HCB CORPSMAN TEST 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWSERS 100% PASS
ANTACIDS - ANSWER ✔✔-heartburn & indigestion
ANTIFALTULANTS - ANSWER ✔✔-excess gas in intestinal tract
ANTIBIOTICS - ANSWER ✔✔-bacterial infections
ANTICOAGULANTS - ANSWER ✔✔-treat / prevent blood clots
ANTIDIARRHEAL - ANSWER ✔✔-control diarrhea caused by food poisoning, parasitic infestation or GI
diseases
ANTIDIABETICS - ANSWER ✔✔-decreases blood sugar
ANTI-DIABETICS - ORAL HYPOGLYCEMICS - ANSWER ✔✔-regulates amount of glucose in blood
ANTIDYSRHYTMICS - ANSWER ✔✔-prevent / correct irregular heart rhythms & treat CHF (congestive
heart failure)
ANTIEMETICS - ANSWER ✔✔-prevention / relief of nausea, vomiting, motion sickness & vertigo
ANTIFUNGALS - ANSWER ✔✔-treat fungal infections
ANTIHISTAMINES - ANSWER ✔✔-season allergies, rhinitis, 2nd treatment in anaphylactic reactions
ANTIHYPERTENSIVES - ANSWER ✔✔-prevent complication of high blood pressure
ANTITUSSIVES - ANSWER ✔✔-cough suppresent
ANTIPSYCHOTIC - ANSWER ✔✔-treat mental illness
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CATHARICS - ANSWER ✔✔-constipation, lab studies, pre/post op preparation
DECONGESTANTS - ANSWER ✔✔-relieve nasal & sinus congestion
EXPECTORANTS - ANSWER ✔✔-clear mucus secretions caused by common cold or bronchitis
LAXATIVES - ANSWER ✔✔-constipation & regulate bowel movement
LOCAL ANESTHETICS - ANSWER ✔✔-produce numbness
MILD ANALGESICS (NON-OPIOID) - ANSWER ✔✔-fever reducer & relieve pain / inflammation
NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES (NSAIDS) - ANSWER ✔✔-relieve arthritis - mild to
moderate pain
OPIATE AGONISTS - ANSWER ✔✔-relieve moderate to severe pain, lessen apprehension & sedation
VACCINES & TOXOIDS - ANSWER ✔✔-disease prevention
Chemical Name - ANSWER ✔✔-Relates to chemical and molecular structure. rarely use because of it
complexity.
Contraindication - ANSWER ✔✔-any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure
inadvisable.
Drug - ANSWER ✔✔-Therapeutic agent, any substance, other than food , used in the prevention,
diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure disease.
Generic name - ANSWER ✔✔-derived from chemical name
Hypersensitivity - ANSWER ✔✔-Abnormal sensitivity, a condition in which there is an exaggerated
response by the body to stimulus of a foreign agents.
Indication - ANSWER ✔✔-The basis for irritation of a treatment for a disease or of a diagnostic test.
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Maximum dose - ANSWER ✔✔-largest amount of medication that can be given
MTF - ANSWER ✔✔-Medical treatment facility
Opiate - ANSWER ✔✔-a drug that contain opium, derivatives of opium, or any several semisynthetic
drugs with opium like activity.
Opioid - ANSWER ✔✔-strictly speaking, pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that have opium-
like effects similar to morphone, though they are not derived from opium.
Patency - ANSWER ✔✔-the state of being open or eposed
Pharmacology - ANSWER ✔✔-the science concerned with drugs, their sources, appearance, chemistry,
actions, and uses.
Pharmacy - ANSWER ✔✔-is the branch of pharmacology dealing with preparation, dipensing, and
proper use of medications.
PDR - ANSWER ✔✔-A comprehensive book listing of drug products for medical professionals.
Therapeutics - ANSWER ✔✔-Is the science of treating diseases and infections, or prolong life.
Toxicology - ANSWER ✔✔-is the study of poisons.
Trade/Brand Name - ANSWER ✔✔-Proprietary name given by a manufacture
MTFs - ANSWER ✔✔-A numbers of sources containing information on drug actions, uses, and specific
indications, contraindications, adverse reactions and dosages are available in where ?
Annually - ANSWER ✔✔-How often does the PDR get publish?
Five - ANSWER ✔✔-How many sections does the PDR has ?
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