BIOM 3090, Principles of Pharmacology
Midterm Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Magellan - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1521, claimed to be a god after
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'curing' a man of fever
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Post Hoc Error - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-After this, therefore because of
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this
Error associated with seeing recovery following the administration of
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some ailment, and directly associating the treatment with being the
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cause of recovery
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Ignoring Innate Healing Mechanisms; ignore what we cannot see
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Mesmer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1770, believed magnetism to be an
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invisible healing fluid; passed magnetic rounds around patients, and
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they typically recovered
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Louis XVI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Investigated Mesmer's theory,
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leading to conclusion that magnets did nothing
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,Hypocrates\Galen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-4 Humours\elements | | | | |
corresponding to humours | |
imbalance lead to disease | | |
Galen's ideas applied rigidly for over 2,000 years
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Pneuma, Ch'i - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-spirit like energy which gave life
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Alrazi - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-recognized errors in Galen's writings and
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were ignored because of post hoc evidence
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Early Medicine in China - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-extension of ideas
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invented to control warring emperors
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Ch'i flowed between heaven\earth, from emperor to the cosmos
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Further postulated to flow to the body, with an imbalance causing
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disease
5 moral phases
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Bloodletting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-P.C.A Louis, used for years across
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the globe
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Tested statistically to discover bloodletting increased, rather than
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decreased, mortality |
Also tested by J.J. Jackson
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,Results ignored by physicians on basis of post hoc and tradition
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Digby - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Powder of Sympathy; treat the sword
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instead of the wound, and the wound healed
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Bach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Flower Remedies; all diseases caused by
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imbalances of the personality | | |
39 teas, diluted with Brandy, each said to correct a personality disorder
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"flow bodies with beautiful vibrations of our Higher Nature"
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Tellington Touch - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Massage based on circle\
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square motions to speed up healing of injuries or ailments
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> no evidence that 'cellular function' is activated, 'cellular intel' is
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activated, speeds healing, etc. | | |
The observations are usually _______
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It is the explanation for the recovery that is _______ - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Correct
Incorrect
RCT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Randomized controlled trial
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, Natural Variation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Random error, funnel plots
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Systemic reviews take all good quality studies into account, provide best
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overview of the body of evidence associated with a medical question
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Bioavailability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-fraction of an administrated | | | | | | |
dose of drug that reaches the sys circ unchanged; depends on route; i.e.
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enternal vs parenternal | |
Enternal vs Parenternal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Enternal: via the
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intestine; oral route of administration | | | |
Parenternal: absorption from sites other than stomach or intestines
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1. Oral Route - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> most convenient
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> safer than injection
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^ absorption is erratic
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^ patient compliance problems
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^ follows first pass via portal vein
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^ too slow
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First pass - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Orally administered drugs are
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absorbed into the PV and travel first to the liver where metabolism may
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inactivate a large % of the drug; enternal absorption
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Midterm Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Magellan - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1521, claimed to be a god after
| | | | | | | | |
'curing' a man of fever
| | | | |
Post Hoc Error - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-After this, therefore because of
| | | | | | | | | |
this
Error associated with seeing recovery following the administration of
| | | | | | | | |
some ailment, and directly associating the treatment with being the
| | | | | | | | | |
cause of recovery
| |
Ignoring Innate Healing Mechanisms; ignore what we cannot see
| | | | | | | |
Mesmer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1770, believed magnetism to be an
| | | | | | | | |
invisible healing fluid; passed magnetic rounds around patients, and
| | | | | | | | |
they typically recovered
| |
Louis XVI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Investigated Mesmer's theory,
| | | | | | |
leading to conclusion that magnets did nothing
| | | | | |
,Hypocrates\Galen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-4 Humours\elements | | | | |
corresponding to humours | |
imbalance lead to disease | | |
Galen's ideas applied rigidly for over 2,000 years
| | | | | | |
Pneuma, Ch'i - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-spirit like energy which gave life
| | | | | | | | |
Alrazi - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-recognized errors in Galen's writings and
| | | | | | | | |
were ignored because of post hoc evidence
| | | | | |
Early Medicine in China - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-extension of ideas
| | | | | | | | |
invented to control warring emperors
| | | |
Ch'i flowed between heaven\earth, from emperor to the cosmos
| | | | | | | |
Further postulated to flow to the body, with an imbalance causing
| | | | | | | | | | |
disease
5 moral phases
| |
Bloodletting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-P.C.A Louis, used for years across
| | | | | | | | |
the globe
|
Tested statistically to discover bloodletting increased, rather than
| | | | | | | |
decreased, mortality |
Also tested by J.J. Jackson
| | | |
,Results ignored by physicians on basis of post hoc and tradition
| | | | | | | | | |
Digby - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Powder of Sympathy; treat the sword
| | | | | | | | |
instead of the wound, and the wound healed
| | | | | | |
Bach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Flower Remedies; all diseases caused by
| | | | | | | | |
imbalances of the personality | | |
39 teas, diluted with Brandy, each said to correct a personality disorder
| | | | | | | | | | |
"flow bodies with beautiful vibrations of our Higher Nature"
| | | | | | | |
Tellington Touch - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Massage based on circle\
| | | | | | |
square motions to speed up healing of injuries or ailments
| | | | | | | | |
> no evidence that 'cellular function' is activated, 'cellular intel' is
| | | | | | | | | | |
activated, speeds healing, etc. | | |
The observations are usually _______
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It is the explanation for the recovery that is _______ - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Correct
Incorrect
RCT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Randomized controlled trial
| | | | |
, Natural Variation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Random error, funnel plots
| | | | | | |
Systemic reviews take all good quality studies into account, provide best
| | | | | | | | | |
overview of the body of evidence associated with a medical question
| | | | | | | | | | |
Bioavailability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-fraction of an administrated | | | | | | |
dose of drug that reaches the sys circ unchanged; depends on route; i.e.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
enternal vs parenternal | |
Enternal vs Parenternal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Enternal: via the
| | | | | | | |
intestine; oral route of administration | | | |
Parenternal: absorption from sites other than stomach or intestines
| | | | | | | |
1. Oral Route - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-> most convenient
| | | | | | |
> safer than injection
| | |
^ absorption is erratic
| | |
^ patient compliance problems
| | |
^ follows first pass via portal vein
| | | | | |
^ too slow
| |
First pass - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Orally administered drugs are
| | | | | | | |
absorbed into the PV and travel first to the liver where metabolism may
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
inactivate a large % of the drug; enternal absorption
| | | | | | | |
