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,Chapter 01: Information Sources, Regulatory Agencies, Drug Legislation, and Prescription Writ
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Haveles: Applied Pharmacology for the Dental Hygienist, 9th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE pn




1. Knowledge of pharmacology aids the dental professional in pn pn pn pn pn pn pn



a. obtaining a patient’s health history. pn pn pn pn



b. administering drugs in the office. pn pn pn pn



c. handling emergency situations. pn pn



d. selection of a nonprescription medication. pn pn pn pn



e. All of the above. pn pn pn




ANS: E p n



All of the choices are true. Because many of our patients are being treated with drugs, knowledge of p
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harmacology helps in understanding and interpreting patients’ responses to health history questions. K
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nowledge of the therapeutic and adverse effects of medications obviously helps in their proper admini
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stration in the office. Emergency situations may be caused by drugs or treated by drugs; thus, knowle
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dge of pharmacology is of great help, especially because a rapid response is sometimes required. A cl
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ear understanding of the concepts of drug action, drug handling by the body, and drug interactions wil
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l allow the dental practitioner to make proper judgments and grasp the concepts relevant to new drug t
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herapies on the market. pn pn pn




DIF: Application
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Medication/Health History), Role of the Dental Hygienist (Medicatio
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n Administration), Role of the Dental Hygienist (Emergency Situations), Role of the Dental Hygienist (No
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nprescription Medication) | pp. 2-3 OBJ: 1 pn pn pn pn



TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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2. Which of the following statements is true regarding planning appointments?
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a. Whether or not patients are taking medication for systemic diseases is of little
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consequence in the dental office. pn pn pn pn



b. Asthmatic patients should have dental appointments in the morning. pn pn pn pn pn pn pn pn



c. Diabetic patients usually have fewer problems with a morning appointment copn pn pn pn pn pn pn pn pn pn



mpared with afternoon appointments. pn pn pn



d. Both B and C are true. pn pn pn pn pn




ANS: D p n



Asthmatic patients who experience dental anxiety should schedule their appointments when they are n
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ot rushed or under pressure early in the morning. Diabetic patients usually have relatively fewer probl
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ems with a morning appointment. Patients taking medication for systemic diseases may require special
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handling in the dental office.
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DIF: Comprehension
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Appointment Scheduling) | p.
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3 OBJ: 1
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, 3. Nutritional or herbal supplements pn pn pn



a. carry the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for disease states.
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b. are not drugs. pn pn



c. can cause adverse effects. pn pn pn



d. will not interact with other drugs the patient may be taking.
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ANS: C p n



Nutritional or herbal supplements are quite capable of causing adverse effects. The majority of nutrition
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al or herbal supplements do not carry FDA approval for treating disease states. These supplements are
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drugs and can cause adverse effects and interact with different drugs.
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DIF: Comprehension
REF: Role of the Dental Hygienist (Nutritional or Herbal Supplements) | p.
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3 OBJ: 1
pn TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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4. Which type of drug name usually begins with a lowercase letter?
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a. Brand name pn



b. Code name pn



c. Generic name pn



d. Trade name pn




ANS: C p n



Before any drug is marketed, it is given a generic name that becomes the “official” name of the drug.
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Each drug is assigned only one generic name selected by the U.S. Adopted Name Council, and the na
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me is not capitalized. The brand name is equivalent to the trade name and is capitalized. Although the
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brand name is technically the name of the company marketing the product, this term is often used inter
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changeably with the trade name. The code name is the initial term used within a pharmaceutical comp
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any to refer to a drug while it is undergoing investigation and is often a combination of capital letters
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and numbers, the letters representing an abbreviation of the company name.
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DIF: Comprehension
REF: Drug Names | p. 4 OBJ: 3 p n pn pn pn pn pn p n



TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology p n pn pn




5. A drug’s generic name is selected by the
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a. pharmaceutical company manufacturing it. pn pn pn



b. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). pn pn pn pn



c. U.S. Adopted Name Council. pn pn pn



d. Federal Patent Office. pn pn




ANS: C p n



Each drug is assigned only one generic name (e.g., ibuprofen). It is selected by the U.S. Adopted Na
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me Council. The generic name is not selected by the FDA or the Federal Patent Office. The pharmace
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utical company manufacturing the drug clearly has an influence on the generic name given its drug, bu
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t the final decision is not the company’s.
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DIF: Recall REF: Drug Names | p. 4 p n pn pn pn pn



OBJ: 3 TOP: NBDHE, 6.0. Pharmacology
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6. Which of the following is true concerning generic and trade names of drugs?
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a. A drug may only have one generic name and one trade name.
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