Administration exercise studymate

Question 1

Intravenous, intrathecal and transdermal are examples of which type of drug administration

Answer 1

Parenteral

Question 2

What does Drug half-life mean?

Answer 2

The time it takes for the amount of a drug’s active substance in your body to reduce by half

Question 3

What Filling agents are used in drug formulation?

Answer 3

Excipients (a substance formulated alongside the active ingredient of a medication - often referred to as “bulking agents”, “fillers”, or “diluents”)

Question 4

What is the Concentration range over which a drug is effective but not toxic?

Answer 4

Therapeutic window (or pharmaceutical window) of a drug is the range of drug dosages which can treat disease effectively without having toxic effects. Medication with a small therapeutic window must be administered with care and control, frequently measuring blood concentration of the drug, to avoid harm.

Question 5

The peak plasma drug concentration achieved depends on the relative rates of absorption and ….

Answer 5

Elimination

Question 6

What is the phase of drug disposition in which a tablet disintegrates and the drug dissolves?

Answer 6

Pharmaceutical

Question 7

Nicotine patches are an example of ………………………. drug delivery

Answer 7

Transdermal

Question 8

Oral route of administration?

Answer 8

Enteral

Question 9

Phase of drug disposition which includes the processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion

Answer 9

Four phases of Pharmacokinetics

Question 10

In this phase of drug disposition, drugs interact with their receptors

Answer 10

Pharmacodynamic

Question 11

The proportion of a drug in the dosage form which reaches the systemic circulation.

Answer 11

Bioavailability (The ability of a drug or other substance to be absorbed and used by the body. Orally bioavailable means that a drug or other substance that is taken by mouth can be absorbed and used by the body.)