Pharmacology

Question 1

The hepatic portal vein transports blood from the liver to pancreas

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Pharmacokinetics May be simply defined as what the body does to a drug?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The binding of drugs to plasma proteins can have a dramatic effect on a drugs activity

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The most common route of drug excretion from the body is via the faeces?

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Most antibiotics and anti cancer drugs work by interfering with the function of DNA or RNA

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Pharmacodynamics is often referred to as the study of mechanism of action of drugs

Answer 6

True

Question 7

One mechanism of action by which placebo drugs work is by mimicking or inhabiting a neurotransmitter or hormone

Answer 7

False

Question 8

The kidneys are the single most important organ system involved in the metabolism of drugs

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Drug tolerance is the term given to when the liver produces more enzymes to cope with a repeated intake of drugs

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Drugs that demonstrate a high first pass effect have to be designated as prescription only medicines (POM)

Answer 10

False