WEEK 7: CALCULATION OF DOSES

Question 1

The dose of the drug is the quantitative amount
administered or taken by a patient for intended medicinal effect.

Answer 1

Dose

Question 2

Amount taken at one time`

Answer 2

Single dose

Question 3

It may be subdivided and taken in divided doses, two or more
times per day depending on the characteristics of the drug and
the illness.

Answer 3

Daily dose

Question 4

It is the amount of drug that ordinarily produces the medicinal effect intended in adults

Answer 4

Usual dose

Question 5

Amount of drug used for infant or child

Answer 5

Usual pediatric dose

Question 6

for a drug indicates the quantitative range or amounts of the drug that may prescribed within the guidelines of usual practice

Answer 6

Usual dosage range

Question 7

Amount required to achieve the desired blood drug level

Answer 7

Usual initial dose priming or loading dose

Question 8

The amount of a drug that produces the desired intensity of effect in 50% of the individuals tested

Answer 8

Median effective dose

Question 9

Refers to the average blood serum concentration of a drug
that represents the minimum concentration that can be expected to produce the drug’s desired effects in a patient.

Answer 9

Minimum effective concentration (MEC)

Question 10

The base level of blood serum concentration that produces dose-related toxic effects.

Answer 10

Minimum toxic concentration

Question 11

Routes of administration of tablets, capsules, lozenges, solutions, drops, syrups, and suspensions

Answer 11

Oral (mouth, GI tract)

Question 12

Route of administration of tablets

Answer 12

Sublingual (under the tongue)

Question 13

Representative dosage forms of parenteral (injection)

Answer 13

Solutions and suspension

Question 14

Representative dosage forms of epicutaneous / transdermal (skin)

Answer 14

Ointments, creams, powders, lotions, aerosols, patches

Question 15

Route of administration of solution, suspension, ointments

Answer 15

Conjunctival (eye)

Question 16

Route of administration of solutions, sprays, and ointments

Answer 16

Intra-nasal (nose)

Question 17

Representative dosage forms of intra-respiratory (lungs)

Answer 17

Aerosols and inhalant solutions

Question 18

Representative dosage forms of rectal (rectum)

Answer 18

Ointments, creams, suppositories, solutions, and suspension

Question 19

Route of administration of ointments, creams, tablets, suppositories, gels, solutions, and emulsion foams

Answer 19

Vagina (vagina)

Question 20

Route of administration of solutions and suppositories

Answer 20

Urethral (urethra)

Question 21

The schedule of dosing ( e.g. four times per day for 10
days). Number of doses in a specified amount of medicine.

Answer 21

Dosage regimen

Question 22

HCTZ

Answer 22

Hydrochlorothiazide

Question 23

PCOS mean

Answer 23

Polycystic ovary synd

Question 24

Inert

Answer 24

Placebo pills

Question 25

ARBs means

Answer 25

Angiotensin receptor blocker

Question 26

Used for vaginal cavity

Answer 26

Douche

Question 27

Synthetic form of progesterone

Answer 27

Progestin

Question 28

Below the prescribed amount

Answer 28

Underdosed

Question 29

Above the usual dose

Answer 29

Overdosed (Toxicity - MTC)

Question 30

Generic of catapres

Answer 30

Clonidine

Question 31

Two types of tumor

Answer 31

Benign, malignant

Question 32

Cancerous type of tumor

Answer 32

Malignant