NAPSRx CNPR Study Guide Exam Questions And Actual Answers.
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what does a STAT order mean? - Answer a drug needed immediately and given only once
what information does the overdosage section of the labeling provide? - Answer signs, symptoms and treatment of acute overdoses
types of drug-drug interactions: - Answer duplication, opposition (antag...
NAPSRx CNPR Study Guide Exam
Questions And Actual Answers.
what does a STAT order mean? - Answer a drug needed immediately and given only once
what information does the overdosage section of the labeling provide? - Answer signs, symptoms and
treatment of acute overdoses
types of drug-drug interactions: - Answer duplication, opposition (antagonism) and alteration (p.51)
tolerance vs resistance - Answer tolerance is the diminished response to a drug; resistance is the cells
ability to resist the effects of the drug on them.
abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) - Answer the process by which applicants must scientifically
demonstrate to the FDA that their generic product is bioequivalent to or performs in the same way as
the innovator drug, no duplicate testing (p. 75)
the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 - Answer -A.K.A. Drug Price Competition and Patent Restoration Act
-made it easier to bring generic drugs to the market by requiring the FDA to only look at bioavailability
studies in order to approve an ANDA.
-gave protection to the research based manufacturers by providing a 30-month automatic cooling off
period once an ANDA is challenged for patent infringement (p. 75)
four basic transport mechanisms - Answer passive diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport, and
pinocytosis (p. 95)
potency vs efficacy - Answer potency: amount of drug necessary to produce desired effect
efficacy: magnitude of maximal response that can be received from a drug
*efficacy is almost always more important that potency* (p. 106)
, the four phases of clinical trials - Answer phases I-IV (P. 124-126)
Key Parts Of A Clinical Paper (5) - Answer Abstract, Introduction, methods, results,
discussion/conclusions (p. 128-129)
reliability vs validity - Answer reliability = consistency and validity = accuracy
(p. 138; 143)
sampling error vs selection bias - Answer sampling error is unbiased and is randomly chosen from the
population.
selection bias is when the sample was specifically chosen based on particular characteristics (p.142-143)
independent vs dependent variable - Answer An independent variable is the one that influences the
variation. A dependent variable is the variable being tested and measured in a scientific experiment (the
result of applying the independent variable).
Drug Utilization Review (DUR) programs - Answer -involve retrospective monitoring of physicians'
prescribing patterns
-more than 90% of HMOs require DURs
-nowadays mostly monitors cost savings (p. 181)
opportunity cost - Answer based on the premise that all resources are scarce, and therefore every time
we choose to use a resource it reduces the possibility of it being used in another way.
what type of DTC advertising is the only legal form in Europe? - Answer Disease-state or unbranded ads
(provides public information on a disease, not a drug)
(p. 223)
can pharm sales reps offer doctors meals? (PhRMA code) - Answer company reps can only offer
occasional meals as long as they are modest, and only offered in an office/hospital setting in conjunction
with an educational presentation. (p. 228)
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