Galen Pharmacology Test 1 Questions With 100% Correct Answers.

ear drops - Answer-INSTILL AT ROOM TEMP/ child- down and back/ adult- up and back eye drops - Answer-important to instill the eye drop medication into the conjunctival sac (not the eyeball/cornea). inner to outer enema - Answer-patient lays on left side pharmacokinetic - Answer-what happens in the body once med is administered -Absorption -Distribution/ Binding -Metabolism -Renal Excretion first-pass effect - Answer-extent to which drug metabolized by liver before reaching systemic circulation protein binding - Answer-protein (usually albumin) binds to medication to help chemicals move through. When the medication is bound to the protein it is not available to perform its action the body free drug - Answer-The amount that is left not bound called the__________________and it performs the pharmacologic response pharmacodynamics phase - Answer-refers to the effects drugs will have on a patient and the mechanism of their actions. antacids drug absorption - Answer-Antacids cause a pharmokinetic interaction which is what the body does to the drug in terms of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. Antacids increase the PH of gastric juices which causes a decrease in the absorption of weak acid drugs such as tetracyclinegastric and intestinal motility influence drug absorption. - Answer-Drug absorption is the movement of the drug into the bloodstream after administration (McCuistion & Vuljoin-Dimmagio, 2018, p. 16). The lining of the small intestine is covered in villi that increase the the surface area for absorption and is decreased because of disease or drugs (p.16). Absorption in the small intestine is done by passive transport, active transport, or pinocytosis (p.16). In the GI tract the lining is made up of a mucous membrane composes of lipids and proteins which allows lipid soluble drugs to easily pass through (p. 16-17). If the drug is water soluble it will need a protein or enzyme carrier to pass through (p.17). Benzodiazepine - Answer-Alprazolam, Midazolam, Lorazepam,Diazepam