Week 2 2.12 content quiz

Question 1

A patient is prescribed an oral medication. It is crucial that its active ingredients not be released until the medicine reaches the small intestine. The problem is how to deliver an oral medication to this area without its activity being chemically destroyed or altered by stomach acids. In what form should this medication be delivered?

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Question 2

Jessica, a pharmaceutical manufacturer, is asked to give a lecture titled “The Transport of Drugs from Bloodstream to Site of Action.” Her lecture is on:

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Question 3

Rate and extent of drug absorption depend on:

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Question 4

A patient is given a solution drug form that is observed to react in her system by moving from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. Which of the following is true?

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Question 5

Drug molecules are eliminated from the body through:

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Question 6

Mrs. Peters suffers an acute bronchospasm and receives epinephrine. This drug enhances the normal physiologic function of its beta-2 receptor to stimulate bronchodilation. No new function was developed as a result. Mrs. Peters’ epinephrine has a(n) ____ effect.

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Question 7

The degree to which a drug is able to produce its desired effect is its:

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Question 8

To discover the plasma concentrations that produce the desired drug effect without toxicity means to establish the drug’s:

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Question 8

Mrs. Jennings’ physician is monitoring how long it takes after she administers her medication until she sees or feels the first sign of its effect. The physician is obviously concerned with the drug’s:

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Question 9

Mr. Woodward takes an antihistamine and reports that it also has a mild, calming effect on him. His physician tells him that this is not at all unusual. The antianxiety effect of this drug is called a(n):

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