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Schedule II Drugs - Answer Prescriptions cannot be refilled
Controlled drugs - Answer These drugs are categorized according to therapeutic usefulness and
potential for abuse
FDA (Food and Drug Administration) - Answer an agency in charge of assuring that new drugs are safe
and effective before approving drugs and allowing them to be marketed
Prototype - Answer Individual drugs that represent a group of drugs
How are drugs classified? - Answer According to their effects on particular body systems, their
therapeutic uses, and their chemical characteristics
Why are drugs given? - Answer For their local or systemic effects
What is the goal of pharmacoeconomics reseaerch? - Answer To identify drug therapy regimens that
provide the desired benefits with the least cost
Phase III studies - Answer Help to determine whether the potential benefits for the drug outweigh the
risks
Metabolism (biotransformation) - Answer Method by which drugs are inactivated or biotransferred by
the body
Toxic concentrations - Answer May stem from a single large dose or repeated small doses
Naloxone - Answer Used to relieve respiratory depression associated with morphine
, Hypothyroidism's effects on drugs - Answer slows metabolism which shortens drug action and hastens
elimination
Activated Charcoal - Answer Considered to be the universal antidote
Absorption - Answer Process that occurs from a time the drug enters the body to the time it enters the
bloodstream to be circulated
How does body weight affect drug action? - Answer Mainly in relation to dose
During pregnancy, a drug crosses what to harm the fetus? - Answer placenta
Placebos - Answer Used in clinical trieals to compare the medications being tested with a dummy
medication
How are pediatric drug doses determined? - Answer Strictly by the child's weight
What has an effect on how drugs are administered to the pediatric population? - Answer Total body
water, fat stores, and protein amounts
What is different about children under age two with medication administration? - Answer Immature
liver function limits the protein binding by drugs
Antidepressants play what role in a pediatric patient? - Answer May induce suicide
At what age has a child developed pharmacokinetic responses that resemble an adult? - Answer 12
IM injections are avoided in pediatric patients for what reson? - Answer Associated pain and
unpredictable absorption