Awfully Specific Exam 1 Questions Flashcards
True/False: Agonists possess affinity only
FALSE- Antagonists possess affinity only
True/False: The 1st pass effect applies to drugs administered orally
TRUE
True/False: The uncharged form of a weak base with a pKa=8.2 would be most abundant at a pH=1.6
FALSE- A weak base will dissociate in an acidic solution and the charged form will dominate
True/False: The charged form of a weak acid with a pKa=4.3 would be most abundant at a pH=2.8
FALSE- A weak acid will not dissociate in an acidic solution and the uncharged form will dominate
True/False: If drug A is more potent than drug B, then drug B is more efficacious than drug A
FALSE- potency is amount of drug req for intended effect, efficacy is ability to produce physiological alteration
True/False: Pareneteral administration of a drug is the most effect route of administration
FALSE- Multifactorial considerations
True/False: Pharmocodynamics deals with the effects of a drug on the body
TRUE
The liver plays a major role in drug excretion
TRUE
Drugs administered IV have 1000% bioavailability
TRUE
True/False: Tachycardia can result from the administration of metoprolol because it has β1 affinity
FALSE- Reflex tachycardia is β1-mediated so metoprolol blocks the reflex
True/False: Tachycardia can result from the administration of bethanecol because it is a direct-acting muscarinic agonist
FALSE- no one cares
True/False: Tachycardia can result from the administration of neostigmine because it is a muscarinic antagonist
FALSE- Neostigmine is a muscarinic agonist
True/False: Tachycardia can result from the administration of phenylephrine because it increases SVR
FALSE- idk why
True/False: A patient is administered a drug that stimulates nicotinic neuronal receptors. The drug will stimulate E secretion from the adrenal medulla
TRUE
True/False: A patient is administered a drug that stimulates nicotinic neuronal receptors. The drug will cause diarrhea by directly stimulating β2 receptors
FALSE