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PNM300 - Test 1 (Week 1-4) Questions
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What is a drug?
Ans: Any chemical that affects the physiological processes of a
living organism
What is pharmacology?
Ans: the study of drugs and their interactions with living
systems
Over the Counter (OTC)
Ans: Drugs that are approved for purchase without a
prescription.
Prescription
Ans: Drug that requires a prescription to dispense; health care
practitioner prescribed and dispensed by pharmacy
Controlled Substances
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Ans: Prescribed medication that has abuse potential; includes
narcotics, amphetamines, medical marijuana, benzodiazepines,
etc; lists illicit drugs that have risk of abuse
OTC Status Criteria (Indication for Use)
Ans: -Diagnose condition
- Monitor effectiveness
- Benefits of correct usage must outweigh risks
OTC Status Criteria (Safety Profile)
Ans: - Favorable adverse event profile
- Limited interaction with other drugs
- Low potential for misuse
- High therapeutic index
OTC Status Criteria (Practicality)
Ans: - easy to use
- east to monitor
Pharmacotherapeutics
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Ans: The use of drugs and the clinical indications for
administering drugs to prevent and treat diseases
Pharmacokinetics
Ans: the movement of drugs within the body
Pharmacodynamics
Ans: the study of what the drug does to the body
the mechanism of action
Pharmacokinetics (4 Phases)
Ans: 1. Absorption
2. Distribution
3. Metabolism
4. Excretion
Absorption (Pharmokinetics)
Ans: the transportation of the unmetabolized drug from the
site of administration to the body circulation syste
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Bioavailability
Ans: is a measurement of the rate and extent to which a drug
reaches the systemic circulation
First-pass Effect
Ans: The initial metabolism in the liver of a drug absorbed from
the gastrointestinal tract before the drug reaches systemic
circulation through the bloodstream.
Drug Administration Route's
Ans: - Enteral route
- Sublingual and buccal routes
- Topical route
- Transdermal route
- Inhalation route
- Parenteral route: intradermally, subcutaneously,
intravenously, intramuscularly, intrathecally,
intra-articularly, intra-arterially.
Absolute bioavailability
Ans: the bioavailability of a drug product compared to the
same drug in a rapidly administered IV solution
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PNM300 - Test 1 (Week 1-4) Questions
and Correct Answers/ Latest Update /
Already Graded
What is a drug?
Ans: Any chemical that affects the physiological processes of a
living organism
What is pharmacology?
Ans: the study of drugs and their interactions with living
systems
Over the Counter (OTC)
Ans: Drugs that are approved for purchase without a
prescription.
Prescription
Ans: Drug that requires a prescription to dispense; health care
practitioner prescribed and dispensed by pharmacy
Controlled Substances
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Ans: Prescribed medication that has abuse potential; includes
narcotics, amphetamines, medical marijuana, benzodiazepines,
etc; lists illicit drugs that have risk of abuse
OTC Status Criteria (Indication for Use)
Ans: -Diagnose condition
- Monitor effectiveness
- Benefits of correct usage must outweigh risks
OTC Status Criteria (Safety Profile)
Ans: - Favorable adverse event profile
- Limited interaction with other drugs
- Low potential for misuse
- High therapeutic index
OTC Status Criteria (Practicality)
Ans: - easy to use
- east to monitor
Pharmacotherapeutics
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Ans: The use of drugs and the clinical indications for
administering drugs to prevent and treat diseases
Pharmacokinetics
Ans: the movement of drugs within the body
Pharmacodynamics
Ans: the study of what the drug does to the body
the mechanism of action
Pharmacokinetics (4 Phases)
Ans: 1. Absorption
2. Distribution
3. Metabolism
4. Excretion
Absorption (Pharmokinetics)
Ans: the transportation of the unmetabolized drug from the
site of administration to the body circulation syste
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Bioavailability
Ans: is a measurement of the rate and extent to which a drug
reaches the systemic circulation
First-pass Effect
Ans: The initial metabolism in the liver of a drug absorbed from
the gastrointestinal tract before the drug reaches systemic
circulation through the bloodstream.
Drug Administration Route's
Ans: - Enteral route
- Sublingual and buccal routes
- Topical route
- Transdermal route
- Inhalation route
- Parenteral route: intradermally, subcutaneously,
intravenously, intramuscularly, intrathecally,
intra-articularly, intra-arterially.
Absolute bioavailability
Ans: the bioavailability of a drug product compared to the
same drug in a rapidly administered IV solution
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