Drug And Substance Abuse And Their Effects On The Body

PHAMACOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, “DRUGS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE BODY”
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QUESTION: Drug/Medicine ✔✔Correct answer: Any substance that produces a physical or
chemical change in the body



QUESTION: Pharmacodynamics ✔✔Correct answer: What drugs do to the body



QUESTION: Pharmacokinetics ✔✔Correct answer: what the body does to drugs, study of how
medications move through the body



QUESTION: Absorption ✔✔Correct answer: converting the drug from its dose form into a form
the body can use



QUESTION: Distribution ✔✔Correct answer: transportation of the med throughout the body



QUESTION: Metabolism ✔✔Correct answer: breakdown of medication so the body can get rid
of it, happens in the liver and kidneys



QUESTION: Excretion ✔✔Correct answer: removal of medication through the body, usually
through urine



QUESTION: Pharmacotherapeutics ✔✔Correct answer: How drugs are used to treat disease



QUESTION: Who controls meds in the US? ✔✔Correct answer: FDA, DEA




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, QUESTION: What is the purpose of the FDA? ✔✔Correct answer: Sets standards for the purity,
strength, and composition of all food, cosmetic, and drug products.



QUESTION: What does the DEA use? ✔✔Correct answer: Regulates the sale and use of
controlled drugs



QUESTION: Schedule I Drug ✔✔Correct answer: Illegal, no medical use. Ex: Heroin



QUESTION: Schedule II Drug ✔✔Correct answer: High potential for abuse. Ex: Narcotics



QUESTION: Schedule III Drug ✔✔Correct answer: Moderate to Low Potential for Abuse. Ex:
Anabolic Steroids



QUESTION: Schedule IV Drug ✔✔Correct answer: Low Potential for Abuse. Ex: Valium or Xanax



QUESTION: Schedule V Drug ✔✔Correct answer: Has limited quantities of narcotics in them.
Low Potential for Abuse. Ex: cough syrup with codeine.



QUESTION: Curative Medication ✔✔Correct answer: heals from a disease (ex. antibiotics)



QUESTION: Diagnostic medication ✔✔Correct answer: helps in the diagnosing of a disease



QUESTION: What is a common diagnostic medication? ✔✔Correct answer: Contrast (given
with CT scans)



QUESTION: What is a common ingredient in IV contrast? ✔✔Correct answer: Iodine




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