Thursday, May 17, 2012

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The time between when a drug response is observable and when there is no longer an observable drug effect is called the
A. threshold action.
B. elimination threshold
C. duration of action.D. onset of action.

"Potency" refers to:
A. Whether the drug will work.
B. The dose required to achieve therapeutic effect.
C. How quickly the drug will work.
D. The severity of side effects.

A drug that occupies and "turns on" a receptor is an:
A. adjuvant.
B. affinitant.
C. antagonist.
D. agonist.

Before marketing a new drug, the drug company asks the FDA to approve its choice of:
A. The trade name.
B. The generic name.
C. The chemical name.
D. The code name.

Adverse reactions to drugs occur because:
A. No drug has only one receptor it binds to.
B. They are too pure.
C. Metabolizing enzymes systems are poisoned.
D. Several drugs can bind to the same cellular site.


Which of the following would be the most appropriate way to measure efficacy of a drug?
A. Analyzing chemically the ingredients of the drug for impurities.
B. Asking clients if their symptoms were relieved after taking the drug.
C. Observing clients for harmful side effects while being treated with the drug.
D. Testing blood samples for concentration of the drug after the drug has been given.

Once a drug's peak effect has been reached, further doses of the drug will increase efficacy.
A. true
B. false

Recombinant technology is allowing us to:
A. Insert new genes into a patient, whose own genes don't work well.
B. Manufacture proteins in yeast cells.
C. Design a drug that fits better with a receptor.
D. Fuse medicines so patients have fewer pills to take

Nicotine induces P-450 enzymes in the liver. An AIDS patient taking a protease inhibitor drug which is metabolized by thes enzymes would experience which of the following if they smoked?
A. Increased distribution of the protease inhibitor
B. Lower blood levels of the protease inhibitor
C. Higher blood levels of the protease inhibitor
D. Decreased elimination of the protease inhibitor

You have a patient with Parkinson's disease, and you want to get more dopamine into the brain. Dopamine is a charged molecule. How can you accomplish this best?
A. Give a lipid soluble precurser to dopamine which can convert in the brain.
B. Give a water soluble preparation of dopamine which will cross the bloodbrain barrier.
C. Give lower doses of dopamine to decrease the diffusion gradient into the brain.
D. Give higher doses of dopamine to increase the diffusion gradient into the brain.

This term refers to how much response there is to a therapeutic dose of a drug.
A. peak effect
B. potency
C. efficacy
D. distribution

A drug that occupies a receptor but does not activate the receptor is an:
A. adjuvant.
B. affinitant.
C. agonist.
D. antagonist.

Most drug work by:
A. Changing the electrical charge surrounding a cell.
B. Preventing other chemicals from attaching to plasma proteins.
C. Being taken up into a metabolic pathway instead of an amino acid.
D. Binding to a specific receptor on the cell.

Which of the following recent advances is most likely to influence future drug development and use?
A. Our ability to isolate a chemical out of a plant.
B. Our ability to alter the natural biological rhythm.
C. The discovery of substances secreted by microbes to kill other microbes.
D. Our knowledge of genetic differences between people.

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