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Exam 1: NUR2474/ NUR 2474 (New
Update) Pharmacology Guide|
Questions and Verified Answers| 100%
Correct| Grade A – Rasmussen
QUESTION
What are the three types of drug names?
Answer:
Chemical name, generic name and trade name
QUESTION
What are the 5 properties of medications?
Answer:
Cost, ease of administration, freedom from interactions, predictability and reversibility
QUESTION
What is individual variation in drug responses
Answer:
Key factors that cause one patient to respond to drugs differently than another patient
QUESTION
What are the individual variations in drug responses?
Answer:
Body weight and composition, age , pathophysiology, tolerance, bioavailability
,QUESTION
How does age affect a drug response?
Answer:
Infants and older patients especially sensitive to drugs
QUESTION
How may kidney disease affect a drug response?
Answer:
Reduced excretion and increased toxicity
QUESTION
How may liver disease affect a drug response?
Answer:
Reduced metabolism and increased toxicity
QUESTION
How may an acid-base imbalance affect a drug response?
Answer:
pH changes that alter absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs
QUESTION
Tolerance
Answer:
Decreased responsiveness to a drug as a result of repeated drug administration requiring a need
for higher doses
,QUESTION
What are the 3 types of drug tolerance?
Answer:
Pharmacodynamic tolerance, metabolic tolerance and tachyphylaxis
QUESTION
Pharmacodynamic tolerance
Answer:
Associated with long-term administration ofdrugs such as morphine and heroin
QUESTION
Metabolic tolerance
Answer:
results from accelerated drug metabolism
QUESTION
Tachyphylaxis
Answer:
reduction in drug responsiveness broughton by repeated dosing over a short time
QUESTION
What is bioavailability?
Answer:
Ability of the drug to reach the systemiccirculation from its site of administration
, QUESTION
How may gender affect a drug response?
Answer:
Alcohol is metabolized more slowly by women than by men. Certain opioid analgesics are much
more effective in women than in men
QUESTION
How may diet affect a drug response?
Answer:
Starvation can reduce protein binding of drugs
QUESTION
What must be considered in a physician order for medication?
Answer:
Name of medication, dosage, route, and timing
QUESTION
What is medication dependency?
Answer:
Need of a substance to function
QUESTION
What is addiction?
Answer:
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