PHARMACOLOGY CLEAR AND SIMPLE
WATKINS PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ -pril.
Answer: ACE inhibitors
◉ -statin.
Answer: antilipemics
◉ -vir.
Answer: antivirals
◉ Teratogenic.
Answer: Literally, monster producing
◉ -zide.
Answer: diuretics
,◉ Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: study of metabolism and action of drugs with particular
emphasis on the time required for absorption, duration of action,
distribution in the body, and method of excretion.
◉ Pharmacodynamics.
Answer: study of drugs and their action in living organisms.
◉ Palliative.
Answer: relieving or alleviating without curing
◉ idiosyncratic.
Answer: relating to idiosyncracy; how a person differs from another.
◉ Half-life.
Answer: length of time required for the concentration of a drug to
decrease by one-half in the plasma.
◉ distribution.
Answer: dividing and spreading of a medicaiton to a target organ
◉ cumulation.
, Answer: increasing in effect by successive additions
◉ CrCl.
Answer: creatinine clearance
◉ anagonists.
Answer: that which counteracts the action of something else, such as
a muscle or drug
◉ agonists.
Answer: drug that binds to the receptor and stimulates the
receptor's function
◉ efficacy.
Answer: ability to produce a desired effect
◉ absorption.
Answer: passage of a substance through some surface of the body
into body fluids and tissues
◉ USP/NF.
Answer: United States Pharmacopia/National Formulary
WATKINS PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ -pril.
Answer: ACE inhibitors
◉ -statin.
Answer: antilipemics
◉ -vir.
Answer: antivirals
◉ Teratogenic.
Answer: Literally, monster producing
◉ -zide.
Answer: diuretics
,◉ Pharmacokinetics.
Answer: study of metabolism and action of drugs with particular
emphasis on the time required for absorption, duration of action,
distribution in the body, and method of excretion.
◉ Pharmacodynamics.
Answer: study of drugs and their action in living organisms.
◉ Palliative.
Answer: relieving or alleviating without curing
◉ idiosyncratic.
Answer: relating to idiosyncracy; how a person differs from another.
◉ Half-life.
Answer: length of time required for the concentration of a drug to
decrease by one-half in the plasma.
◉ distribution.
Answer: dividing and spreading of a medicaiton to a target organ
◉ cumulation.
, Answer: increasing in effect by successive additions
◉ CrCl.
Answer: creatinine clearance
◉ anagonists.
Answer: that which counteracts the action of something else, such as
a muscle or drug
◉ agonists.
Answer: drug that binds to the receptor and stimulates the
receptor's function
◉ efficacy.
Answer: ability to produce a desired effect
◉ absorption.
Answer: passage of a substance through some surface of the body
into body fluids and tissues
◉ USP/NF.
Answer: United States Pharmacopia/National Formulary
