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Psychopharmacology FINAL EXAM 3
Chapter 3: Drug Regulation, Development, Names, and Information
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1. A nurse educator is conducting a continuing education class on pharmacology. To evaluate the J J J J J J J J J J J J
learning of the nurses in the class, the nurse educator asks, ―Which drug name is a generic drug
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name?‖ Which is the correct response? a. Acetaminophen
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b. Tylenol
c. Cipro
d. Motrin
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2. The FDA Amendments Act (FDAAA) was passed in 2007 to address which aspect of drug
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safety?
a. Allowing pharmaceutical companies to identifyoff-label uses of medications
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b. Evaluating drug safety information that emerges after a drug has been approved and is in J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J
use
c. Expediting the approval process ofthe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) so that J J J J J J J J J J J J J J
needed drugs can get to market more quickly J J J J J J J
d. Requiring manufacturers to notify patients before removing a drug from the market
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The FDAAA was passed to enable the Food and Drug Administration to continue oversight of a
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drug after granting it approval so that changes in labeling could be made as necessary and
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postmarketing risks could be tracked and identified. A provision of the FDA Modernization Act
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(FDAMA), passed in 1997, allows drug companies to promote their products for off-label uses as
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long as they promise to conduct studies to support their claims. Regulations to permit accelerated
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approval of drugs for life-threatening diseases were adopted in 1992 by the FDA.
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The requirement that drug companies notifypatients 6 months before removing a drug from the
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market is a provision of the FDAMA.J J J J J J
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3. A nursing student asks a nurse about pharmaceutical research and wants to know the purpose of
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randomization in drug trials. The nurse explains that randomization is used to: J J J J J J J J J J J
a. ensure that differences in outcomes are the result of treatment and not differences in
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subjects.
b. compare the outcome caused by the treatment to the outcome caused by no treatment. J J J J J J J J J J J J J
c. make sure that researchers are unaware of which subjects are in which group.
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d. prevent subjects from knowing which group theyare in and prevent preconception bias. J J J J J J J J J J J J
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Randomization helps prevent allocation bias, which can occur when researchers place subjects with J J J J J J J J J J J J J
desired characteristics in the study group and other subjects in the control group so that differences in
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outcome are actually the result of differences in subjects and not treatment.
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Comparing treatment outcome to no treatment outcome is the definition of a controlled study. The J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J
last two options describe the use of blinding in studies; blinding ensures that researchers or
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subjects (or both) are unaware of which subjects are in which group so that preconceptions about
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benefits and risks cannot bias the results. J J J J J J
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4. Someone asks a nurse about a new drug that is in preclinical testing and wants to know why it
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cannot be used to treat a friend‘s illness. Which statement by the nurse is correct?
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a. ―A drug at this stage of development can be used only in patients with serious disease.‖
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b. ―At this stage of drug development, the safetyand usefulness of the medication is
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unknown.‖
c. ―Clinical trials must be completed to make sure the drug is safe to use in humans.‖ J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J
d. ―Until postmarketing surveillance data are available, the drug cannot be used.‖ J J J J J J J J J J
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Preclinical testing must be completed before drugs can be tested in humans. In this stage, drugs are
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evaluated for toxicities, pharmacokinetic properties, and potentially useful effects. Some drugs
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can be used in patients before completion of Phase III studies, but this is after preclinical testing is
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complete. Clinical trials proceed in stages, and each stage has guidelines defining how a new drug
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may be used and which patients may receive it. Postmarketing surveillance takes place after a drug
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is in general use.
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5. A patient asks a nurse why drugs that have been approved bythe FDA still have unknown side
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effects. The nurse tell the patient that: J J J J J J
a. testing for all side effects of a medication would be prohibitively expensive.
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b. patients in drug trials often are biased by their preconceptions of a drug‘s benefits.
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c. researchers tend to conduct studies that will prove the benefits of their new drugs. J J J J J J J J J J J J J
d. subjects in drug trials do not always represent the full spectrum of possible patients. J J J J J J J J J J J J J
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All drug trials are limited by a relatively small group of subjects who may not have all the
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characteristics of people who will be using the drug; therefore, some side effects go undetected J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J
until the drug is in use. Although drug trials are very expensive, this is onlyan indirect reason they
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do not detect all side effects before approval. In theory, well-designed drug trials, using blinded
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studies, minimize or eliminate subject bias. Designing studies to prove desired results is unethical.
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6. A nurse is teaching nursing students about the use of nonproprietary names for drugs. The nurse
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tells them which fact about nonproprietary names?
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a. They are approved by the FDA and are easy to remember.J J J J J J J J J J
b. They are assigned by the U.S. Adopted Names Council. J J J J J J J J
c. They clearly identify the drug‘s pharmacological classification.
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d. They imply the efficacy of the drug and are less complex.
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Nonproprietary, or generic, names are assigned by the U.S. Adopted Names Council, which J J J J J J J J J J J J J
ensures that each drug has only one name. Trade names, or brand names, are approved by the FDA
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and are easier to remember. Some nonproprietary names contain syllables that identify the
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classification, although not all do. Drug names are not supposed to identifythe use for the drug,J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J
although some brand names do so. J J J J J
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1. A patient tells the nurse that the oral drug that has been prescribed has caused a lot of stomach
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discomfort in the past. What will the nurse ask the prescriber? J J J J J J J J J J
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b. Whether the medication can be given by a parenteral route instead J J J J J J J J J J
c. To order an enteric-coated form of the drug
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d. Whether the patient can receive a sustained-release preparation of the drug J J J J J J J J J J
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Enteric-coated drugs are preparations that have been coated with a material that dissolves in the J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J
intestines, not the stomach. This coating is used either to protect the drug from stomach acid and
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pepsin or to protect the stomach from a drug that can cause gastric upset. Sublingual forms often are
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used for drugs that undergo rapid inactivation during the first pass through the hepatic circulation so
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that the drug can be absorbed directly into the systemic circulation.
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Parenteral routes are more costly and less safe than oral administration and should not be used
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unless necessary. A sustained-release preparation is used to release the drug into the body over a
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specific period to reduce the number of daily doses required to sustain therapeutic drug levels.
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REF: ComparingOral Administration with Parenteral Administration
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2. A patient claims to get better effects with a tablet of Brand X of a drug than with a tablet of Brand
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Y of the same drug. Both brands contain the same amount of the active ingredient. What does the
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nurse know to be most likely? J J J J J
a. Advertising bypharmaceutical companies can enhance patient expectations of one brand J J J J J J J J J J J
over another, leading to a placebo effect. J J J J J J
b. Because the drug preparations are chemically equivalent, the effects of the two brands J J J J J J J J J J J J J
must be identical. J J
c. Tablets can differ in composition and can have differing rates of disintegration and J J J J J J J J J J J J
dissolution, which can alter the drug‘s effects in the body. J J J J J J J J J
d. The bioavailability of a drug is determined by the amount of the drug in each dose.
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Even if two brands of a drug are chemically equivalent (i.e., they have identical amounts of the
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same chemical compound), they can have different effects in the body if they differ in
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bioavailability. Tablets made bydifferent manufacturers contain different binders and fillers, J J J J J J J J J J J
which disintegrate and dissolve at different rates and affect the bioavailability of the drug.
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Two brands may be chemicallyequivalent and still differ in bioavailability, which is not determined
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by the amount of drug in the dose.
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