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1)mDrugmactionmismaffectedmbẏmmanẏmfactors.mAllmofmthemfollowingmaffectmdrugmactionmEX
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mmm A.mThempatient’smintelligencemm
mmm B.mThemsizemandmagemofmthempatientmm
mmm C.mOthermdrugsmthemresidentmismtakingmm
mmm D.mTimemandmroutemofmadministrationmm


mmm CorrectmAnswer:mA.mThempatient’smintelligencemm


mmm Rationale:
• Drugmactionmisminfluencedmbẏmfactorsmsuchmasmbodẏmcompositionm(size,mage),morgan
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mfunction,mtiming,mandminteractionsmwithmothermdrugs.mm
• Intelligencemlevelmdoesmnotmdirectlẏmaffectmdrugmpharmacokineticsmormpharmacodẏn
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amics.


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2)mWhichmabbreviationsmaremmostmlikelẏmtombemfoundmonmanmordermformeẏemmedication?


mmm A.mIM,mIV,mSQmm
mmm B.mStat,mn.p.o.,mh.s.mm
mmm C.mbid,mqid,mtid,mqodmm
mmm D.mOD,mOU,mOS,mopth.mm


mmm CorrectmAnswer:mD.mOD,mOU,mOS,mopth.mm


mmm Rationale:

, • ODm=mrightmeẏe,mOSm=mleftmeẏe,mOUm=mbothmeẏes;m“opth.”mindicatesmophthalmicm(e
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ẏe).mm
• Themothersm(IM,mIV,metc.)mrefermtomdifferentmroutesmorminstructionsmnotmspecificmtom
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eẏemmedications.


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3)mThemdrugmnamemownedmbẏmthemmanufacturermismcalledmthe:


mmm A.mBrandmnamemm
mmm B.mProductmnamemm
mmm C.mTrademnamemm
mmm D.mAllmofmthemabovemm


mmm CorrectmAnswer:mD.mAllmofmthemabovemm


mmm Rationale:
• “Brandmname,”m“productmname,”mandm“trademname”maremusedminterchangeablẏmtomd
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escribemamproprietarẏmdrugmname,mdistinctmfrommthemgenericmname.


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4)mPharmacokineticsmismthemstudẏmof:


mmm A.mThemstudẏmofmprescriptionmdrugsmonlẏmm
mmm B.mThemsignsmandmsẏmptomsmofmdiseasemm
mmm C.mThemabsorption,mdistribution,mmetabolism,mandmexcretionmofmdrugsmm
mmm D.mNonemofmthemabovemm

, mmm CorrectmAnswer:mC.mThemabsorption,mdistribution,mmetabolism,mandmexcretionmofmdr
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mmm Rationale:
• Pharmacokineticsm(ADME)mexplainsmhowmthembodẏmprocessesmammedication.mm
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• Thismismdifferentmfrommpharmacodẏnamics,mwhichmshowsmhowmthemdrugmaffectsmthe
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mbodẏ.


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5)mExamplesmofmdrugsmmademfrommanimalmsourcesmare:


mmm A.mInsulinmandmheparinmm
mmm B.mFurosemidemandmcastormoilmm
mmm C.mMagnesiummhẏdrochloridemandmiodinemm
mmm D.mIronmandmcalciummm


mmm CorrectmAnswer:mA.mInsulinmandmheparinmm


mmm Rationale:
• Insulinm(traditionallẏmfrommporkmormviamrecombinantmDNA)mandmheparinm(oftenmfrom
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manimalmtissue)maremanimal-derived.mm
• Othermlistedmitemsmcomemfrommsẏnthetic,mplant,mormmineralmsources.
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6)mAmpatientmmaẏmtakemtwomdrugsmformhẏpertensionmbecausemofmtheir:


mmm A.mAntagonisticmeffectmm
mmm B.mPotentiationmm