ACCS PHARMACOLOGY questions with
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DRUGS ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION (5) Answer✔✔ 1. Enteral
2. Parenteral
3. Transdermal
4. Inhalation
5. Topical
What is enteral route ? Answer✔✔ ENTERAL - absorbed in GI
a. sublingual
b. oral
c. buccal/ lingual/ sublingual
d. rectal
What is the Parenteral route? (3) Answer✔✔ Parenteral
a. Intravenous ( IV)
b. intramuscular (IM)
c. subcutaneous (SubQ).
What is the transdermal route? Answer✔✔ delivered through the skin into the
blood stream
What is the inhalation route? (2) Answer✔✔ a. aerosolized
b. airway instillation
, What is the topical route? Answer✔✔ medication to the body surface for local
effects
Name the (9) drug classifications Answer✔✔ 1. sedatives
2. anesthetics
3. analgesics
4. neuromuscular blocking agents
5. bronchodilators
6. cardiac drugs
7. vasoactive drugs
8. renal drugs
9. anti- infective agents
What are sedatives? Answer✔✔ decrease anxiety and promotes relaxtion
What are anesthetics? Answer✔✔ reduce patients ability to perceive sensation
What are analgesics ? Answer✔✔ reduces the sensation of pain
What are neuromuscular blocking agents ? Answer✔✔ cause paralysis of skeletal
muscles
What are bronchodilators ? Answer✔✔ open airways
Name the two cardiac drugs and what they do. Answer✔✔ 1. Chronotropic.......
increases the heart rate
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DRUGS ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION (5) Answer✔✔ 1. Enteral
2. Parenteral
3. Transdermal
4. Inhalation
5. Topical
What is enteral route ? Answer✔✔ ENTERAL - absorbed in GI
a. sublingual
b. oral
c. buccal/ lingual/ sublingual
d. rectal
What is the Parenteral route? (3) Answer✔✔ Parenteral
a. Intravenous ( IV)
b. intramuscular (IM)
c. subcutaneous (SubQ).
What is the transdermal route? Answer✔✔ delivered through the skin into the
blood stream
What is the inhalation route? (2) Answer✔✔ a. aerosolized
b. airway instillation
, What is the topical route? Answer✔✔ medication to the body surface for local
effects
Name the (9) drug classifications Answer✔✔ 1. sedatives
2. anesthetics
3. analgesics
4. neuromuscular blocking agents
5. bronchodilators
6. cardiac drugs
7. vasoactive drugs
8. renal drugs
9. anti- infective agents
What are sedatives? Answer✔✔ decrease anxiety and promotes relaxtion
What are anesthetics? Answer✔✔ reduce patients ability to perceive sensation
What are analgesics ? Answer✔✔ reduces the sensation of pain
What are neuromuscular blocking agents ? Answer✔✔ cause paralysis of skeletal
muscles
What are bronchodilators ? Answer✔✔ open airways
Name the two cardiac drugs and what they do. Answer✔✔ 1. Chronotropic.......
increases the heart rate
