WGU Course D398 Intro to Pharmacology CORRECT 100%
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Course
D398
Institution
D398
Drug Standards - ANSWER rules set to assure that consumers get what they pay for, that all preparations by the same drug name must be of uniform strength, quality, and purity
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act - ANSWER Prohibits the sale and transport of adulterated or mislabeled food, drinks and drugs...
WGU Course D398 Intro to Pharmacology
CORRECT 100%
Drug Standards - ANSWER rules set to assure that consumers get what they pay for, that all
preparations by the same drug name must be of uniform strength, quality, and purity
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act - ANSWER Prohibits the sale and transport of adulterated or
mislabeled food, drinks and drugs.
Prohibits the mislabeling and misbranding of products.
1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - ANSWER created to enforce rules such as labeling, drug
approval before release, and warning labels (such as "may cause drowsiness")
1970 Controlled Substances Act - ANSWER established the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
This act set strict standards for abused drugs and required prescribers to register with the DEA. ,
who enforces the laws included in this act.
controlled substance - ANSWER A drug that has the potential for addiction and abuse
the five schedules - ANSWER Schedule I includes substances like heroin that have the highest
risk of abuse and are not approved for medical use in the United States.
Schedule II includes psychostimulants (e.g., amphetamine) and opioid-based medications (e.g.,
morphine) that have a high risk of abuse and dependence but have accepted medical uses.
Schedule III includes certain barbiturate sedatives and anabolic steroids with moderate to low
abuse and dependence risk.
Schedule IV includes sedative agents like diazepam and phenobarbital, which have a low risk of
abuse and dependence.
Schedule V includes drugs used for epilepsy, cough suppressants, and antidiarrheal medications
and has the lowest risk for abuse and dependence.
, What is one of the functions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in ensuring
consumer safety? - ANSWER Investigating and removing unsafe drugs from the market
drug classes - ANSWER help with identification and safe prescribing of drugs by classifying them
into specific categories based on how they act
three drug identifiers - ANSWER a chemical name
a generic name
a trade name (brand name)
Parenteral - ANSWER injected with needles or syringes, the fastest way to administer drugs into
the body because they bypass the absorption step and begin acting immediately
topical - ANSWER absorbed into the body through a certain barrier or membrane, such as the
skin, eyes, lungs, or nasal passages
Po or Per os - ANSWER by mouth
Bid or Bis in die - ANSWER Twice daily
C or Cum - ANSWER With
Rx or Recipere - ANSWER Take
factor-label method - ANSWER used to change the unit of measurement for a given drug dose,
which allows a professional to convert a drug dose from one system to another. This method
uses equivalent fractions, where the denominator is always one.
, rights of drug administration - ANSWER Right drug or drug form
Right client
Right time
Right documentation
Right route
Right technique
Right dosage
Pharmacokinetics (PK) - ANSWER the study of how the body responds to chemicals over time. It
looks at what happens to the medication as it moves through the body. The four primary factors
that PK studies are absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME)
Distribution - ANSWER transferring the drug from the bloodstream to the body's organ cells and
fluids.
metabolism - ANSWER essential to understanding how drugs work in the body, physiological
systems chemically alter most medications through metabolism into molecules that exert an
effect and then become eliminated in the body. These chemical changes mainly occur in the
liver.
Excretion - ANSWER Process by which metabolic wastes are eliminated from the body
Synergism - ANSWER interaction between two medications in which one aids the other to
achieve an effect that neither could produce alone
Potentiation - ANSWER the interaction between two medications in which one prolongs or
increases the other's effects
Antagonism - ANSWER when one medicine reduces or diminishes the impact of another
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