Pharmacodynamics questions with correct
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MEDWATCH --- correct answer ---A national database and reporting system
set up and operated by the FDA, to monitor medication problems, and
medication errors. (p. 728)
Allergic Effect --- correct answer ---An immune system response that occurs
when the body interprets the administered drug as a foreign substance and
forms antibodies against the drug. (p. 728)
Anaphylaxis --- correct answer ---A sudden, severe allergic reaction that is
life threatening and results in respiratory distress, sudden severe
bronchospasm, and cardiovascular collapse. (p. 728)
Drug tolerance --- correct answer ---When the body becomes accustomed to
the effects of a particular drug over a period of time, it is
called____________(p.728)
Toxic effects --- correct answer ---Specific groups of symptoms related to
drug therapy that carry risk for permanent damage or death. Example
hepatoxicity, which is specific damage to the liver. (p. 728)
, Cumulative effect --- correct answer ---When the body cannot metabolize a
dose of a drug before another dose is delivered. Each new dose increases the
quanta in the body, leading to toxicity. (p. 728)
Idiosyncratic Effect (aka, paradoxical effect) --- correct answer ---Any
unusual or peculiar response to a drug that may manifest itself by: over-
response, under-response, or even the opposite of the expected response. (p.
728)
Drug interaction --- correct answer ---When one drug is affected in some
way by another drug, a food, or another substance taken at the same time.
Antagonist effect --- correct answer ---In drug-drug interactions, when the
combined effect of two or more drugs acting simultaneously produces an
effect either LESS than that of each drug alone.
Synergistic effect --- correct answer ---In drug-drug interactions, when the
combined effect of two or more drugs acting simultaneously produces an
effect either GREATER than that of each drug alone.
Pharmacology --- correct answer ---The study that deals with chemicals that
affect the body's functioning. (p.723)