PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY: EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST 2026
What is one way to counteract the GI side effects of constipation(what
change in diet?) - ANSWER-Fiber
What organ is most commonly responsible for the excretion of
medication from your body? - ANSWER-Kidney
What drugs can pass through the blood-placental barrier to harm the
fetus? - ANSWER-Alcohol and cocaine
What intended action delays clotting? - ANSWER-Coumadin
A drug that is given orally but acts in another area is called what? -
ANSWER-Systemic
A unique reaction to a drug is called? - ANSWER-Idiosyncrasy
What route has the quickest absorption into the bloodstream? -
ANSWER-Intravenous
Name a diagnostic drug? - ANSWER-Barium
, What is the source of barbiturates? - ANSWER-Synthetic
Is estrogen or flu vaccine a replacement drug - ANSWER-Estrogen
Alternative medicine includes natural or homeopathic remedies besides
what? - ANSWER-Electroshock therapy
What is the Ebers Papyrus? - ANSWER-An Egyptian medical document
written in the 1550 BCE.
Name a drug that is prophylactic drug - ANSWER-Flu vaccine
Name a palliative drug - ANSWER-Fever reducer
Name a replacement drug - ANSWER-Synthroid
Name a destructive drug - ANSWER-Antibiotic
What drugs causes birth defects? - ANSWER-Teratogenic
What term means "to not excrete drugs effectively"? - ANSWER-
cumulation
ANSWERS LATEST 2026
What is one way to counteract the GI side effects of constipation(what
change in diet?) - ANSWER-Fiber
What organ is most commonly responsible for the excretion of
medication from your body? - ANSWER-Kidney
What drugs can pass through the blood-placental barrier to harm the
fetus? - ANSWER-Alcohol and cocaine
What intended action delays clotting? - ANSWER-Coumadin
A drug that is given orally but acts in another area is called what? -
ANSWER-Systemic
A unique reaction to a drug is called? - ANSWER-Idiosyncrasy
What route has the quickest absorption into the bloodstream? -
ANSWER-Intravenous
Name a diagnostic drug? - ANSWER-Barium
, What is the source of barbiturates? - ANSWER-Synthetic
Is estrogen or flu vaccine a replacement drug - ANSWER-Estrogen
Alternative medicine includes natural or homeopathic remedies besides
what? - ANSWER-Electroshock therapy
What is the Ebers Papyrus? - ANSWER-An Egyptian medical document
written in the 1550 BCE.
Name a drug that is prophylactic drug - ANSWER-Flu vaccine
Name a palliative drug - ANSWER-Fever reducer
Name a replacement drug - ANSWER-Synthroid
Name a destructive drug - ANSWER-Antibiotic
What drugs causes birth defects? - ANSWER-Teratogenic
What term means "to not excrete drugs effectively"? - ANSWER-
cumulation
