PHARMACOLOGY CLEAR AND SIMPLE WATKINS PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS

PHARMACOLOGY CLEAR AND SIMPLE
WATKINS PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS


◉ -pril.
Answer: ACE inhibitors


◉ -statin.
Answer: antilipemics


◉ -vir.
Answer: antivirals


◉ Teratogenic.
Answer: Literally, monster producing


◉ -zide.
Answer: diuretics

,◉ Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: study of metabolism and action of drugs with particular
emphasis on the time required for absorption, duration of action,
distribution in the body, and method of excretion.


◉ Pharmacodynamics.
Answer: study of drugs and their action in living organisms.


◉ Palliative.
Answer: relieving or alleviating without curing


◉ idiosyncratic.
Answer: relating to idiosyncracy; how a person differs from another.


◉ Half-life.
Answer: length of time required for the concentration of a drug to
decrease by one-half in the plasma.


◉ distribution.
Answer: dividing and spreading of a medicaiton to a target organ


◉ cumulation.

, Answer: increasing in effect by successive additions


◉ CrCl.
Answer: creatinine clearance


◉ anagonists.
Answer: that which counteracts the action of something else, such as
a muscle or drug


◉ agonists.
Answer: drug that binds to the receptor and stimulates the
receptor's function


◉ efficacy.
Answer: ability to produce a desired effect


◉ absorption.
Answer: passage of a substance through some surface of the body
into body fluids and tissues


◉ USP/NF.
Answer: United States Pharmacopia/National Formulary