QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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⩥ contraindication.
Answer: any condition that makes a treatment or procedure inadvisable
⩥ drug.
Answer: any substance that can be used in prevention, diagnosis,
alleviation, treatment, or cure of disease
⩥ generic name.
Answer: common name of medication
⩥ hypersensitivity (allergy).
Answer: abnormal sensitivity with an exaggerated response by the body
to the stimulus of foreign agents
⩥ indication.
Answer: initiation of a treatment for a disease or a diagnostic test (why
medication is given)
,⩥ maximum dose.
Answer: largest amount of medication that can given without toxic effect
⩥ MTF.
Answer: medical treatment facility
⩥ opiate.
Answer: A drug that contains opium, derivatives of opium, or any
several semisynthetic drugs with opium-like activity.
⩥ opioid.
Answer: natural and synthetic chemicals that have opium-like effects but
not derived from opium
⩥ patency.
Answer: state of being freely open or exposed
⩥ pharmacology.
Answer: science of drugs, their sources, appearance, chemistry, actions,
and uses
⩥ pharmacy.
,Answer: branch of pharmacology dealing with preparation, dispensing,
and proper use of medications
⩥ physician's desk reference.
Answer: comprehensive book listing of drug products for medical
professionals
⩥ therapeutics.
Answer: science of treating disease by any method that will relieve pain,
treat or cure diseases and infections, or prolong life
⩥ toxicology.
Answer: study of poisons, their actions, detection, and treatment of the
conditions produced by them
⩥ trade/brand name.
Answer: name given by manufacturer
⩥ usual/therapeutic dose.
Answer: normal adult dose, usual dose, or average dose, amount needed
to produce the desired therapeutic effect
⩥ the physician's desk reference has how many sections?.
, Answer: 5 (pink, blue, yellow, white, and final)
⩥ pink section.
Answer: Comprehensive alphabetic listing of brand name products and a
list of manufacturers with their product
⩥ blue section.
Answer: therapeutic index
⩥ yellow section.
Answer: a drug, chemical, and pharmacological index to drugs
⩥ white section.
Answer: A list of the major products of manufacturers with information
on composition, action, uses, administration, dosage, precautions,
contraindications, and supply of each drug.
⩥ final section.
Answer: Contains full size color photographs to aid in medication
identification
⩥ antacid.