correct answers 2025/2026
chemical name - correct answer ✔✔relates to the chemical and molecular structure;
meaningful to the pharmaceutical chemist but is rarely used because of its complexity
contradiction - correct answer ✔✔any condition which makes a particular treatment or
procedure inadvisable
drug - correct answer ✔✔therapeutic agent; any substance, other than food, used in the
prevention of diagnosis, alleviation, treatment or cure of disease
generic name - correct answer ✔✔is often derived from the chemical name; common name of
the medication
hypersensitivity (allergy) - correct answer ✔✔abnormal sensitivity, a condition in which there is
an exaggerated response by the body to the stimulus of a foreign agent
indication - correct answer ✔✔the basis for initiation of a treatment for a disease or a
diagnostic test; may be furnished by a knowledge of the cause, by the symptoms present, or by
the nature of the disease
maximun dose - correct answer ✔✔the largest amount of medication that can be given without
reaching the toxic effect
MTF - correct answer ✔✔medical treatment facility
,opiate - correct answer ✔✔a drug that contains opium, derivates of opium or any several
semisynthetic drugs with opium-like activity
opioid - correct answer ✔✔strictly speaking, pertaining to neutral and synthetic chemicals that
have opium-like effects similar to morphine, though they are not derived from opium
patency - correct answer ✔✔the state of being freely open or exposed
pharmacology - correct answer ✔✔the science concerned with drugs, their sources,
appearance, chemistry, actions, and uses
pharmacy - correct answer ✔✔is the branch of pharmacology dealing with preparation,
dispensing, and proper use of medications
physicians desk reference (PDR) - correct answer ✔✔a comprehensive book listing of drug
products for medical professionals
therapeutics - correct answer ✔✔is the science of treating disease by any method that will
relieve pain, treat or cure diseases and infections, or prolonging life
toxicology - correct answer ✔✔the study of poisons, their actions, their detection, and the
treatment of the conditions produced by them
trade/brand name - correct answer ✔✔the proprietary name given by a manufacturer
usual/therapeutic dose - correct answer ✔✔referred to as the normal adult dose, usual dose, or
average dose; it is the amount needed to produce the desired therapeutic effect
, pink section - correct answer ✔✔comprehensive alphabetics listing of brand name products
and a list of manufacturers with their products
blue section - correct answer ✔✔a therapeutic index
yellow section - correct answer ✔✔a drug, chemical, and pharmacological index to drugs
white section - correct answer ✔✔a list of the major products of manufactures with
information on composition, action, uses, administration, dosage, precautions, contradictions
and supply of each drug
final section - correct answer ✔✔contains full size color photographs to aid in medication
identification
antacid - correct answer ✔✔used to counteract hyperacidity in the stomach
antiflatulants - correct answer ✔✔agents that acts on the surface of bubbles by reducing the
surface tension and thereby disrupting or breaking the bubble
antibiotics - correct answer ✔✔a soluble substance derived from a mold or bacterium that kills
or inhibits the growth of other microorganisms
anticoagulants - correct answer ✔✔agents that prevent or delay coagulation (clotting) of the
blood by interfering with the formation of the necessary clotting factors
antidiarrheal - correct answer ✔✔having the property of improving or correcting diarrhea
antidiabetics - correct answer ✔✔counteracting diabetes; denoting an agent that reduces blood
sugar