PORTAGE LEARNING NURS 251
PHARMACOLOGY MODULE 1 2026 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TOP REVIEW A+
◉ What plant produces Pilocarpine Answer: Pilocarpus Jaborandi
◉ What drug is used to treat Breast Cancer? Answer: Paclitaxel
(Taxol)
◉ What is Paclitaxel (Taxol) derived from? Answer: Taxus baccata
◉ What do animals provide to drugs? Answer: Hormones
◉ Drugs derived from Hogs/Pigs Answer: Porcine
◉ Drugs derived from cattle Answer: Bovine
◉ Minerals contained in some drugs Answer: Calcium
Magnesium
Silver Salts
,◉ Two antacids that contain Calcium and Magnesium Hydroxides.
Answer: Tums and Mylanta
◉ Antimicrobial agent used in dressings for burn patients that
contain silver salts Answer: Silver Sulfadiazine (Silvadene)
◉ Drugs that are synthesized from laboratory chemicals Answer:
Synthetic Drug
◉ Drugs that start with a natural substance that is extracted,
purified, and altered by chemical processes Answer: Semisynthetic
Drugs
◉ What is an example of a Synthetic Drug. Answer: Meperidine
(Demerol)
◉ What is an example of a semisynthetic drug? Answer: Amoxicillin
◉ Used to refer to the concepts of genetic engineering and
recombinant DNA technology. Answer: Biotechnology
◉ Biotechnology is a process that allows scientists to produce
_________ from _________ _________ that were previously available only
from animals. Answer: Proteins; Bacteria Proteins
,◉ What are some drugs produced by biotechnology Answer: Human
Insulin (Humulin)
Human Growth Hormone (Nutropin)
Human Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (Thyrogen)
Thrombolytic Agent Alterplase (Activase)
◉ How do we classify drugs? Answer: What they do
What they affect
What they are
◉ Relieve Pain Answer: Analgesics
◉ Block histamine production. Answer: Histamine Receptor
Antagonist
◉ Affect the heart and circulatory system. Answer: Cardiovascular
Agents
◉ A drug that relieves pain Answer: Analgesics
◉ A drug that delays or prevents blood coagulation Answer:
Anticoagulant
, ◉ Drug that prevents or relieves nausea and vomiting Answer:
Antiemetic
◉ Drug that opposes the action of histamine (H-Receptors.) These
drugs treat allergies, hives, and other local and systemic
hypersensitivity reaction. Answer: Antihistamine
◉ A drug that prevents or controls high blood pressure Answer:
Antihypertensive
◉ A drug that counteracts inflammation Answer: Anti-Inflammatory
◉ A drug that prevents the development, growth, or proliferation of
malignant cells Answer: Antineoplastic
◉ A drug that reduces fever Answer: Antipyretic
◉ A drug that prevents or relieves spasm Answer: Antispasmodic
◉ A drug that exerts a soothing or tranquilizing effect. These may be
general, local, or vascular Answer: Sedative
PHARMACOLOGY MODULE 1 2026 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TOP REVIEW A+
◉ What plant produces Pilocarpine Answer: Pilocarpus Jaborandi
◉ What drug is used to treat Breast Cancer? Answer: Paclitaxel
(Taxol)
◉ What is Paclitaxel (Taxol) derived from? Answer: Taxus baccata
◉ What do animals provide to drugs? Answer: Hormones
◉ Drugs derived from Hogs/Pigs Answer: Porcine
◉ Drugs derived from cattle Answer: Bovine
◉ Minerals contained in some drugs Answer: Calcium
Magnesium
Silver Salts
,◉ Two antacids that contain Calcium and Magnesium Hydroxides.
Answer: Tums and Mylanta
◉ Antimicrobial agent used in dressings for burn patients that
contain silver salts Answer: Silver Sulfadiazine (Silvadene)
◉ Drugs that are synthesized from laboratory chemicals Answer:
Synthetic Drug
◉ Drugs that start with a natural substance that is extracted,
purified, and altered by chemical processes Answer: Semisynthetic
Drugs
◉ What is an example of a Synthetic Drug. Answer: Meperidine
(Demerol)
◉ What is an example of a semisynthetic drug? Answer: Amoxicillin
◉ Used to refer to the concepts of genetic engineering and
recombinant DNA technology. Answer: Biotechnology
◉ Biotechnology is a process that allows scientists to produce
_________ from _________ _________ that were previously available only
from animals. Answer: Proteins; Bacteria Proteins
,◉ What are some drugs produced by biotechnology Answer: Human
Insulin (Humulin)
Human Growth Hormone (Nutropin)
Human Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (Thyrogen)
Thrombolytic Agent Alterplase (Activase)
◉ How do we classify drugs? Answer: What they do
What they affect
What they are
◉ Relieve Pain Answer: Analgesics
◉ Block histamine production. Answer: Histamine Receptor
Antagonist
◉ Affect the heart and circulatory system. Answer: Cardiovascular
Agents
◉ A drug that relieves pain Answer: Analgesics
◉ A drug that delays or prevents blood coagulation Answer:
Anticoagulant
, ◉ Drug that prevents or relieves nausea and vomiting Answer:
Antiemetic
◉ Drug that opposes the action of histamine (H-Receptors.) These
drugs treat allergies, hives, and other local and systemic
hypersensitivity reaction. Answer: Antihistamine
◉ A drug that prevents or controls high blood pressure Answer:
Antihypertensive
◉ A drug that counteracts inflammation Answer: Anti-Inflammatory
◉ A drug that prevents the development, growth, or proliferation of
malignant cells Answer: Antineoplastic
◉ A drug that reduces fever Answer: Antipyretic
◉ A drug that prevents or relieves spasm Answer: Antispasmodic
◉ A drug that exerts a soothing or tranquilizing effect. These may be
general, local, or vascular Answer: Sedative
