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1. When the drug is in bloodstream after ad- B
ministration, is disintegrated out of stom-
ach this is called?
A. metabolism
B. absorption
C. excretion
D. distribution
2. The movement of a drug from circulatory A
system to body tissues is called what?
A. distribution
B. metabolism
C. excretion
D. absorption
3. This occurs when a drug is altered in chem- D
ical structure, most are done in the liver.
A. excretion
B. distribution
C. absorption
D. metabolism (biotransformation)
4. Elimination of drug from body through the A
following: kidneys, liver, feces, lungs, saliva,
sweat, breast milk.
A. excretion
B. distribution
C. metabolism
D. absorption
5. 100% of a drug is used when it is given by B
which route?
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A. intramuscular (IM)
B. intravenously (IV)
C. subcutaneously (subq)
D. orally (PO)
6. 1st pass effect goes from the ____ to the -stomach, liver
____.
-30%
Only ____ % of med is going to make it
through bloodstream due to this process.
7. What are the two routes that can skip the B
1st pass effect?
A. IM, sublingual
B. IV, sublingual
C. IM, subq
D. IV, subq
8. When drug comes out of the first pass ef- D
fect, it can go into the blood & be used
in some way, the % of administered drug
available for activity is called?
A. peak
B. onset
C. trough
D. bioavailable
9. What in the blood have receptor sites that C
will grab onto, hold onto med and de-
creased therapeutic effect on drug?
A. carbs
B. electrolytes
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C. proteins
D. cells
10. What is it called when the drug causes the A
effect & do not get taken up by proteins in
blood?
A. free drug
B. extended release drug
C. protein binding drug
11. When you take TWO high protein binding higher,
drugs the effect of the med is going to be
_____ effect on the body. protein, free drugs
They are going to compete with one anoth-
er for ____ sites which makes them become
____
12. When a med has a ____ half life you may long,
only need to take that med a couple times
a week. short, decreases, less
When a med has a ____ half life, it may need
to be taken more often because when it
____ it becomes ____ therapeutic
13. When a drug becomes therapeutic this is -A
called?
A. onset -A
B. peak
-C
C. duration of action
The length of time a drug exerts a thera-
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pharm exam 1 Galen
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1. When the drug is in bloodstream after ad- B
ministration, is disintegrated out of stom-
ach this is called?
A. metabolism
B. absorption
C. excretion
D. distribution
2. The movement of a drug from circulatory A
system to body tissues is called what?
A. distribution
B. metabolism
C. excretion
D. absorption
3. This occurs when a drug is altered in chem- D
ical structure, most are done in the liver.
A. excretion
B. distribution
C. absorption
D. metabolism (biotransformation)
4. Elimination of drug from body through the A
following: kidneys, liver, feces, lungs, saliva,
sweat, breast milk.
A. excretion
B. distribution
C. metabolism
D. absorption
5. 100% of a drug is used when it is given by B
which route?
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A. intramuscular (IM)
B. intravenously (IV)
C. subcutaneously (subq)
D. orally (PO)
6. 1st pass effect goes from the ____ to the -stomach, liver
____.
-30%
Only ____ % of med is going to make it
through bloodstream due to this process.
7. What are the two routes that can skip the B
1st pass effect?
A. IM, sublingual
B. IV, sublingual
C. IM, subq
D. IV, subq
8. When drug comes out of the first pass ef- D
fect, it can go into the blood & be used
in some way, the % of administered drug
available for activity is called?
A. peak
B. onset
C. trough
D. bioavailable
9. What in the blood have receptor sites that C
will grab onto, hold onto med and de-
creased therapeutic effect on drug?
A. carbs
B. electrolytes
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C. proteins
D. cells
10. What is it called when the drug causes the A
effect & do not get taken up by proteins in
blood?
A. free drug
B. extended release drug
C. protein binding drug
11. When you take TWO high protein binding higher,
drugs the effect of the med is going to be
_____ effect on the body. protein, free drugs
They are going to compete with one anoth-
er for ____ sites which makes them become
____
12. When a med has a ____ half life you may long,
only need to take that med a couple times
a week. short, decreases, less
When a med has a ____ half life, it may need
to be taken more often because when it
____ it becomes ____ therapeutic
13. When a drug becomes therapeutic this is -A
called?
A. onset -A
B. peak
-C
C. duration of action
The length of time a drug exerts a thera-
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