PHARMACOLOGY CHAPTER 1-5 LPN
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE
, Pharmacolgy - ANSWERSStudy of drugs and their actions on living organisms
Generic drug name - ANSWERSNot capitalized
Nonproprietary
Official
Trade - ANSWERSBrand name
Capitalized
Chemical name - ANSWERSGives exact chemical makeup
Not capitalized
FDA - ANSWERSAssigns generic name
Approves drug assigns category
1970 controlled substances act - ANSWERSAct regulates drugs with high abuse
potential.
Nonprescription drugs - ANSWERSOTC
Take as directed
Drug development phases - ANSWERSPre-FDA=test tube & live animals
Phase 1- healthy individuals
Phase 2-people who have the illness
Phase 3-more info dosing &safety
Phase 4-on market with surveillance
Providers encouraged to report (IMSP) (MERP)
Pharmaceutic phase - ANSWERSSolid tab or cap dissolves
Disintegrates into small particles GI tract
Coated in small intestines.
Pharmacokinetics - ANSWERSAbsorption distribution metabolism excretion
Absorption - ANSWERSMoving the drug from the site of administration into the bodily
fluids and is the process by which the drug is made available for the use in body. The
drug particles in the G.I. tract are moved into the body
First pass effect - ANSWERSThe amount the liver metabolizes before releasing the
drug into the body
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE
, Pharmacolgy - ANSWERSStudy of drugs and their actions on living organisms
Generic drug name - ANSWERSNot capitalized
Nonproprietary
Official
Trade - ANSWERSBrand name
Capitalized
Chemical name - ANSWERSGives exact chemical makeup
Not capitalized
FDA - ANSWERSAssigns generic name
Approves drug assigns category
1970 controlled substances act - ANSWERSAct regulates drugs with high abuse
potential.
Nonprescription drugs - ANSWERSOTC
Take as directed
Drug development phases - ANSWERSPre-FDA=test tube & live animals
Phase 1- healthy individuals
Phase 2-people who have the illness
Phase 3-more info dosing &safety
Phase 4-on market with surveillance
Providers encouraged to report (IMSP) (MERP)
Pharmaceutic phase - ANSWERSSolid tab or cap dissolves
Disintegrates into small particles GI tract
Coated in small intestines.
Pharmacokinetics - ANSWERSAbsorption distribution metabolism excretion
Absorption - ANSWERSMoving the drug from the site of administration into the bodily
fluids and is the process by which the drug is made available for the use in body. The
drug particles in the G.I. tract are moved into the body
First pass effect - ANSWERSThe amount the liver metabolizes before releasing the
drug into the body
