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Q: A patient's nutritional intake and laboratory results
reflect hypoalbuminemia. This is critical to prescribing
because - Answers-A: Distribution of drugs to target tissue
may be affected.
Q: Drugs that have a significant first-pass effect - Answers-
A: Are rapidly metabolized by the liver and may have little
if any desired action.
Q: The route of excretion of a volatile drug will likely be the
- Answers-A: Lungs.
Q: Medroxyprogesterone (Depo Provera) is prescribed
intramuscularly (IM) to create a storage reservoir of the
drug. Storage reservoirs - Answers-A: Increase the length
of time a drug is available and active.
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Q: The NP chooses to give cephalexin every 8 hours
based on knowledge of the drug's - Answers-A: Biological
half-life.
Q: Azithromycin dosing requires that the first day's dosage
be twice those of the other 4 days of the prescription. This
is considered a loading dose. A loading dose - Answers-A:
Rapidly achieves drug levels in the therapeutic range.
Q: The point in time on the drug concentration curve that
indicates the first sign of a therapeutic effect is the -
Answers-A: Onset of action.
Q: Phenytoin requires that a trough level be drawn. Peak
and trough levels are done - Answers-A: To determine if a
drug is in the therapeutic range.
Q: A laboratory result indicates that the peak level for a
drug is above the minimum toxic concentration. This
means that the - Answers-A: Concentration will produce
an adverse response.
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Q: Drugs that are receptor agonists may demonstrate
what property? - Answers-A: Desensitization or
downregulation with continuous use.
Q: Drugs that are receptor antagonists - Answers-such as
beta blockers, may cause, A: An exaggerated response if
abruptly discontinued.
Q: Factors that affect gastric drug absorption include -
Answers-A: Lipid solubility of the drug.
Q: Drugs administered via IV - Answers-A: Begin
distribution into the body immediately.
Q: When a medication is added to a regimen for a
synergistic effect - Answers-the combined effect of the
drugs is, A: Greater than the sum of the effects of each
drug individually.
Q: Which of the following statements about bioavailability
is true? - Answers-A: Bioavailability issues are especially
important for drugs with narrow therapeutic ranges or
sustained-release mechanisms.