Pharmacology NURS 251 Module 1 Exam
1. A patient recently started taking a new medication; he mentions to his
doctor at his next appointment that he has noticed his mouth is extremely
dry since starting the medication to the point where he is not able to eat.
He has tried managing it with lozenges and increased liquids and nothing
seems to work. What drug effect best describes the dry mouth this patient is
experiencing ANS Adverse Effect
2. True/False
Depending on the risk vs. benefit to the patient it is sometimes necessary to
continue treatment despite a harmful adverse event occurring ANS True
3. True/False
The site within the cell that a drug binds to in order to exert its therapeutic
effect is known as the receptor ANS True
4. True/False
When a drug binds to a cell exerting it effect leading to an increase in that
cell's physiologic response the drug is acting as an agonist ANS True
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, 5. True/False
Duration of action is defined as that time from administration to the time the
drug shows it first effect ANS False
6. True/False
All drugs have both a trade name and a generic name ANS True
7. True/False
There can be multiple generic names for the same chemical compound ANS
False
8. Select the dosage form that is best described as a flattened tablet that
dissolves in the mouth ANS Troche
9. True/False
Tablets that are coated with an acid-resistant substance to prevent dissolution
in the stomach are called enteric coated ANS True
10. Which dosage form is designed to melt at body temperature ANS
Supposito-ries
11. True/False
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1. A patient recently started taking a new medication; he mentions to his
doctor at his next appointment that he has noticed his mouth is extremely
dry since starting the medication to the point where he is not able to eat.
He has tried managing it with lozenges and increased liquids and nothing
seems to work. What drug effect best describes the dry mouth this patient is
experiencing ANS Adverse Effect
2. True/False
Depending on the risk vs. benefit to the patient it is sometimes necessary to
continue treatment despite a harmful adverse event occurring ANS True
3. True/False
The site within the cell that a drug binds to in order to exert its therapeutic
effect is known as the receptor ANS True
4. True/False
When a drug binds to a cell exerting it effect leading to an increase in that
cell's physiologic response the drug is acting as an agonist ANS True
1/4
, 5. True/False
Duration of action is defined as that time from administration to the time the
drug shows it first effect ANS False
6. True/False
All drugs have both a trade name and a generic name ANS True
7. True/False
There can be multiple generic names for the same chemical compound ANS
False
8. Select the dosage form that is best described as a flattened tablet that
dissolves in the mouth ANS Troche
9. True/False
Tablets that are coated with an acid-resistant substance to prevent dissolution
in the stomach are called enteric coated ANS True
10. Which dosage form is designed to melt at body temperature ANS
Supposito-ries
11. True/False
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