Pharmacology NURS 251 Module 1 Exam portage learning
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1. A patient recently started taking a new medication; he mentions to his
doctor at his next appointment that he has noticed his mouth is extremely
dry since starting the medication to the point where he is not able to eat.
He has tried managing it with lozenges and increased liquids and nothing
seems to work. What drug effect best describes the dry mouth this patient is
experiencing?
Answer Adverse effect
2. T/F Discontinuing drug therapy is always the best course of action when-
ever a patient experiences a harmful adverse event.
Answer False
3. T/F The site within the cell that a drug binds to in order to exert its thera-
peutic effect is known as the receptor.
Answer True
, 4. T/F When a drug binds to a cell exerting it effect leading to an increase in
that cell's physiologic response the drug is acting as an agonist.
Answer True
5. Duration of Action
Answer Length of time the drug produces its effect
6. Onset of Action
Answer Time from administration to first affect
7. Therapeutic range
Answer Drug concentration between below MTC and above MEC
8. T/F Drugs either have a trade name or a generic name.
Answer False, drugs have both a trade name and generic name
9. T/F There can be multiple generic names for the same chemical compound.-
Answer False, chemical compounds have one corresponding generic name, but
may be marketed under multiple trade names.
10. Select the dosage form that is best described as a flattened tablet that
dissolves in the mouth
Answer Troche
11. T/F Tablets that are coated with an acid-resistant substance to prevent
Questions and Verified Answers,
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1. A patient recently started taking a new medication; he mentions to his
doctor at his next appointment that he has noticed his mouth is extremely
dry since starting the medication to the point where he is not able to eat.
He has tried managing it with lozenges and increased liquids and nothing
seems to work. What drug effect best describes the dry mouth this patient is
experiencing?
Answer Adverse effect
2. T/F Discontinuing drug therapy is always the best course of action when-
ever a patient experiences a harmful adverse event.
Answer False
3. T/F The site within the cell that a drug binds to in order to exert its thera-
peutic effect is known as the receptor.
Answer True
, 4. T/F When a drug binds to a cell exerting it effect leading to an increase in
that cell's physiologic response the drug is acting as an agonist.
Answer True
5. Duration of Action
Answer Length of time the drug produces its effect
6. Onset of Action
Answer Time from administration to first affect
7. Therapeutic range
Answer Drug concentration between below MTC and above MEC
8. T/F Drugs either have a trade name or a generic name.
Answer False, drugs have both a trade name and generic name
9. T/F There can be multiple generic names for the same chemical compound.-
Answer False, chemical compounds have one corresponding generic name, but
may be marketed under multiple trade names.
10. Select the dosage form that is best described as a flattened tablet that
dissolves in the mouth
Answer Troche
11. T/F Tablets that are coated with an acid-resistant substance to prevent
