Clinical pharmacology is the study of
a. the biological effects of chemicals
b. drugs used to treat, prevent, or diagnose disease
c. plant components that can be used as medicines
d. binders and other vehicles for delivering medication
Clinical pharmacology is the study of (b) drugs used to treat, prevent, or diagnose disease
Phase 1 drug studies involve
a. the use of laboratory animals to test chemicals
b. patients with the disease the drug is designed to treat
c. mass marketing surveys of drug effets in large numbers of people
d. healthy human volunteers who are often paid f
Phase 1 drug studies involve (d) healthy human volunteers who are often paid for their participation
The generic name of a drug is
a. the name assigned to the drug by the pharmaceutical company developing it
b. the chemical name of the drug based on its chemical structure
c. the original name assigned to the drug at the beginning of the evaluation proces
The generic name of a drug is (a) the name assigned to the drug by the pharmaceutical company developing it
An orphan drug is a drug that
a. has failed to go through the approval process
b. is available in a foreign country but not in this country
c. has been tested but is not considered to be financially viable
d. is available without a prescription
An orphan drug is a drug that (c) has been tested but is not considered to be financially viable
The FDA pregnancy categories
a. indicate a drug's potential or actual teratogenic effects
b. are used for research purposes only
c. list drugs that are more likely to have addicting properties
d. are tightly regulated by the DEA
The FDA pregnancy categores (a) indicate a drug's potential or actual teratogenic effects
The storing, prescribing, and distributing of controlled substances--drugs that are more apt to be addictive--are monitored by
a. the FDA
b. the Department of Commerce
c. the FBI
d. the DEA
The storing, prescribing, and distributing of controlled substances are monitored by (d) the DEA. (your mom would have gotten this wrong, I would have thought it was where Grandma worked)
Healthy young women are not usually involved in phase 1 studies of drugs because
a. male bodies are more predictable and responsive to chemicals
b. females are more apt to suffer problems with ova, which are formed only before birth
c. males can tolerate
Health young women are no usually involved in phase 1 studeies of drugs because (b) females are more apt to suffer problems from ova, which are formed only before birth
A patient has been taking fuoxetine (Prozac) for several years, but when picking up the prescription this month, found that the tablets looked different and became concerned. The nurse, checking with the pharmacist, found that fluoxetine had just become a
The nurse should tell the patient (c) that the law requires that prescriptions to be filled with the generic form if available to cut down the cost of medications
When teaching a patient about over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, which points shoud the nurse include (all that apply)
a. These drugs are very safe and can be used freely to relieve your complaints
b. These compounds are called drugs, but they aren't really dr
answers are: c, d, e, f
A patient asks what generic drugs are and if he should be using them to treat his infection. Which of the following statements should be included in the nurse's explanation?
a. A generic drug is a drug that is sold by the name of the ingredient, not the b
answers are: a, c, d,f
Chemotherapeutic agents are drugs that
a. are used only to treat cancers
b. replace normal body chemicals that are missing because of disease
c. interfere with foreign cell functioning, such as invading microorganisms or neoplasms
d. stimulate the normal
Chemotherapeutic agents are drugs that (c) interfere with foreign cell functioning, such as invading microrganisms or neoplasms
Receptor sites
a. are a normal part of enzyme substrates
b. are protein areas on cell membranes that react with specific chemicals
c. can usually be stimulated by many different chemicals
d. are responsible for all drug effects in the body
Receptor sites (b) are protein areas on cell membranes that react with specific chemicals.