NURS 251 PHARMACOLOGY PORTAGE LEARNING
ACTUAL EXAM REAL QUESTIONS WITH WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS (CORRECT VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) LATEST UPDATED VERSION |ALREADY
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The study of how chemicals and biological systems interact - ANSWER:
Pharmacology
Where all is Pharmacology included? - ANSWER: Toxicology, Food sciences,
agriculture, and medicine
What are the three main sources of drugs today? - ANSWER: Natural Sources
Chemical Synthesis
Biotechnology
From the roots of belladonna plant - ANSWER: Atropine
From the leavew of the purple foxglove - ANSWER: Digitalis
From the seeds of the opium poppy - ANSWER: Morphine
What category drug is Atropine - ANSWER: Anticholinergic
What category drug is Cocaine - ANSWER: Local Anesthetic
What category drug is Digoxin - ANSWER: Cardiac Agent
What category drug is Ephedrine - ANSWER: Sympathomimetic
What category drug is Morphine - ANSWER: Analgesic
What category drug is Papaverine - ANSWER: Smooth Muscle Relaxant
What category drug is Pilocarpine - ANSWER: Paraymphathomimetic
What Plant produces Atropine - ANSWER: Atropa Belladonna
What Plant produces Cocaine - ANSWER: Erythroxylum Coca
What Plant produces Digoxin - ANSWER: Digitalis Purpurea
What Plant produces Ephedrine - ANSWER: Ephedra Sinica
What Plant produces Morphine - ANSWER: Papaver Somniferum
,What Plant produces Papaverine - ANSWER: Papaver Somniferum
What plant produces Pilocarpine - ANSWER: Pilocarpus Jaborandi
What drug is used to treat Breast Cancer? - ANSWER: Paclitaxel (Taxol)
What is Paclitaxel (Taxol) derived from? - ANSWER: Taxus baccata
What do animals provide to drugs? - ANSWER: Hormones
Drugs derived from Hogs/Pigs - ANSWER: Porcine
Drugs derived from cattle - ANSWER: Bovine
Minerals contained in some drugs - ANSWER: Calcium
Magnesium
Silver Salts
Two antacids that contain Calcium and Magnesium Hydroxides. - ANSWER: Tums and
Mylanta
Antimicrobial agent used in dressings for burn patients that contain silver salts -
ANSWER: Silver Sulfadiazine (Silvadene)
Drugs that are synthesized from laboratory chemicals - ANSWER: Synthetic Drug
Drugs that start with a natural substance that is extracted, purified, and altered by
chemical processes - ANSWER: Semisynthetic Drugs
What is an example of a Synthetic Drug. - ANSWER: Meperidine (Demerol)
What is an example of a semisynthetic drug? - ANSWER: Amoxicillin
Used to refer to the concepts of genetic engineering and recombinant DNA
technology. - ANSWER: Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a process that allows scientists to produce _________ from
_________ _________ that were previously available only from animals. - ANSWER:
Proteins; Bacteria Proteins
What are some drugs produced by biotechnology - ANSWER: Human Insulin
(Humulin)
Human Growth Hormone (Nutropin)
Human Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (Thyrogen)
Thrombolytic Agent Alterplase (Activase)
, How do we classify drugs? - ANSWER: What they do
What they affect
What they are
Relieve Pain - ANSWER: Analgesics
Block histamine production. - ANSWER: Histamine Receptor Antagonist
Affect the heart and circulatory system. - ANSWER: Cardiovascular Agents
A drug that relieves pain - ANSWER: Analgesics
A drug that delays or prevents blood coagulation - ANSWER: Anticoagulant
Drug that prevents or relieves nausea and vomiting - ANSWER: Antiemetic
Drug that opposes the action of histamine (H-Receptors.) These drugs treat allergies,
hives, and other local and systemic hypersensitivity reaction. - ANSWER:
Antihistamine
A drug that prevents or controls high blood pressure - ANSWER: Antihypertensive
A drug that counteracts inflammation - ANSWER: Anti-Inflammatory
A drug that prevents the development, growth, or proliferation of malignant cells -
ANSWER: Antineoplastic
A drug that reduces fever - ANSWER: Antipyretic
A drug that prevents or relieves spasm - ANSWER: Antispasmodic
A drug that exerts a soothing or tranquilizing effect. These may be general, local, or
vascular - ANSWER: Sedative
Drug that causes the breaking up of a thrombus - ANSWER: Thrombolytic
A drug that inhibits transmission of sympathetic nerve stimuli regardless of whether
alpha or beta-adrenergic receptors are involved - ANSWER: A-Adrenergic (Alpha-
Adrenergic) Blocker
Drug that produces the effect of acetylcholine - ANSWER: Cholinergic
Drug that increases urine output - ANSWER: Diuretic
Drug, medicine, surgical device, or blood component that serves to stop bleeding,
such as vasopressin, gamma-ainobutyric acid, vitamin K, whole blood, or epinephrine
applied locally - ANSWER: Hemostatic
ACTUAL EXAM REAL QUESTIONS WITH WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS (CORRECT VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) LATEST UPDATED VERSION |ALREADY
GRADED A+
The study of how chemicals and biological systems interact - ANSWER:
Pharmacology
Where all is Pharmacology included? - ANSWER: Toxicology, Food sciences,
agriculture, and medicine
What are the three main sources of drugs today? - ANSWER: Natural Sources
Chemical Synthesis
Biotechnology
From the roots of belladonna plant - ANSWER: Atropine
From the leavew of the purple foxglove - ANSWER: Digitalis
From the seeds of the opium poppy - ANSWER: Morphine
What category drug is Atropine - ANSWER: Anticholinergic
What category drug is Cocaine - ANSWER: Local Anesthetic
What category drug is Digoxin - ANSWER: Cardiac Agent
What category drug is Ephedrine - ANSWER: Sympathomimetic
What category drug is Morphine - ANSWER: Analgesic
What category drug is Papaverine - ANSWER: Smooth Muscle Relaxant
What category drug is Pilocarpine - ANSWER: Paraymphathomimetic
What Plant produces Atropine - ANSWER: Atropa Belladonna
What Plant produces Cocaine - ANSWER: Erythroxylum Coca
What Plant produces Digoxin - ANSWER: Digitalis Purpurea
What Plant produces Ephedrine - ANSWER: Ephedra Sinica
What Plant produces Morphine - ANSWER: Papaver Somniferum
,What Plant produces Papaverine - ANSWER: Papaver Somniferum
What plant produces Pilocarpine - ANSWER: Pilocarpus Jaborandi
What drug is used to treat Breast Cancer? - ANSWER: Paclitaxel (Taxol)
What is Paclitaxel (Taxol) derived from? - ANSWER: Taxus baccata
What do animals provide to drugs? - ANSWER: Hormones
Drugs derived from Hogs/Pigs - ANSWER: Porcine
Drugs derived from cattle - ANSWER: Bovine
Minerals contained in some drugs - ANSWER: Calcium
Magnesium
Silver Salts
Two antacids that contain Calcium and Magnesium Hydroxides. - ANSWER: Tums and
Mylanta
Antimicrobial agent used in dressings for burn patients that contain silver salts -
ANSWER: Silver Sulfadiazine (Silvadene)
Drugs that are synthesized from laboratory chemicals - ANSWER: Synthetic Drug
Drugs that start with a natural substance that is extracted, purified, and altered by
chemical processes - ANSWER: Semisynthetic Drugs
What is an example of a Synthetic Drug. - ANSWER: Meperidine (Demerol)
What is an example of a semisynthetic drug? - ANSWER: Amoxicillin
Used to refer to the concepts of genetic engineering and recombinant DNA
technology. - ANSWER: Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a process that allows scientists to produce _________ from
_________ _________ that were previously available only from animals. - ANSWER:
Proteins; Bacteria Proteins
What are some drugs produced by biotechnology - ANSWER: Human Insulin
(Humulin)
Human Growth Hormone (Nutropin)
Human Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (Thyrogen)
Thrombolytic Agent Alterplase (Activase)
, How do we classify drugs? - ANSWER: What they do
What they affect
What they are
Relieve Pain - ANSWER: Analgesics
Block histamine production. - ANSWER: Histamine Receptor Antagonist
Affect the heart and circulatory system. - ANSWER: Cardiovascular Agents
A drug that relieves pain - ANSWER: Analgesics
A drug that delays or prevents blood coagulation - ANSWER: Anticoagulant
Drug that prevents or relieves nausea and vomiting - ANSWER: Antiemetic
Drug that opposes the action of histamine (H-Receptors.) These drugs treat allergies,
hives, and other local and systemic hypersensitivity reaction. - ANSWER:
Antihistamine
A drug that prevents or controls high blood pressure - ANSWER: Antihypertensive
A drug that counteracts inflammation - ANSWER: Anti-Inflammatory
A drug that prevents the development, growth, or proliferation of malignant cells -
ANSWER: Antineoplastic
A drug that reduces fever - ANSWER: Antipyretic
A drug that prevents or relieves spasm - ANSWER: Antispasmodic
A drug that exerts a soothing or tranquilizing effect. These may be general, local, or
vascular - ANSWER: Sedative
Drug that causes the breaking up of a thrombus - ANSWER: Thrombolytic
A drug that inhibits transmission of sympathetic nerve stimuli regardless of whether
alpha or beta-adrenergic receptors are involved - ANSWER: A-Adrenergic (Alpha-
Adrenergic) Blocker
Drug that produces the effect of acetylcholine - ANSWER: Cholinergic
Drug that increases urine output - ANSWER: Diuretic
Drug, medicine, surgical device, or blood component that serves to stop bleeding,
such as vasopressin, gamma-ainobutyric acid, vitamin K, whole blood, or epinephrine
applied locally - ANSWER: Hemostatic
