Galen Pharmacology Test 1 Exam Questions With Complete Solutions

Galen Pharmacology Test 1 Exam Questions With Complete Solutions ear drops - Correct Answer INSTILL AT ROOM TEMP/ child- down and back/ adult- up and back eye drops - Correct Answer important to instill the eye drop medication into the conjunctival sac (not the eyeball/cornea). inner to outer enema - Correct Answer patient lays on left side pharmacokinetic - Correct Answer what happens in the body once med is administered -Absorption -Distribution/ Binding -Metabolism -Renal Excretion first-pass effect - Correct Answer extent to which drug metabolized by liver before reaching systemic circulation protein binding - Correct Answer protein (usually albumin) binds to medication to help chemicals move through. When the medication is bound to the protein it is not available to perform its action the body free drug - Correct Answer The amount that is left not bound called the__________________and it performs the pharmacologic response pharmacodynamics phase - Correct Answer refers to the effects drugs will have on a patient and the mechanism of their actions. antacids drug absorption - Correct Answer Antacids cause a pharmokinetic interaction which is what the body does to the drug in terms of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. Antacids increase the PH of gastric juices which causes a decrease in the absorption of weak acid drugs such as tetracycline gastric and intestinal motility influence drug absorption. - Correct Answer Drug absorption is the movement of the drug into the bloodstream after administration (McCuistion & Vuljoin-Dimmagio, 2018, p. 16). The lining of the small intestine is covered in villi that increase the the surface area for absorption and is decreased because of disease or drugs (p.16). Absorption in the small intestine is done by passive transport, active transport, or pinocytosis (p.16). In the GI tract the lining is made up of a mucous membrane composes of lipids and proteins