Drugs - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Chapter 1 of the document delves into the fundamental aspects of pharmacology, the science of drug action. It highlights the historical use of plants in medicine, referencing ancient Egyptian and Indian texts that detail remedies for various ailments. The chapter also emphasizes the ongoing reliance on herbal medicines in many parts of the world, including the United States, where natural products were prominent in the late 1990s. It introduces specialized fields, such as neuropharmacology and p...

Test Bank for Drugs, Behaviour, and Society 4ce 4th Canadian edition by Andrea Hebb, Robert Gilbert, Carl L. Hart, Charles J. Ksir. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 18 Section One - Drug Use in Modern Society Chapter 1 Drug Use: An Overview Chapter 2 Drug Use as a Social Problem Chapter 3 Drug Policy Section Two - How Drugs Work Chapter 4 The Nervous System Chapter 5 The Actions of Drugs Section Three - Uppers and Downers Chapter 6 Stimulants Chapter 7 Depressa...

Complete Test Bank for Drugs, Behaviour & Modern Society, 2nd Canadian Edition by Charles F. Levinthal,Trevor Hamilton ; ISBN13: 9780136690337...(Full Chapters included and organized in reverse order from Chapter 17 to 1)...1.Drugs and Behaviour Today 2.Drug-Taking Behaviour: Personal and Social Issues 3.How Drugs Work in the Body and on the Mind 4.The Major Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines 5.Opioids: Opium, Heroin, and Opioid Pain Medications 6.LSD and Other Hallucinogens 7.Marijuana ...

The following drug produces the least physical damage to humans: A)alcohol B)cocaine C)heroin D)Nicotine E) LSD - B)cocaine A new BC pill has a pregnancy rate of 0.3 per 100 woman years. This means: A) every sexually active woman taking it has a 3% chance of getting pregnant B) for every 1000 women taking the pill for a year, 3 become pregnant C) for every 100 sexually active women, 3 become pregnant within a year D) 300 sexually active women taking the...

Damage to the temporal lobe of the brain may leave a patient with impaired hearing as well as emotional/behavioral abnormalities - ANS: True The endocrine system consists of a number of: a. muscle groups. b. neural networks. c. adipose layers. d. glands. - ANS: d. glands. Which part of the endocrine system creates chemicals that speed up metabolism? a. Pituitary gland b. Thyroid gland c. Pancreas d. Hypothalamus - ANS: b. Thyroid gland What gland secretes cortisol? a. Pituitary...

CPHON TEST - Principles of Chemo/Chemo Drugs/Supportive Drugs

TEST BANK PHARMACOLOGY AND THE NURSING PROCESS 9TH EDITION LINDA LANE LILLEY, SHELLY RAINFORTH COLLINS, JULIE S. SNYDER NURSINGTB.COM NURSINGTB.COM LEHNES PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSING CARE 10TH EDITION BURCHUM TEST BANK Contents Chapter 01: The Nursing Process and Drug Therapy ....................................................................................4 Chapter 02: Pharmacologic Principles................................................................................................

Nurse practitioner prescriptive authority is regulated by: A. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing B. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration C. The State Board of Nursing for each state D. The State Board of Pharmacy - ANS: C. The State Board of Nursing for each state Physician Assistant (PA) prescriptive authority is regulated by: A. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing B. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration C. The State Board of Nursing D. The State Boar...

APRN Practice And Prescribing Drugs – Qs & As