NUR 2513 EXAM 2 COMPREHENSIVE TEST
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◉ excretion. Answer: removal of drug from the body
◉ excretion examples (6). Answer: urine, sweat, saliva, bile, breast
milk, expired air
◉ half life. Answer: time required to reduce plasma concentration to
50% of its original value, goal = plateau
◉ P-glycoprotein. Answer: transmembrane protein, transports drugs
out of cells
◉ pharmacodynamics. Answer: study of biochemical / physiologic
effects of drugs on body and mechanisms produced by those effects
◉ potency. Answer: amount of drug necessary to cause an effect
◉ highly potent drugs =. Answer: effects at lower doses
, ◉ efficacy. Answer: max response drug can produce
◉ receptor. Answer: any functional molecule in cell to which drug
binds to produce effects, mimics / blocks existing physiologic cell
activity
◉ agonists. Answer: molecules that activate receptors, can increase
/ decrease effects
◉ antagonists. Answer: prevent receptor action by agonists, can
block drug action
◉ partial agonists. Answer: moderate intrinsic activity
effects less than full agonists
can act as agonists / antagonists
◉ clinical pharmacology. Answer: study of drugs and effects in
humans
◉ pharmacotherapeutics. Answer: use of drugs to treat / prevent /
diagnose
SCRIPT 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED A+
◉ excretion. Answer: removal of drug from the body
◉ excretion examples (6). Answer: urine, sweat, saliva, bile, breast
milk, expired air
◉ half life. Answer: time required to reduce plasma concentration to
50% of its original value, goal = plateau
◉ P-glycoprotein. Answer: transmembrane protein, transports drugs
out of cells
◉ pharmacodynamics. Answer: study of biochemical / physiologic
effects of drugs on body and mechanisms produced by those effects
◉ potency. Answer: amount of drug necessary to cause an effect
◉ highly potent drugs =. Answer: effects at lower doses
, ◉ efficacy. Answer: max response drug can produce
◉ receptor. Answer: any functional molecule in cell to which drug
binds to produce effects, mimics / blocks existing physiologic cell
activity
◉ agonists. Answer: molecules that activate receptors, can increase
/ decrease effects
◉ antagonists. Answer: prevent receptor action by agonists, can
block drug action
◉ partial agonists. Answer: moderate intrinsic activity
effects less than full agonists
can act as agonists / antagonists
◉ clinical pharmacology. Answer: study of drugs and effects in
humans
◉ pharmacotherapeutics. Answer: use of drugs to treat / prevent /
diagnose
