NURS 371 PHARMACOLOGY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE ALREADY GRADED A+
What is pharmacology?
Biomedical study of the interaction of chemical substances with living systems, including cells, tissues
and organisms
What are drugs?
Substances or chemical agents that affect biological or living systems
What are biologics?
Naturally produced in an animal or human body. Examples: Vaccines, antibodies
What is alternative drug therapy?
Includes herbs, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements and natural extracts
What is pharmacotherapeutics?
Describes the part of science dealing with the use of drugs in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
of diseaes
What is pharmacokinetics?
Study of a drug movement throughout the body, including how a drug gets to the site of action, and
how the body handles medications
What is pharmacodynamics?
Actions of a drug on a specific target organ
What is pharmacogenetics?
Convergence of pharmacology and genetics
What is posology?
Study of the dosages of medicines and drugs
What is toxicology?
Scientific study of poisons, industrial pollutants, and the undesirable effects of drugs on living cells,
tissues, and organisims.
What is the role of pharmacology in the dental hygiene prosses?
Asses the drugs by reviewing medical/health history
Ask about allergic reactions
Be familiar with all drugs the patient is taking
Know and understand that drugs impact the management of patients
, What are the various online and computer drug references?
Printed (books and journals)
Computer (PDAs and software resources)
Online Resources
What is U.S. Pharmacopoeia?
USP
Established in 1920
First publication of drug standards
Verifies purity and exact amounts of ingredients
What happened in 1902?
Congress passed the Biologics Control Act to control the quality of serums and other blood-related
products
What happened in 1906?
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 gave the government control over labeling medicines
What happened in 1912?
The Pure Food and Drug Act was amended and an even stronger Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Passed in
1938
What happened in 1930?
The Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration was shortened to the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
What happened in 1938?
The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was the first law requiring evidence of safety of a drug before it is
marketed to the general public
What happened in 1952?
Durham-Humphrey Amendment which clarified prescription and non prescription drugs
What happened in 1962?
The Kefauver-Harris Amendments required the demonstration of safety and efficacy in animal and
human studies before a drug is put on the market
What happened in 1983?
The Orphan Drug ACt requires drug manufactures to make drugs that would not be used in large
quantities and this would not generate monetary gains and use them in the treatment of rare diseases.
What happened in 1986?
LATEST UPDATE ALREADY GRADED A+
What is pharmacology?
Biomedical study of the interaction of chemical substances with living systems, including cells, tissues
and organisms
What are drugs?
Substances or chemical agents that affect biological or living systems
What are biologics?
Naturally produced in an animal or human body. Examples: Vaccines, antibodies
What is alternative drug therapy?
Includes herbs, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements and natural extracts
What is pharmacotherapeutics?
Describes the part of science dealing with the use of drugs in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
of diseaes
What is pharmacokinetics?
Study of a drug movement throughout the body, including how a drug gets to the site of action, and
how the body handles medications
What is pharmacodynamics?
Actions of a drug on a specific target organ
What is pharmacogenetics?
Convergence of pharmacology and genetics
What is posology?
Study of the dosages of medicines and drugs
What is toxicology?
Scientific study of poisons, industrial pollutants, and the undesirable effects of drugs on living cells,
tissues, and organisims.
What is the role of pharmacology in the dental hygiene prosses?
Asses the drugs by reviewing medical/health history
Ask about allergic reactions
Be familiar with all drugs the patient is taking
Know and understand that drugs impact the management of patients
, What are the various online and computer drug references?
Printed (books and journals)
Computer (PDAs and software resources)
Online Resources
What is U.S. Pharmacopoeia?
USP
Established in 1920
First publication of drug standards
Verifies purity and exact amounts of ingredients
What happened in 1902?
Congress passed the Biologics Control Act to control the quality of serums and other blood-related
products
What happened in 1906?
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 gave the government control over labeling medicines
What happened in 1912?
The Pure Food and Drug Act was amended and an even stronger Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Passed in
1938
What happened in 1930?
The Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration was shortened to the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
What happened in 1938?
The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was the first law requiring evidence of safety of a drug before it is
marketed to the general public
What happened in 1952?
Durham-Humphrey Amendment which clarified prescription and non prescription drugs
What happened in 1962?
The Kefauver-Harris Amendments required the demonstration of safety and efficacy in animal and
human studies before a drug is put on the market
What happened in 1983?
The Orphan Drug ACt requires drug manufactures to make drugs that would not be used in large
quantities and this would not generate monetary gains and use them in the treatment of rare diseases.
What happened in 1986?
