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Navy Hospital Corpsman, HCB Test 3
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what relates to the chemical and molecular structure? it is important to
pharm. chemist but rarely used bcuz of its complexity
Ans: chemical name
any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure
inadvisable
Ans: contraindication
any substance, other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis,
alleviation, tx, or cure of disease
Ans: drug
often derived from the chemical name
Ans: generic name
abnormal sensitivity, a condition in which there is an exaggerated
response by the body to the stimulus of a foreign agent
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Ans: hypersensitivity
the basis for initiation of a tx for a disease or of a diagnostic test
Ans: indication
largest amount of medication that can be given without reaching the
toxic effect
Ans: maximum dose
MTF
Ans: Medical Treatment Facility
a drug that contains opium, derivatives of opium or several semi
synthetic drugs with opium-like activity
Ans: opiate
pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that have opium-like
effects similar to morphine
Ans: opioid
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state of being freely open or exposed
Ans: patency
science concerned with drugs , their sources, appearance, chemistry,
actions and uses
Ans: pharmacology
The branch of pharmacology that deals with the preparation,
dispensing, and proper use of medications is?
Ans: pharmacy
a comprehensive book listing of drug products for medical
professionals (PDR)
Ans: physicians desk reference
science of treating a disease by any method that will relieve pain, treat
or cure diseases and infections or prolong life
Ans: therapeutics
The study of poisons, their actions, detection and treatment of
conditions produced
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Ans: toxicology
proprietary name given by a drug manufacturer
Ans: trade/brand name
referred to as the normal adult does,
Ans: usual/therapeutic dose
What are the five sections for of extensive listing of drugs
Ans: pink, blue, yellow, white and final
what section is a comprehensive alphabetic listing of brand name
products and a list of manufacturers with their product
Ans: pink section
what section is a therapeutic index
Ans: blue section
what section is a drug, chemical, and pharmacological index to drugs
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Navy Hospital Corpsman, HCB Test 3
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what relates to the chemical and molecular structure? it is important to
pharm. chemist but rarely used bcuz of its complexity
Ans: chemical name
any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure
inadvisable
Ans: contraindication
any substance, other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis,
alleviation, tx, or cure of disease
Ans: drug
often derived from the chemical name
Ans: generic name
abnormal sensitivity, a condition in which there is an exaggerated
response by the body to the stimulus of a foreign agent
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Ans: hypersensitivity
the basis for initiation of a tx for a disease or of a diagnostic test
Ans: indication
largest amount of medication that can be given without reaching the
toxic effect
Ans: maximum dose
MTF
Ans: Medical Treatment Facility
a drug that contains opium, derivatives of opium or several semi
synthetic drugs with opium-like activity
Ans: opiate
pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that have opium-like
effects similar to morphine
Ans: opioid
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state of being freely open or exposed
Ans: patency
science concerned with drugs , their sources, appearance, chemistry,
actions and uses
Ans: pharmacology
The branch of pharmacology that deals with the preparation,
dispensing, and proper use of medications is?
Ans: pharmacy
a comprehensive book listing of drug products for medical
professionals (PDR)
Ans: physicians desk reference
science of treating a disease by any method that will relieve pain, treat
or cure diseases and infections or prolong life
Ans: therapeutics
The study of poisons, their actions, detection and treatment of
conditions produced
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Ans: toxicology
proprietary name given by a drug manufacturer
Ans: trade/brand name
referred to as the normal adult does,
Ans: usual/therapeutic dose
What are the five sections for of extensive listing of drugs
Ans: pink, blue, yellow, white and final
what section is a comprehensive alphabetic listing of brand name
products and a list of manufacturers with their product
Ans: pink section
what section is a therapeutic index
Ans: blue section
what section is a drug, chemical, and pharmacological index to drugs
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