MED CERT STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
RATED A+
✔✔Generic name - ✔✔The short chemical name of a drug. Usually a lower case letter
is used
✔✔Gingival hyperplasia - ✔✔Overgrowth of the gums surrounding the teeth
✔✔Histamine - ✔✔A chemical produced by cells when exposed to allergens
✔✔Hypertension - ✔✔High blood pressure
✔✔Hypoglycemic - ✔✔Medications to increase the production of insulin by the
pancreas
✔✔Hypnotics - ✔✔Medications that promote sleep
✔✔Ineffective - ✔✔The absence of a desired effect after allowing sufficient time for the
mmedications
✔✔Labeled use - ✔✔Use approved by the FDA
✔✔Internal mmedications - ✔✔Medications that are allowed swallowed [PO meds]
✔✔Lavage - ✔✔The cleaning out or irrigation of an organ [stomach pumping]
✔✔Laxative - ✔✔medications or foods given to stimulate bowel movements
✔✔Lathergy - ✔✔An overwhelming feeling of exhaustion
✔✔Metered dose inhaler - ✔✔Inhaled aerosol that gives a one measured puff of
medications at a time
✔✔Milliliter - ✔✔A metric measurement used for measuring medications same as cc
✔✔Monoamine oxidase inhibitor - ✔✔A type of drug used to treat depression
✔✔Nebulizer - ✔✔A machine which turns liquid medications into a fine mist that is
breathed in through a mask or mouth piece
✔✔Neuroleptic - ✔✔Meditations used to treat psychosis
✔✔Objective description - ✔✔Noting what was seen , heard, physically felt or smelt
, ✔✔OTC medications - ✔✔over the counter medications
✔✔Parasitic - ✔✔A drug to treat parasites
✔✔Perfusion - ✔✔The ability of blood to flow to organs ad tissues caring oxygen and
nutrients
✔✔Pinna - ✔✔The outside of the ear
✔✔Potassium (k) - ✔✔A mineral needed for the nerve impulses and muscle contraction
in the body
✔✔Psychosis - ✔✔A mental disorder characterized by the loss of contact with reality.
✔✔Psychotropic medications - ✔✔Medications used to treat psychiatric disorders they
affect the central nervous system how the brain thinks and affects emotions and
behaviors
✔✔Pulmonary - ✔✔Pertaining to the lungs
✔✔Rebound congestion - ✔✔Occurs with long-term use of nasal decongestants. The
membrane swelling returns within the medication wears off
✔✔Serotonin - ✔✔A chemical in the brain
✔✔Scored - ✔✔Tablets that may split in half to obtain exactly half a dose. Score is a
groove in the center of the tablet
✔✔Sodium (NA) - ✔✔An electrolyte needed to maintain fluid balance in the body
✔✔Spansule - ✔✔A capsule containing a drug that is time released
✔✔Subjective - ✔✔What a person tells you about how they feel
✔✔suppository - ✔✔A medication in a cocoa butter based on melts at body temperature
when inserted into device vaginal a rectal opening
✔✔Sustained release - ✔✔Enter the bloodstream over an extended period of time
✔✔Synergistic - ✔✔The affect of a combination of two or more substances in that
enhance or increase their desired effect
✔✔Tardive dyskinesia - ✔✔Late onset Involuntary movement disorder
RATED A+
✔✔Generic name - ✔✔The short chemical name of a drug. Usually a lower case letter
is used
✔✔Gingival hyperplasia - ✔✔Overgrowth of the gums surrounding the teeth
✔✔Histamine - ✔✔A chemical produced by cells when exposed to allergens
✔✔Hypertension - ✔✔High blood pressure
✔✔Hypoglycemic - ✔✔Medications to increase the production of insulin by the
pancreas
✔✔Hypnotics - ✔✔Medications that promote sleep
✔✔Ineffective - ✔✔The absence of a desired effect after allowing sufficient time for the
mmedications
✔✔Labeled use - ✔✔Use approved by the FDA
✔✔Internal mmedications - ✔✔Medications that are allowed swallowed [PO meds]
✔✔Lavage - ✔✔The cleaning out or irrigation of an organ [stomach pumping]
✔✔Laxative - ✔✔medications or foods given to stimulate bowel movements
✔✔Lathergy - ✔✔An overwhelming feeling of exhaustion
✔✔Metered dose inhaler - ✔✔Inhaled aerosol that gives a one measured puff of
medications at a time
✔✔Milliliter - ✔✔A metric measurement used for measuring medications same as cc
✔✔Monoamine oxidase inhibitor - ✔✔A type of drug used to treat depression
✔✔Nebulizer - ✔✔A machine which turns liquid medications into a fine mist that is
breathed in through a mask or mouth piece
✔✔Neuroleptic - ✔✔Meditations used to treat psychosis
✔✔Objective description - ✔✔Noting what was seen , heard, physically felt or smelt
, ✔✔OTC medications - ✔✔over the counter medications
✔✔Parasitic - ✔✔A drug to treat parasites
✔✔Perfusion - ✔✔The ability of blood to flow to organs ad tissues caring oxygen and
nutrients
✔✔Pinna - ✔✔The outside of the ear
✔✔Potassium (k) - ✔✔A mineral needed for the nerve impulses and muscle contraction
in the body
✔✔Psychosis - ✔✔A mental disorder characterized by the loss of contact with reality.
✔✔Psychotropic medications - ✔✔Medications used to treat psychiatric disorders they
affect the central nervous system how the brain thinks and affects emotions and
behaviors
✔✔Pulmonary - ✔✔Pertaining to the lungs
✔✔Rebound congestion - ✔✔Occurs with long-term use of nasal decongestants. The
membrane swelling returns within the medication wears off
✔✔Serotonin - ✔✔A chemical in the brain
✔✔Scored - ✔✔Tablets that may split in half to obtain exactly half a dose. Score is a
groove in the center of the tablet
✔✔Sodium (NA) - ✔✔An electrolyte needed to maintain fluid balance in the body
✔✔Spansule - ✔✔A capsule containing a drug that is time released
✔✔Subjective - ✔✔What a person tells you about how they feel
✔✔suppository - ✔✔A medication in a cocoa butter based on melts at body temperature
when inserted into device vaginal a rectal opening
✔✔Sustained release - ✔✔Enter the bloodstream over an extended period of time
✔✔Synergistic - ✔✔The affect of a combination of two or more substances in that
enhance or increase their desired effect
✔✔Tardive dyskinesia - ✔✔Late onset Involuntary movement disorder
