PHARMACOLOGY CLEAR AND SIMPLE
WATKINS ESSENTIAL STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Pharmacodynamics
Answer: effect of a drug on the body
◉ Drugs fall into __ categories of desired effects.
Answer: 6
◉ Curative
Answer: able to heal or cure
◉ Prophylactic
Answer: intended to prevent disease
◉ Diagnostic
Answer: helps diagnose a disease or condition
◉ Palliative
Answer: relieving but not curing symptoms
, ◉ Replacement
Answer: replaces missing substance
◉ Destructive
Answer: destroys tumors and/or microbes
◉ Pharmacology
Answer: Study of drugs and their effects on the body
◉ When medication is ingested, applied, or injected it enters the
bloodstream and begins the...
Answer: drug cycle
◉ The estimated time for the cycle to be completed ranged from __
minutes to days.
Answer: 15
◉ Absorption
Answer: process by which substance moves into bloodstream from
site where it was administered.
WATKINS ESSENTIAL STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Pharmacodynamics
Answer: effect of a drug on the body
◉ Drugs fall into __ categories of desired effects.
Answer: 6
◉ Curative
Answer: able to heal or cure
◉ Prophylactic
Answer: intended to prevent disease
◉ Diagnostic
Answer: helps diagnose a disease or condition
◉ Palliative
Answer: relieving but not curing symptoms
, ◉ Replacement
Answer: replaces missing substance
◉ Destructive
Answer: destroys tumors and/or microbes
◉ Pharmacology
Answer: Study of drugs and their effects on the body
◉ When medication is ingested, applied, or injected it enters the
bloodstream and begins the...
Answer: drug cycle
◉ The estimated time for the cycle to be completed ranged from __
minutes to days.
Answer: 15
◉ Absorption
Answer: process by which substance moves into bloodstream from
site where it was administered.
