PORTAGE LEARNING NURS 251 PHARMACOLOGY
FINAL EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
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Adverse Effect - ANSWER A patient recently started taking a new medication;
he mentions to his doctor at his next appointment that he has noticed his mouth
is extremely dry since starting the medication to the point where he is not able to
eat. He has tried managing it with lozenges and increased liquids and nothing
seems to work. What drug effect best describes the dry mouth this patient is
experiencing?
True - ANSWER True/False
Depending on the risk vs. benefit to the patient it is sometimes necessary to
continue treatment despite a harmful adverse event occurring.
True - ANSWER True/False
The site within the cell that a drug binds to in order to exert its therapeutic effect
is known as the receptor.
True - ANSWER True/False
When a drug binds to a cell exerting it effect leading to an increase in that cell's
physiologic response the drug is acting as an agonist.
, False - ANSWER True/False
Duration of action is defined as that time from administration to the time the drug
shows it first effect.
True - ANSWER True/False
All drugs have both a trade name and a generic name.
False - ANSWER True/False
There can be multiple generic names for the same chemical compound.
Troche - ANSWER Select the dosage form that is best described as a flattened
tablet that dissolves in the mouth:
True - ANSWER True/False
Tablets that are coated with an acid-resistant substance to prevent dissolution in
the stomach are called enteric coated.
Suppositories - ANSWER Which dosage form is designed to melt at body
temperature?
False - ANSWER True/False
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