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QMA State Review | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated 2024/2025
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What does systemic effect mean? - Affecting the entire body, rather than a single organ or body part



What is cumulative effect? - A term used to describe how exposure to more than one chemical might
affect the body.



Why are medications given - To help relieve symptoms or cure diseases



Factors that affect absorption - Lipid solubility, food, hemodynamics, diseases, molecular size, chemical
nature, degree of ionization, disintegration time, ionization and gastric emptying, medications, presence
of other substances



What is metabolism, excretion, distribution, absorption - Metabolism - The chemical reactions in the
body's cells that change food into energy

Excretion - The elimination of waste products from the body

Distribution - The disbursement of an unmetabolized drug as it moves through the body's blood and
tissues

Absorption - The transportation of the unmetabolized drug from the site of administration to the body
circulation system



Synergistic effect - The interaction of two or more drugs when their combined effect is greater than the
sum of the effects seen when each drug is given alone.



Antagonistic effect - An inhibitory mechanism where one drug blocks or reduces the effect of another
drug.



What is the generic name/trade name - Generic drug - refers to a drug produced after the active
ingredient of the brand name drug

Trade name - refers to the name giving by the producing company

,What is a synthetic drug - A substance that is man-made by synthesis, rather than being produced by
nature



What are the forms of medication - Liquid, tablet, capsules, topical medicines, suppositories, drops,
inhalers, injections, implants or patches, buccal or sublingual tablets, and further tips



What does medication action mean - A term used to describe how a drug or other substance produces
an effect in the body



Which drugs are absorbed the fastest/slowest - Fastest - Intravenously

Slowest - Transdermal application



Does the dosage affect the absorption - no



What does enteric coating mean - When a tablet or capsule is coated with a substance that prevents the
medication from being released until it reaches the small intestine, where it can then be absorbed



What does half life mean - The time it takes for the amount of a drug's active substance in your body to
reduce by half



Abbreviations -

OU

OS

OD

QD

BID

TID

PO

SL

, HS

Q12

PC

AC - OU - Both eyes

OS - Left eye

OD - Right eye

QD - Daily

BID - Twice daily

TID - Three times a day

PO - By mouth

SL - Sublingually

HS - Bedtime

Q12 - Every 12 hours

PC - 30 Mins after meals

AC - 30 Mins before meals



Apothecary - The oldest system of measurement. Usually expressed in lower or upper case Roman
numerals and is gradually being replaced by the metric system



Metric - Uses numbers before abbreviations to designate amounts. The most preferred system in
medicine. Any amount less than a whole number must have a zero and a period in front of it



Household - Used in the home for administering medications with varying types of measuring devices.
This system uses numbers and fractions



Topical medications - Applied to specific site (Creams, ointments, and lotions)



What's included in a medication order - Must specify the date and time the order was written, name of
resident, name of medication, drug dosage, frequency of administration, and route of administration.
Order must also include the signature of the ordering practitioner

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