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Unitek Quiz 1 Principles of Pharmacology with correct Answers
Unitek Quiz 1 Principles of Pharmacology with correct Answers
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Unitek Quiz 1 Principles ofPharmacology with correct Answers
At what age in children does the rate of drug metabolism reach that of an adult? -
Answer -12 years old
What term describes the official name given to a drug by the pharmaceutical company
that developed it? - Answer -Generic name
What term best describes the commercial name given to a drug by the company that is
producing and marketing it? - Answer -Brand or Trade name
The movement of a drug from the site of administration to various tissues of the body is
what kind of pharmacokinetic action? - Answer -Absorption
What term describes the intended effects of a drug? - Answer -Therapeutic effect
In what organ does the majority of a drugs biotransformation occur? - Answer -Liver
Altered version of a drug after biotransformation occurs? - Answer -Metabolite
Unintended effects of a drug? - Answer -Side effects and Adverse effects
drugs able to be purchased "over the counter" ? - Answer -Nonprescription drugs
The time it takes a medication in the body to decrease in amount by half? - Answer -
Half-life
What type of drug binds with the receptor site on a cell and either blocks or precipitates
a less than typical response? - Answer -Antagonist
The amount of time it takes a medication to demonstrate a therapeutic response? -
Answer -Onset of action
The point in time when a drug is at its lowest level in the body? - Answer -Trough level
The point in time when a drug is at its highest level in the body? - Answer -Peak level
The length of time that a medications therapeutic effects lasts? - Answer -Duration
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