BASIC AND CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
15TH EDITION CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
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QUESTIONS
◉ Pharmacognosy
Answer: Study of characteristics of natural drugs and their sources.
◉ Pharmacodynamics
Answer: The study of what drugs do to the body or how the body
physiologically changes as a result of the drug.
◉ Pharmacokinetics
Answer: The study of how drugs move through the body; it
represents the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination
of drugs from the body.
◉ Absorption
Answer: Process of converting a drug from its dose form, tab or cap;
how a drug enters the bloodstream so it can reach body tissues and
produce an effect.
,◉ Distribution
Answer: Process of transporting a drug from its administration site,
such as muscle of an injection site.
◉ Metabolism
Answer: The process by which drug molecules are transformed into
simpler products called metabolites.
◉ Excretion
Answer: Describes the manner in which a drug is eliminated from
the body (urine, feces, perspiration, saliva, bile, exhaled air, and
breast milk).
◉ Pharmacotherapeutics
Answer: The study of how drugs are used to treat disease;
sometimes called clinical pharmacology.
◉ Efficacy
Answer: The therapeutic value of a procedure or therapy, such as a
drug.
◉ Toxicology
, Answer: The study of poisons or poisonous effects of drugs.
◉ E-prescribing
Answer: Electronic prescribing; eliminates errors from poor
handwriting.
◉ Dispenses
Answer: A drug by distributing it, in a properly labeled container, to
a patient who is directed to use it.
◉ Compounding pharmacies
Answer: Compound drugs prescribed by doctors for specific patients
with needs that can't be met by commercially available drugs.
◉ Nuclear Pharmacies
Answer: Prepare and dispense patient-specific radiopharmaceutical
doses for diagnostic imaging and therapeutic procedures.
◉ Natural Products
Answer: Originate as substances from natural products, such as
plants, animals, minerals, bacteria, or fungi.
◉ Digitoxin
15TH EDITION CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
2026 FULL SOLUTION VIEW AHEAD
QUESTIONS
◉ Pharmacognosy
Answer: Study of characteristics of natural drugs and their sources.
◉ Pharmacodynamics
Answer: The study of what drugs do to the body or how the body
physiologically changes as a result of the drug.
◉ Pharmacokinetics
Answer: The study of how drugs move through the body; it
represents the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination
of drugs from the body.
◉ Absorption
Answer: Process of converting a drug from its dose form, tab or cap;
how a drug enters the bloodstream so it can reach body tissues and
produce an effect.
,◉ Distribution
Answer: Process of transporting a drug from its administration site,
such as muscle of an injection site.
◉ Metabolism
Answer: The process by which drug molecules are transformed into
simpler products called metabolites.
◉ Excretion
Answer: Describes the manner in which a drug is eliminated from
the body (urine, feces, perspiration, saliva, bile, exhaled air, and
breast milk).
◉ Pharmacotherapeutics
Answer: The study of how drugs are used to treat disease;
sometimes called clinical pharmacology.
◉ Efficacy
Answer: The therapeutic value of a procedure or therapy, such as a
drug.
◉ Toxicology
, Answer: The study of poisons or poisonous effects of drugs.
◉ E-prescribing
Answer: Electronic prescribing; eliminates errors from poor
handwriting.
◉ Dispenses
Answer: A drug by distributing it, in a properly labeled container, to
a patient who is directed to use it.
◉ Compounding pharmacies
Answer: Compound drugs prescribed by doctors for specific patients
with needs that can't be met by commercially available drugs.
◉ Nuclear Pharmacies
Answer: Prepare and dispense patient-specific radiopharmaceutical
doses for diagnostic imaging and therapeutic procedures.
◉ Natural Products
Answer: Originate as substances from natural products, such as
plants, animals, minerals, bacteria, or fungi.
◉ Digitoxin
