PHARMACOLOGY PAXPAT UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Licensed pharmacists work only in labs, and not with people - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Outpatient health delivery is called: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ambulatory care
Which isn't a pharmacist's responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅taking x-rays of a broken hip
One of the jobs of a pharmacist is to hep people learn how to take prescription medications at the right
time and at the right dose - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
In pharmacy school, a "rotation" means - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅working at different professional
locations
An acute care pharmacy setting is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅in a hospital
What is true about taking medication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅it is common for people who have several
diseases to take many medications
Diabetes is a simple disease to treat, and requires very little attention and care from the patient -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅false
A diabetic tests his blood - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅by pricking his finger and squeezing a drop of blood
on to a special test strip
An allergic reaction to a medication will always happen immediately once the medication is ingested -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
If a patient on antibiotics begins to feel better, but still has several days of medication left, he should -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅continue taking the medication for as long as it is prescribed
, Anaphylaxis is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a severe allergic reaction
antibiotics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅are used to fight bacterial infections
an allergic reaction occurs because - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the patient's immune system thinks the
drug is dangerous
anaphylaxis symptoms and response - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅drops blood pressure and breathing,
weakens pulse, nausea (caused by food insect bites, latex contact), alert school, work place, family and
friends, alert bracelet
if a patient is allergic to a medication, they will have a reaction immediately - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅false (3rd time because at first immune system doesn't recognize)
Compounding - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅changing medicine form into another without losing
potency/efficacy
Triturate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Grind up (tablet) into powder in mortar and pestle
Levigation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅taking wetting agent to grind powder size even smaller into paste
What must be poured into a graduate container and then mixed with water for a syrup vehicle -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅concentrated syrup
What does 50/50 mean - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅equal amount of syrup and water
Food coloring - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅color for appearance, helps with syrup to make medication sweet
and appeal to patient
ANSWERS
Licensed pharmacists work only in labs, and not with people - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Outpatient health delivery is called: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ambulatory care
Which isn't a pharmacist's responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅taking x-rays of a broken hip
One of the jobs of a pharmacist is to hep people learn how to take prescription medications at the right
time and at the right dose - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
In pharmacy school, a "rotation" means - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅working at different professional
locations
An acute care pharmacy setting is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅in a hospital
What is true about taking medication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅it is common for people who have several
diseases to take many medications
Diabetes is a simple disease to treat, and requires very little attention and care from the patient -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅false
A diabetic tests his blood - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅by pricking his finger and squeezing a drop of blood
on to a special test strip
An allergic reaction to a medication will always happen immediately once the medication is ingested -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
If a patient on antibiotics begins to feel better, but still has several days of medication left, he should -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅continue taking the medication for as long as it is prescribed
, Anaphylaxis is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a severe allergic reaction
antibiotics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅are used to fight bacterial infections
an allergic reaction occurs because - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the patient's immune system thinks the
drug is dangerous
anaphylaxis symptoms and response - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅drops blood pressure and breathing,
weakens pulse, nausea (caused by food insect bites, latex contact), alert school, work place, family and
friends, alert bracelet
if a patient is allergic to a medication, they will have a reaction immediately - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅false (3rd time because at first immune system doesn't recognize)
Compounding - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅changing medicine form into another without losing
potency/efficacy
Triturate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Grind up (tablet) into powder in mortar and pestle
Levigation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅taking wetting agent to grind powder size even smaller into paste
What must be poured into a graduate container and then mixed with water for a syrup vehicle -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅concentrated syrup
What does 50/50 mean - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅equal amount of syrup and water
Food coloring - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅color for appearance, helps with syrup to make medication sweet
and appeal to patient
