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Nursing Pharmacology Chapter 1 Questions And
Answers With Correct Answers Latest Update
2024/2025.
Additive effects - ANSWER drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or
more drugs with similar actions is equivalent to the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs
given alone (1+1=2) compare with synergistic effects

Adverse drug event - ANSWER any undesirable occurrence related to administering or failing
to administer a prescribed medication

Adverse drug reaction - ANSWER any unexpected, unintended, undesired, or excessive
response to a medication given at therapeutic dosages (as opposed to overdose)

Agonist - ANSWER a drug that binds to and stimulates the activity of one or more receptors in
the body

Adverse effects - ANSWER a general term for any undesirable effects that are a direct
response to one or more drugs.

Allergic reaction - ANSWER an immunologic hypersensitivity reaction resulting from the
unusual sensitivity of a patient to a particular medication; a type of adverse drug event.

Antagonist - ANSWER A drug that binds to and inhibits the activity of one or more receptors
in the body. Antagonist are also called inhibitors

Antagonistic effects - ANSWER drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two
or more drugs is less than the sum of the individual effects of the same drug given alone(1+1 = less
than 2) it is usually caused by an antagonizing (blocking or reducing) effect of one drug on another

Bioavailability - ANSWER a measure of the extent of drug absorption for a given drug and
route (from 0% to 100%)

Biotransformation - ANSWER One or more biochemical reactions involving a parent drug.
Biotransformation occurs mainly in the liver and produces a metabolite that is either inactive or
active. Also known as metabolism.

Blood brain barrier - ANSWER the barrier system that restricts the passage if various
chemicals and microscopic entities (e.g. bacteria, viruses) between the bloodstream and the central
nervous system. It still allows for the essential substances such as oxygen

Chemical Name - ANSWER The name that describes the chemical composition and molecular
structure of a drug.

Contraindication - ANSWER Any condition, especially one related to a disease state or other
patient characteristic, including current or recent drug therapy, that renders a particular form of
treatment improper or undesirable.

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