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1. A patient's nutritional intake and lab Distribution of drugs to target tissue may be
work reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is affected
critical to prescribing because:
2. Drugs that have a significant first-pass Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may
effect: have little if any desired action
3. The route of excretion of a volatile drug The lungs
will be:
4. The point in time on the drug concentra- Onset of action
tion curve that indicated the first sign of
a therapeutic effect is the:
5. Factors that affect gastric drug absorp- Lipid solubility of the drug
tion include:
6. Which one of the following statements Bio availability issues are especially important
about bio availability is true? for drugs with narrow therapeutic ranges or
sustained release mechanisms.
7. Steady State is: When the amount of drug in the body remains
constant.
8. The time required for the amount of metabolism may:
drug in the body to decrease by 50% is
called:
9. An advantage of prescribing a sublin-
gual medication is that the medication
is:
10. Drugs that use CYP 3A4 isoenzymes for
, Half-life
Absorbed rapidly
BOTH A and B
Induce the metabolism of another drug
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