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Chapter 3 pharmacology (Drug Action Across the Life Span) Exam Questions With Correct Answers Factors That Affect Drug Therapy - answerAge, Body Weight, Gender , Metabolic Rate, Illness, Psychology, Tolerance, Dependence, Cumulative Effect Age - answerinfants and elderly most affected Body We...

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Chapter 3 pharmacology (Drug Action
Across the Life Span) Exam Questions With
Correct Answers


Factors That Affect Drug Therapy - answer✔Age, Body Weight, Gender , Metabolic Rate,
Illness, Psychology, Tolerance, Dependence, Cumulative Effect

Age - answer✔infants and elderly most affected

Body Weight - answer✔Overweight vs underweight, obtain accurate weight and height

How Gender affect Drug Therapy - answer✔men and women function differently. experiences,
diseases.

How Metabolic Rate Affect Drug Therapy - answer✔Patients with higher-than-average
metabolic rate tend to metabolize drugs more rapidly

hyperthyroidism - answer✔excessive activity of the thyroid gland

How Illness Affect Drug Therapy - answer✔alter rate of absorption, distribution, metabolism,
and excretion of drug.

Patients with kidney failure generally will excrete drugs at a? - answer✔slower rate

How Psychology Affect Drug Therapy - answer✔Attitudes, expectations & willingness to take
medication as prescribed

Placebo effect - answer✔Patient's positive expectation can positively affect the outcome

Nocebo effect - answer✔Patient's negative expectations can result in a less-than-optimal
outcome

How drug Tolerance affect drug therapy - answer✔Occurs when a person begins to require a
higher dosage of a medication to produce the same effects that a lower dosage once provided.

psychological dependence - answer✔a psychological need to use a drug or addiction

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