Pharmacotherapeutics I NSG3022 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

Pharmacotherapeutics I NSG3022 EXAM |\ |\ |\ |\




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Drug - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔any chemical that can affect living
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processes
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Pharmacology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the study of drugs and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


their interations with living systems
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Clinical Pharmacology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the study of
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medication in humans. Used on patients and healty volenteers.
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Therapeutics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The use of drugs to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


diagnose, prevent or treat disease or to prevent pregnancy. The
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medical use of drugs. |\ |\ |\




Ideal Drug - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔There is no such thing.
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Effectiveness of a drug - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the most |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


important property a drug can have; it elicits the responses for
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which it is given; no effect=no justification of use.
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Saftey of a drug - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔one that cannot
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produce harmful effects, even if administered in very high doses
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and for a very long time. (no such thing) b/c all have ability to
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harm.

,Selectivity of a drug - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A drug that elecits
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only the response for which it is given (no such thing) b/c all
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have some side-effects. |\ |\




Reversible actions of a drug - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The effects
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of the drugs are reversible or the actions of the drugs subside
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within an appropriate time. (I.E. all drugs should/need to reverse
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or stop).
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Predictability of a drug - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Knowing how the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


patient will respond to a drug. I.E. Know what the drug does.
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There are different reactions to any one person.
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Ease of administration of a drug - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Can
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enhance patient adherence; can decrease administration errors.
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Freedom of drug interations - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An ideal
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drug will not interact with other agents; unfortunetely, few drugs
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are devoid of significant interations.
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Low Cost of a drug - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An ideal drug is easy
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to afford (especially with chronic illness).
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Chemical Stability - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Some drugs lose
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their stabilty/effectiveness during storage.
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, Possession of a simple generic name - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔Generic names of drugs are usally complex. I.E. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Acetaminophen (Tylenol). |\




Therapeutic Objective of giving a drug? - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔The objective of drug therapy is to provide maximum benefit
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with minimum harm.
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Factors that determine the intensity of drug responses. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Administration; dosage, route and timing;
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medication errors, patient adherance.
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Pharacokinetics; absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion; |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


process determine how much administration dose gets to its sites
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of action.
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Pharmacodynamics; is the impact of drugs on the body. I.E. drug- |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


receptor interation, patient's functional state, placebo effects.
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The four factors that determin the intensity of drug responses
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are: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Prescribed dose, administered
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dose, concetation at sites of action, and intersity of responses.
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Individual veriations of drug responses - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Each patient is unique in ability to respond and to how they
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each respond, but formation of IDEAL DRUG will lesson this
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variation.


The different sources of intensity of drug responses are -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Age, sex, weight, kidney and liver
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function, and genetic variables. Often caused by allergies.
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