PHARMACOLOGY CLEAR AND SIMPLE
4TH EDITION PRACTICE TEST BANK 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS AND
RATIONALS
⩥ methods of excretion. Answer: through kidneys, or gas in lungs, bile,
saliva, sweat glands, breast milk
⩥ cumulation. Answer: waste products that build up in the body
⩥ morphine buildup can cause. Answer: diminished or absent respiration
⩥ medication may not produce the desired effect if left in system _____.
Answer: too long
⩥ toxic. Answer: when a medicine can become toxic or poisonous to the
patient
⩥ gentamicin. Answer: medicine known to be nephrotoxic (toxic to
kidneys) and ototoxic (toxic to ears)
⩥ potency. Answer: a drug's power or strength, which increases and then
decreases over time
, ⩥ taking more than one drug can affect:. Answer: potency
⩥ agonist:. Answer: drug that is taken with another drug so the two can
work together; drug combo is more powerful than when taken alone
(like Tylenol with Codeine)
⩥ synergism:. Answer: when each drug is taken separately
⩥ medication's half-life:. Answer: length of time required for its
concentration of a drug to decrease by 1/2 in the blood plasma and
therefore affects the duration of potency for a medication
⩥ drugs with a long 1/2 life may need to be taken:. Answer: less
frequently than those with a short 1/2 life
⩥ Antagonist drugs. Answer: do opposite by rendering another drug less
powerful (like antibiotics taken with birth control pills)
⩥ therapeutic level of a drug can be affected by:. Answer: other drugs,
nutritional factors, body size, environmental factors, gender, and culture
⩥ natural and herbal remedies can:. Answer: also interact with drugs and
affect dosing
4TH EDITION PRACTICE TEST BANK 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS AND
RATIONALS
⩥ methods of excretion. Answer: through kidneys, or gas in lungs, bile,
saliva, sweat glands, breast milk
⩥ cumulation. Answer: waste products that build up in the body
⩥ morphine buildup can cause. Answer: diminished or absent respiration
⩥ medication may not produce the desired effect if left in system _____.
Answer: too long
⩥ toxic. Answer: when a medicine can become toxic or poisonous to the
patient
⩥ gentamicin. Answer: medicine known to be nephrotoxic (toxic to
kidneys) and ototoxic (toxic to ears)
⩥ potency. Answer: a drug's power or strength, which increases and then
decreases over time
, ⩥ taking more than one drug can affect:. Answer: potency
⩥ agonist:. Answer: drug that is taken with another drug so the two can
work together; drug combo is more powerful than when taken alone
(like Tylenol with Codeine)
⩥ synergism:. Answer: when each drug is taken separately
⩥ medication's half-life:. Answer: length of time required for its
concentration of a drug to decrease by 1/2 in the blood plasma and
therefore affects the duration of potency for a medication
⩥ drugs with a long 1/2 life may need to be taken:. Answer: less
frequently than those with a short 1/2 life
⩥ Antagonist drugs. Answer: do opposite by rendering another drug less
powerful (like antibiotics taken with birth control pills)
⩥ therapeutic level of a drug can be affected by:. Answer: other drugs,
nutritional factors, body size, environmental factors, gender, and culture
⩥ natural and herbal remedies can:. Answer: also interact with drugs and
affect dosing
