TEST BANK FOR ESSENTIALS OF PHARMACOLOGY FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS, 8TH EDITION, BRUCE COLBERT, RUTH WOODROW

Test Bank for
Essentials of
Pharmacology for
Health
Professions, 8th
Edition, Bruce
Colbert, Ruth
Woodrow

,CHAPTER 1: CONSUMER SAFETY AND DRUG REGULATIONS
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TRUE/FALSE

1. The pharmaceutical manufacturer has the authority to add additional active i
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ngredients to a previously approved pharmaceutical product. th th th th th th




ANS: F t h



According to the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and Amendment
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s of 1951 and 1962, all labels must be accurate and include a listing of all active
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and inactive ingredients.
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2. Drug strength may vary with each lot number of a medication.
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ANS: F t h



The 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act established that all drugs marketed in the Unit
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ed States meet minimal standards of strength, purity, and quality.
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3. The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 established drug standards and official dr
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ug references.
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ANS: T t h



This act established that all drugs marketed in the United States meet minimal
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standards of strength, purity, and quality. It also established two official refer
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ences that established the standards for making each drug: The
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U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) and the National Formulary (NF).
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4. The 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act established consumer protections to pre
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vent the inclusion of “dangerous ingredients” without the knowledge of the
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consumer.

ANS: T t h



Morphine is one example of a dangerous ingredient that may have been include
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d without the knowledge of the consumer.
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5. Medication labels need only include the trade name of the drug. th th th th th th th th th th




ANS: F t h



Labels must include a listing of all active and inactive ingredients, warning label
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s on certain preparations, and generic names for the medication
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6. The prescriber of the medication is the only health care professional who is r
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esponsible for being aware of new medications, laws, and restrictions.
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ANS: F t h



The health care worker involved in administration of a medication also bears t
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he responsibility of being aware of the laws and restrictions pertinent to that m
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edication.

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7. A double-
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locked system is the recommended method for maintaining security of controll
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ed substances.
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ANS: T t h



A double-
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locked system may include two separate key entries or an electronic user identif
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ication and password access system.
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8. Health care workers are responsible for maintaining records of all controlled s
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ubstances received, dispensed, and destroyed.
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ANS: T t h PTS: 1 t h




9. Controlled substance records are to be kept for 10 years.
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ANS: F t h



Records for the previous 2 years must be available at all times for inspection. P
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TS: 1 t h




MULTIPLE CHOICE th




1. Identify the drug standard in the following list.
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a. Color c. Shape
b. Strength d. Taste

ANS: B t h




Feedback
A Color is not a standard. th th th th




B Correct!
C Shape is not a standard. th th th th




D Taste is not a standard. th th th th

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2. The risk of death from the use of street drugs versus prescription m
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edications is mostly due to: th th th th




a. a lack of control over quality, purity, a
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nd strength makes street drugs dang
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erous.
b. the risk is the same for both sources of
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the same substance.
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c. street drugs are approved for use.
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d. the need for a prescription makes dru
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gs hard to obtain.
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ANS: A t h




Feedback
A Correct!
B The lack of enforcement of drug stan
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dards in illegal street drugs poses a si
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gnificant danger for the consumer. th th th th




C The exact composition of a street dru
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g is unknown, and it may contain dan
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gerous contaminants or undisclosed th th th th



additional drugs. th




D Street drugs are illegal. th th th




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3. Drug standards regulate drug manufacture so that medications of the same n
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ame will be of the same:
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a. strength, purity, and quality. th th th




b. shape, color, and taste. th th th




c. purity, shape, and color. th th th




d. quality, color, and shape. th th th




ANS: A t h



Drug standards state that all preparations of the same drug name must be of u
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niform strength, purity, and quality.
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4. The 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act includes which of the following provisions?
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a. Regulation of drugs sold in the th th th th th