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NAPSRX Chapter 4: Questions & Solutions (Graded A+)John Jacob Abel Right Ans - Father of modern Pharmacology
Anatomy Right Ans - Study of the basic structures of the body
Physiology Right Ans - Study of HOW basic body structures function
Clinical Pharmacology Right Ans - Study of the effects and movement of
drugs in the body
Biology, Physiology, Clinical Pharmacology Right Ans - 3 areas a rep must
have a solid understanding of in order to sell effectively
Over 3 billion Right Ans - # of prescriptions Dispensed each year in the US
How pharmacology began Right Ans - Humans used plants to relieve
symptoms of disease
Early 1800's Right Ans - When was pharmacology thought to have begun
Focus on the patient and improve quality of life Right Ans - Is the main
focus of pharmacology
Pharmacodynamics Right Ans - the study of what a drug does to the body
Describes the therapeutic effects
Pharmacokinetics Right Ans - the study of how a drug is processed by the
body
how the body effects the drug
Drug (US Law) Right Ans - any substance (other than food) intended to
affect the structure or function of the body
-Any chemical substance that affects the body and its processes
Drug (broad) Right Ans - Any substance that produces a physical or
psychological change in the body
,The FDA Right Ans - Decides which drugs are prescription and which are
OTC
20 years Right Ans - How long a patent grants a company exclusive rights
to a drug
10 years Right Ans - The amount of time that lapses from when a drug is
discovered to when it is approved for human use
Areas a patent covers for a drug Right Ans - the drug itself
The way the drug is made
The way a drug is to be used
method of delivering the drug
Name, size, shape and color Right Ans - Legally, the ways a generic drug
must vary from its trade name counterpart
20% Right Ans - The legal amount a drug can vary in bioequivalence from
its trade
3-4% Right Ans - The amount a generic usually varies in bioequivalence
Preclinical testing Right Ans - Gathers info about how a drug works, how
effective it is and what toxic effects it causes
5 of 4,000 Right Ans - The number of drugs that are actually studied in
people
1 of 5 Right Ans - Drugs studied in people that are approved by FDA
Safety and efficacy Right Ans - 2 main goals of drug development
Margin of safety Right Ans - the difference between the usual effective dose
and the dose that induces severe side effects
3 Right Ans - # of names each drug has
trade name
chemical name
, Generic name Right Ans - 3 types of names each drug has
United States Adopted Name Council (USANC) Right Ans - Assigns the
generic name for a drug
Chemical name Right Ans - the name that describes the atomic and
molecular structure of the drug
By therapeutic group Right Ans - Broadly, how drugs are classified
Federal Food & Drug Consumer Act Right Ans - FFDCA
Drug (FFDCA) Right Ans - Any substance intended for use in the diagnosis,
cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease
-A substance other than food intended to affect the function of the body
Drugs, Biologics, Alternative medicine Right Ans - 3 general categories that
substances applied for therapeutic purposes fall in to
Therapeutic Right Ans - A desired drug response
Adverse Right Ans - Undesired drug response
Medication Right Ans - What a drug is called after it is administered
Allergic Reaction Right Ans - An acquired hyper-response of body defenses
to a foreign substance
Anaphylaxis Right Ans - The massive systemic release of histamine & other
chemical mediators of inflammation that can lead to life threatening shock
AE Right Ans - Adverse Event
Terms of intensity (Mild, moderate, severe) Right Ans - How AE's are
classified
Biologics Right Ans - Agents naturally produced in animal cells,
microorganisms or the body itself
The source of vaccines that have virtually eradicated diseases
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