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Chapter1,TheFoundationofPharmacology:QualityandSafety
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1. A woman diagnosed with obsessive–compulsive disorder has been prescribed oral
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paroxetine hydrochloride. What is the expected effect for this prescription?
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A. Curative effect on symptoms s s s




B. Systemic effect on symptoms s s s




C. Localeffect on symptoms s s s




D. Parenteral effect on symptoms s s s




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Rationale: Drugs that produce systemic effects are taken into the body, circulated through the
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bloodstream to their sites of action in various body tissues, and eventually eliminated from the
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body. Curative agents are given to cure a disease process. In this case, paroxetine hydrochloride
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will control the symptoms but not cure the disorder. Drugs with local effects, such as sunscreen and
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local anesthetics, act mainly at the site of application. Paroxetine hydrochloride is not
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administered parenterally. Parenteral agents are administered subcutaneously, intramuscularly,
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or intravenously.
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PTS: 1 REF: p. 3, Introduction OBJ: 1 s s




NAT: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and ParenteralTherapies TOP:
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KEY: Integrated Process: Nursing Process
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2. A client has been prescribed an antibiotic. This medication is a naturallyoccurring
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Rationale: Semisynthetic drugs (e.g., many antibiotics) are naturally occurring substances that
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have been chemically modified. Synthetic drugs are more standardized in their chemical
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sBiotechnologydrugs involve manipulating DNA and RNA and recombining genes into hybrid s s s s s s s s s s s




molecules that can be inserted into living organisms. Prototype drugs are the first drug of a
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particular group to be developed.
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PTS: 1 REF: p. 3, Drug Sources OBJ: 1 s s s




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