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Chapter 21 Pharmacology & Chapter 22 Psychiatry Flashcards

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1
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Steven experienced serve unpleasant tension and distress about going to school every day
What complaint is this?

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Anxiety

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Stephen told his family about his daily struggles and he was Taken for help by a medical specialist who treats the mind
who is a medical specialist who treats the mind?

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psychiatrist

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what is the medical term for a drug that prevents nauseous and vomiting?

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antiemetic

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what is the medical term for a drug that acts against diarrhea?

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Antidiarrheal

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what type of chemical promotes activity?

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Stimulants

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What is the medical term for a bad feeling?

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Dysphoria

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What is the medical term for building resistance

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Tolerance

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what is the medical term for overly suspicious thinking?

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Paranoia

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What is the medical term for involuntary persistent ideas, emotions or urges?

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obsession

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What is the term for a state in which the effect of the drug is declining, causing the user to achieve the desired effect?

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Tolerance

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what is the term for behavioral disturbance displaced after taking a psychoactive substance?

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intoxication

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12
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How is a substance use disorder diagnosed?

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when the use of a substance impacts function or health

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13
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SAD is the abbreviation for _____________

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Seasonal Affective Disorder

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Prescription is the abbreviated as _____________

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Rx

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Therapy is abbreviated as ____________

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Rx

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16
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Subcutaneous is abbreviated as __________

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subQ

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17
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qAM is the abbreviation as __________

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Every morning

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18
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Sublingual is abbreviated as __________

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SL

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19
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PO is the abbreviation for _________

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By mouth

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PRN is the abbreviation for _____________

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as needed

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21
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ASD is the abbreviation for ________

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

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22
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Electroconvulsive therapy is abbreviated as __________

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ECT

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23
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bid is the abbreviated for __________

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two times a day

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24
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milligram is abbreviated as ___________

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mg

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25
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PTSD is the abbreviation for

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Post-traumatic stress disorder

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26
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OCD is the abbreviation for ___________

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder

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27
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Intramuscular is abbreviated as __________

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IM

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28
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Identify the psychotherapeutic techniques from their descriptions:

A long-term and intense exploration of unconscious feelings, using techniques such as transference and free associations

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Psychoanalysis

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Identify the psychotherapeutic techniques from their descriptions:

A trance is used to help that patient recover deeply repressed feelings

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Hypnosis

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30
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Identify the psychotherapeutic techniques from their descriptions:

Patients express feelings by acting out roles with other patients

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Psychodrama

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31
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Identify the psychotherapeutic techniques from their descriptions:

Toys are used to help children express conflict and feeling

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Play therapy

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32
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an anticonvulsant is used to treat:

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Epilepsy

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33
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Fear of open spaces

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Agoraphobia

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34
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the suffix -phobia means

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fear

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35
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The combining form alges/o means:

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Sensitivity to pain

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36
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The combining form lingu/o means:

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Tongue

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37
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the suffix -mania means

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obsessive preoccupation

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38
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The onset of withdrawal symptoms when a drug substance is discontinued abruptly is called:
a. Physiologic dependence
b. psychological dependence
c. tolerance
d. intolerance

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Physiologic dependence

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The combining form cras/o means:
a. creation
b. vessel
c. mixture
d. sleep

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Mixture

40
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fear of heights?

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Acrophobia

41
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Cathartic are a class of drug that relieves:

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Constipation

42
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Children with __________ often have normal language skills and normal intelligence but difficulties with social interaction and abstract concepts:
a. conversion disorder
b. Asperger syndrome
c. Bipolar disorder
d. schizophrenia

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Asperger Syndrome

43
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_________genic means pertaining to an adverse condition that results form treatment:
a. myco
b.Iatro
c. Toxico
d. Pharmaco

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Iatro

44
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The combining form thec/o means

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Sheath of the brain and spinal cord

45
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this eating disorder is characterized by a prolonged refusal to eat and a fear of becoming obese:

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Anorexia nervosa

46
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A coping mechanism that protects an individual against anxiety and stress is called

A

defense mechanism

47
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fear of closed-in spaces is?

A

Claustrophobia

48
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The ___________dermal patch was applied topically to Mr.Jefferson’s skin to help relieve his neck pain:
a. contra
b. para
c. sub
d. trans

A

trans

49
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fear of animals?

A

zoophobia

50
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Match the terms with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Giving drugs by insertion through the anus into the rectum

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Rectal administration

51
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Match the terms with their correct descriptions/definitions:

An instrument for introducing or withdrawing fluid from the body

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Syringe

52
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Match the terms with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Calculation of drug concentration in tissues and body fluids over a period of time

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Pharmacokinetics

53
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Match the terms with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Effect with a combination of two drugs that is greater than the sum of the individual effects of each drug alone

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Synergism

54
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Match the terms with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Giving drugs by placement under the tongue

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Sublingual administration

55
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Match the terms with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Target substance with which a drug interacts in the body

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receptor

56
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Match the terms with their correct descriptions/definitions:

The study of the preparation, properties, uses and actions of drugs

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Pharmacology

57
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Match the terms with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Adverse reaction that routinely results from use of drug

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side effect

58
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Match the terms with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Book that lists and describes drug products

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Compendium of pharmaceuticals and specialties(CPS)

59
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Match the terms with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Governmental agency that has the legal responsibility for enforcing proper drug manufacture and clinical use

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health Canada

60
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Identify the personality disorders from their descriptions:

Fantasies of success and power and grandiose sense of self-importance

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Narcissistic

61
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Identify the personality disorders from their descriptions:

Pervasive, unwarranted suspiciousness and mistrust of people

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Paranoid

62
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Identify the personality disorders from their descriptions:

Flamboyant, theatrical, emotionally immature:

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Histrionic

63
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Identify the personality disorders from their descriptions:

Emotionally cold, aloof, indifferent to praise or criticism or feeling of others:

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Schizoid

64
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Identify the personality disorders from their descriptions:

No loyalty to or concern for others: does not tolerate frustration and blames others when he or she is at fault

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antisocial

65
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Match the following psychiatric symptoms or disorders with their correct descriptions/definitions:

State of excessive excitability: agitation

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Mania

66
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Match the following psychiatric symptoms or disorders with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly

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Compulsion

67
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Match the following psychiatric symptoms or disorders with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Uncomfortable feelings are separated from their real object and redirected

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dissociation

68
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Match the following psychiatric symptoms or disorders with their correct descriptions/definitions:

A nonreactive state: stupor

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Mutism

69
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Match the following psychiatric symptoms or disorders with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Loss of memory

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Amnesia

70
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Match the following psychiatric symptoms or disorders with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Anxiety that becomes a bodily symptom with no organic basis

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Conversion

71
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Match the following psychiatric symptoms or disorders with their correct descriptions/definitions:

False or unreal sensory perception

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Hallucination

72
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Match the following psychiatric symptoms or disorders with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Lack of responsiveness to others, associated with preoccupation with self

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Autism

73
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Match the following psychiatric symptoms or disorders with their correct descriptions/definitions:

Absence of emotions

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Apathy

74
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Match the following psychiatric symptoms or disorders with their correct descriptions/definitions:

False or fixed belief that cannot be charged by logical reasoning or evidence

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Delusion

75
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Match the following psychiatric symptoms or disorders with their correct descriptions/definitions:

The persistent idea, emotions or urge

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Anxiety

76
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Match the terms with their correct definitions/descriptions:

Legal, noncommercial name of a drug

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Generic names

77
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Match the terms with their correct definitions/descriptions:

Particles of a drug suspended in air

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Aerosol

78
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Match the terms with their correct definitions/descriptions:

Exaggerated hypersensitivity reaction to a previous encounter drug or foreign protein

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Anaphylaxis

79
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Match the terms with their correct definitions/descriptions:

Chemical formula for a drug

A

Chemical names

80
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Match the terms with their correct definitions/descriptions:

Agent given to counteract an unwanted effect of a drug

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antidote

81
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Match the terms with their correct definitions/descriptions:

Commercial name for a drug; trademark or trade name

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Brand names

82
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Match the terms with their correct definitions/descriptions:

Physical and psychological dependence on and craving for a drug

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Addiction

83
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Match the terms with their correct definitions/descriptions:

Effect with a combination of two drugs that is less than an additive effect

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Antagonistic action

84
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Match the terms with their correct definitions/descriptions:

Factor in the patient’s condition that prevents the use of a particular drug or treatment

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Contraindication

85
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Match the terms with their correct definitions/descriptions:

Drug action in which the combination of two similar drugs is equal to the sum of the effects of each

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Additive action

86
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Match each description/example drug with the correct drug class:

Analgesic

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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

87
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Match each description/example drug with the correct drug class:

Stimulant

A

Caffenine or amphetamines

88
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Match each description/example drug with the correct drug class:

Antibiotic

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Penicillin or erythromycin

89
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Match each description/example drug with the correct drug class:

Antihistamine

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Drug that relieves allergic symptoms

90
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Match each description/example drug with the correct drug class:

Antidiabetic

A

Insulin

91
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Match each drug or drug type/class with its correct definition:

Drug that reduces lipids in blood

A

Cholesterol-lowering drug

92
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Match each drug or drug type/class with its correct definition:

A drug that reduces lipids in the blood

A

Cholesterol-lowering drug

93
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Match each drug or drug type/class with its correct definition:

A drug that promotes exertion of urine, lowering blood pressure

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Diuretic

94
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Match each drug or drug type/class with its correct definition:

A drug that strengthens the force and efficiency of the heartbeat

A

Digoxin

95
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Match each drug or drug type/class with its correct definition:

Drug that reduces blood pressure

A

Antihypertensive

96
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Match each drug or drug type/class with its correct definition:

A drug that widens blood vessels

A

Vasodilator

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