristics of ADHD.
Answer: Inattentiveness, inability to concentrate, restlessness,
hyperactivity, inability to complete tasks, impulsivity
◉ Characteristics of narcolepsy.
Answer: recurrent attacks of drowsiness and sleep during daytime
unable to control sleep
falling asleep while driving, talking, eating, standing
◉ Where does drug metablosim occur.
Answer: In the the liver
◉ What is drug metabolism.
Answer: process of body chemically changing drug into a form to be
excreted
◉ What is the half-life of a drug?.
2026 FINAL PAPER PRACTICE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS ACCURATE
A+
◉ What is Pharmacodynamics.
Answer: what the drug does to the body
◉ What phase is Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: Absorption phase
◉ Where does absorption of a drug take place.
Answer: Small intestine
◉ What affects absorption time.
Answer: -Pill type
-stomach contents
-blood circulation
-pain, stress, anxiety
-route of administration
◉ Contraindicators for medications.
Answer: Grapefruit juice and antacids
,◉ what is disintegration.
Answer: breakdown of oral drug into smaller particles
◉ What is dissolution.
Answer: Process of combining small drug particles with liquid to form a
solution
◉ What is drug absorption.
Answer: Drug movement from GI tract into bloodstream
happens in small intestine
◉ What is bioavailability.
Answer: What is left of drug after swallowing.
PO meds will never have 100% bioavailability
◉ Factors affecting Bioavailability.
Answer: -Absorption
-first pass metabolism
-Drug form
-route of admin
-gastric mucous % motility
-changes in liver metabolism
, -Administration w/ food and other drugs
◉ What is first pass effect.
Answer: drugs absorbed from the GI tract enter the portal vein and pass
through the liver before entering circulation.
PO meds only
◉ Characteristics of ADHD.
Answer: Inattentiveness, inability to concentrate, restlessness,
hyperactivity, inability to complete tasks, impulsivity
◉ Characteristics of narcolepsy.
Answer: recurrent attacks of drowsiness and sleep during daytime
unable to control sleep
falling asleep while driving, talking, eating, standing
◉ Where does drug metablosim occur.
Answer: In the the liver
◉ What is drug metabolism.
Answer: process of body chemically changing drug into a form to be
excreted
◉ What is the half-life of a drug?.
