Pharmacology - Pharmacodynamics (Exam 1)
Questions with correct answers
What are pharmacodynamics? Correct Answer-What the drug does to
the body
What is an agonist? Correct Answer-drugs that produce a response
What is an antagonist? Correct Answer-drugs that block a response
What does it mean when a drug has a non-specific effect? Correct
Answer-Drug effects multiple receptors; multiple body responses
What does it mean when a drug is selective to certain receptors? Correct
Answer-Acts on only one type of receptor
What is drug onset? Correct Answer-The time is takes for the drug to
reach the minimum effective concentration
How does onset different from minimum effective concentration?
Correct Answer-The minimum amount of drug in the plasma required to
produce the therapeutic effect
What is peak? Correct Answer-When the drug has reached its highest
plasma concentration
Questions with correct answers
What are pharmacodynamics? Correct Answer-What the drug does to
the body
What is an agonist? Correct Answer-drugs that produce a response
What is an antagonist? Correct Answer-drugs that block a response
What does it mean when a drug has a non-specific effect? Correct
Answer-Drug effects multiple receptors; multiple body responses
What does it mean when a drug is selective to certain receptors? Correct
Answer-Acts on only one type of receptor
What is drug onset? Correct Answer-The time is takes for the drug to
reach the minimum effective concentration
How does onset different from minimum effective concentration?
Correct Answer-The minimum amount of drug in the plasma required to
produce the therapeutic effect
What is peak? Correct Answer-When the drug has reached its highest
plasma concentration
