Pharmacy Tech (VA) Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2024

drug - ANSWER-A substance that can have a positive or negative impact on the body medication - ANSWER-substance administered for the diagnosis, cure, treatment, or relief of a symptom or for prevention of disease Indications - ANSWER-what the drug is used for Drug Class - ANSWER-A group of medications that a single medication belongs to Dosage form - ANSWER-Physical form and route of administration of a drug Pharmacodynamics (PD) - ANSWER-study of how drugs act within the body including the mechanism of action of a drug Pharmacokinetics (PK) - ANSWER-Study of how the body interacts with a drug Mechanism of Action - ANSWER-How medications are absorbed in the body and transported to the site of action where they're intended to treat or cure a condition Liberation - ANSWER-Medication is broken down, or is "liberated", into a form the body can absorb Absorption - ANSWER-When the body absorbs the medication into the bloodstream Distribution - ANSWER-Where the medication is transported to (where it needs to work). Blood flow aids in the transportation of the medication Metabolism - ANSWER-Destruction of the medication into an inactive form. Body uses enzymes to aid in the breakdown of medications elimination - ANSWER-Excretion of the medication from the body. Usually happens through urine and feces, and less often through breath or sweat lock and key mechanism - ANSWER-Medications fit specific receptors in the body to stimulate or block an action Agonist - ANSWER-Stimulates the body to perform an action