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HOSA PHARMACOLOGY (NEW 2025/ 2026
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What is one example of a Topical Anti inflammatory or Corticosteroid
Agent? - ANS ✓hydrocortisone
Pharmacodynamics - ANS ✓the branch of pharmacology concerned with the
effects of drugs and the mechanism of their action.
Pharmacology - ANS ✓the branch of medicine concerned with the uses, effects,
and modes of action of drugs.
Pharmacokinetics - ANS ✓the branch of pharmacology concerned with the
movement of drugs within the body.
Pharmacotherapeutics - ANS ✓beneficial and adverse effects of drugs.
Polypharmacy - ANS ✓the simultaneous use of multiple drugs to treat a single
ailment or condition.
Potentiation - ANS ✓the increase in strength of nerve impulses along pathways
that have been used previously, either short-term or long-term.
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Receptor site - ANS ✓A molecular site or the docking port on the surface of, or
within, a cell, usually involving proteins that are capable of recognizing and
binding with specific molecules. Supplement. For example: CD4 receptor on the
surface of certain cells is the receptor site that HIV binds with and uses to enter
cells.
Recombinant DNA technology - ANS ✓segments of two or more different DNA
molecules.
Replacement therapy - ANS ✓treatment aimed at making up a deficit of a
substance normally present in the body.
Safe drug - ANS ✓a drug that causes no harmful effects when taken in high doses
over a long period of time.
Solubility - ANS ✓Ability of particles to be dissolved.
Distribution - ANS ✓is a branch of pharmacokinetics which describes the
reversible transfer of a drug from one location to another within the body.
Drug blood level - ANS ✓The concentration of drug and/or its active
metabolite(s) or chemical present in the blood (serum or plasma).
Drug half - ANS ✓when 0.5 concentration or amount of drug in the body
reduced.
Drug interaction - ANS ✓affects the activity of a drugs when both are
administered together.
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HOSA
HOSA PHARMACOLOGY (NEW 2025/ 2026
UPDATE) QS & AS | GRADE A|100%
CORRECT (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
What is one example of a Topical Anti inflammatory or Corticosteroid
Agent? - ANS ✓hydrocortisone
Pharmacodynamics - ANS ✓the branch of pharmacology concerned with the
effects of drugs and the mechanism of their action.
Pharmacology - ANS ✓the branch of medicine concerned with the uses, effects,
and modes of action of drugs.
Pharmacokinetics - ANS ✓the branch of pharmacology concerned with the
movement of drugs within the body.
Pharmacotherapeutics - ANS ✓beneficial and adverse effects of drugs.
Polypharmacy - ANS ✓the simultaneous use of multiple drugs to treat a single
ailment or condition.
Potentiation - ANS ✓the increase in strength of nerve impulses along pathways
that have been used previously, either short-term or long-term.
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Receptor site - ANS ✓A molecular site or the docking port on the surface of, or
within, a cell, usually involving proteins that are capable of recognizing and
binding with specific molecules. Supplement. For example: CD4 receptor on the
surface of certain cells is the receptor site that HIV binds with and uses to enter
cells.
Recombinant DNA technology - ANS ✓segments of two or more different DNA
molecules.
Replacement therapy - ANS ✓treatment aimed at making up a deficit of a
substance normally present in the body.
Safe drug - ANS ✓a drug that causes no harmful effects when taken in high doses
over a long period of time.
Solubility - ANS ✓Ability of particles to be dissolved.
Distribution - ANS ✓is a branch of pharmacokinetics which describes the
reversible transfer of a drug from one location to another within the body.
Drug blood level - ANS ✓The concentration of drug and/or its active
metabolite(s) or chemical present in the blood (serum or plasma).
Drug half - ANS ✓when 0.5 concentration or amount of drug in the body
reduced.
Drug interaction - ANS ✓affects the activity of a drugs when both are
administered together.
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