HCB 102 A Pharmacology and Toxicology Review Questions and Correct Answers
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Chemical Name Chemical and molecular structure. Meaningful to chemist but rarely used because of its complexity.
Contraindication Any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable.
Drug Therapeutic agent; any substance, other than food, used in prevention, diagnosis, allev...
HCB 102 A Pharmacology and
Toxicology Review Questions and
Correct Answers
Chemical Name ✅Chemical and molecular structure.
Meaningful to chemist but rarely used because of its complexity.
Contraindication ✅Any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure
inadvisable.
Drug ✅Therapeutic agent; any substance, other than food, used in prevention,
diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of disease.
Generic Name ✅Often derived from the chemical name.
All medication has only one generic name regardless of the manufacturer.
The generic name is the common name of the medication.
Hypersensitivity (allergy) ✅Abnormal sensitivity, a condition in which there is an
exaggerated response by the body to the stimulus of a foreign agents.
Indication ✅The basis for initiation of a treatment for a disease or of a diagnostic test.
Maximum dose ✅The largest amount of medication that can be given without reaching
the toxic effect.
MTF ✅Military Treatment Facility
Opiate ✅A drug that contains opium, derivatives of opium, or any several
semisynthetic drugs with opium-like activity.
Opioid ✅Pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that have opium-like effects
similar to morphine although they are not derived from opium.
Note #1 ✅Opiate contains opium
Note #2 ✅Opioid does not contain opium
Patency ✅The state of being freely open or exposed.
, Pharmacology ✅The science concerned with drugs, their sources, appearance,
chemistry, actions, and uses.
Pharmacy ✅The brunch of pharmacology dealing with the preparation, dispensing,
and proper use of medications.
Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) ✅A comprehensive book listing of drug products
for medical professionals
Therapeutics ✅The science of treating disease by any method that will relieve pain,
treat or cure diseases and infections, or prolong life.
Toxicology ✅Study of poisons, their actions, their detection, and the treatment of the
conditions produced by them.
Trade/Brand name ✅Proprietary name given by manufacturer.
Usual/Therapeutic dose ✅Is referred to as the normal adult dose, usual dose, or
average dose. It is the amount needed to produce the desired therapeutic effect.
Information sources ✅A # of sources containing info on drug actions, uses, and
specific indications, contraindications, adverse reactions and dosages are available in
the MTFs.
Examples of Info sources ✅1. Physician's Desk Reference
2. Hospital Formulary
3. Nursing Drug Handbook
Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) ✅Published annually
Listing of drugs arranged in 5 sections;
1. Pink section: alphabetic listing of brand name
products with their manufacturers.
2. Blue section: a therapeutic index.
3. Yellow section: a drug, chemical, and
pharmacological index to drugs.
4. White section: List of major products of
manufacturers with info on
composition, action,
uses, administration, dosage,
precautions,
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