T1 Ch 1 & 2 Flashcards
Knowledge of pharmacology aids the dental professional in:
a. Obtaining a patient’s health history
b. Administering drugs in the office
c. Handling emergency situations
d. Life-long learning
e. All of the answers are correct
e. All of the answers are correct
Nutritional or herbal supplements:
a. Carry the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for disease states
b. Are not drugs
c. Can cause adverse effects
d. Will not interact with other drugs the patient may be taking
c. Can cause adverse effects
Which type of drug name usually begins with a lower case letter?
a. Brand name
b. Code name
c. Generic name
d. Trade name
c. Generic name
Which of the following choices is the most common reference book in the dental office?
a. United States Pharmacopeia-Drug Information (USP DI)
b. Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR)
c. Mosby’s Dental Drug Reference
d. Lexi-Comp’s Drug Information Handbook for Dentistry
b. Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR)
How many years must pass after a drug patent expires before other drug companies can market the same compound as a generic drug?
a. 20 years
b. 17 years
c. 7 years
d. 0 years
d. 0 years
Two drug formulations that produce similar concentrations in the blood and tissues after drug administration are considered to be _____ equivalent.
a. Chemically
b. Biologically
c. Therapeutically
b. Biologically
Which federal regulatory body grants approval for the marketing of drugs?
a. FDA
b. FTC
c. DEA
d. OBRA
a. FDA
The word stat on a prescription means:
a. Before meals
b. At bedtime
c. Immediately
d. Every
c. Immediately
The abbreviation used on prescriptions for four times a day is:
a. bid
b. qid
c. qd
d. ud
b. qid
Which of the following choices is located in the body of the prescription?
a. The date of the prescription
b. The amount of the drug to be dispensed
c. Directions to the prescriber
d. Refill instructions
b. The amount of the drug to be dispensed
True OR False
The body of a prescription includes directions to the patient.
True
Drug potency is
a. Related to the amount of drug needed to produce an effect.
b. The maximum intensity of effect or response that can be produced by a drug.
c. The same for two different drugs if the doses given are equal.
d. Not important - efficacy is more important.
a. Related to the amount of drug needed to produce an effect.
Which of the following statements is true concerning the mechanism of action of drugs?
a. Drugs are capable of imparting a new function to the organism.
b. Drugs either produce the same action as an exogenous agent or block the action of an exogenous agent.
c. Drugs either produce the same action as an exogenous agent or block the action of an endogenous agent.
d. Drugs either produce the same action as an endogenous agent or block the action of an endogenous agent.
d. Drugs either produce the same action as an endogenous agent or block the action of an endogenous agent.
Chemicals that attach to receptor sites, but do not elicit a response are called:
a. agonists
b. antagonists
c. receptor
d. receiver
b. antagonists
The movement of a drug from one site in the body to other sites is called:
a. Distribution
b. Disruption
c. Dispersion
d. Active transport
a. Distribution
The distribution of a drug is determined by:
a. Blood flow to the organ
b. Presence of certain barriers
c. Plasma protein-binding capacity
d. Solubility of the drug
e. All of the choices are correct
e. All of the choices are correct
If one dose of a drug is administered and the drug’s half-life in the body is 3 hours, what percentage of the drug would be left after four half-lives?
a. 50%
b. 6.25%
c. 2%
d. Insufficient information to determine
b. 6.25%
The __________ is the most common site for biotransformation.
a. Kidney
b. Blood plasma
c. Liver
d. Small intestine
c. Liver
An enteral route of administration would be:
a. intravenous
b. oral
c. sublingual
d. transdermal
b. oral
Which of the following routes of drug administration produces the most rapid drug response?
a. intravenous
b. intramuscular
c. subcutaneous
d. intradermal
a. intravenous
A patient’s perception that a pill without active ingredients is having a pharmacologic effect is termed:
a. tachyphylaxis
b. hypersensitivity
c. neurosis
d. compliance
e. placebo effect
e. placebo effect
True OR False
The route of administration of a drug affects both the onset and duration of response.
True
True OR False
A prodrug is an inactive drug compound that becomes transformed into an active drug compound.
True
