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What is the source of lanolin? - Animal What is the source of potassium chloride? - minerals Which of the following is the source of digoxin (Lanoxin)? - plant Which of the following is the source of barbiturates? - synthetically Which of the following is the source of leukocytes? - Humans During which war did mass production of penicillin begin? - WW II T/F Cumulation means a drug causes Disease - False Cumulation refers to the medication building up or accumulating in the body T/F An antagonist blocks a drug from being effective. - True an antagonist counteracts the action of a drug T/F A drug's half-life is the time needed to decrease the drug's plasma concentration by 50% - True half-life is the length of time required for the concentration of a drug to decrease by onehalf in plasma T/F Psychotropic drugs can cross the blood-brain barrier. - True psychotropic drugs cross the blood-brain barrier to affect the mind, emotion, or behavior of an individual. T/F Anticancer drugs do not cross the blood-placenta barrier - False anticancer drugs are teratogenic (cause birth defects), because they can cross the blood-placenta barrier.