Pharmacology

Question 1

What is pharmacology?

Answer 1

The general science of drugs

Question 2

What is pharmacy?

Answer 2

The handling and formulation of drugs

Question 3

What is toxicology?

Answer 3

The actions of poisons

Question 4

What is therapeutics?

Answer 4

The medicinal use of drugs

Question 5

What is pharmacokinetics?

Answer 5

What an organism does to a drug

Question 6

If a molecule binds to a receptor and prevents its activation…

Answer 6

it may be an antagonist drug

Question 7

If a drug interaction is irreversible,

Answer 7

the effect of the drug can only be reversed if new receptors are
synthesised

Question 8

The sum of all actions of a drug on a person is known as

Answer 8

pharmacodynamics

Question 9

The speed, location, and length of action of a drug on a person are
determined by

Answer 9

pharmacokinetics

Question 10

Once in the body, a drug will always

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have the same mechanism of action in all people

Question 11

The first stage of drug development is

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chemical assay

Question 12

Drugs are tested on healthy human volunteers in phase

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0 only

Question 13

Phases I, II and III testing for a new drug usually takes about

Answer 13

10 years

Question 14

Randomised, controlled clinical trials take place in phase

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III only

Question 15

The regulatory body for drugs in the UK is the

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Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency

Question 16

Phase 4 of drug testing usually lasts about

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as long as the drug is used

Question 17

Registration of a new drug occurs at the end of

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phase III