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NU 578 UNIT 1 EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM|
COMPLETE 200 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+| NU 578 UNIT 1 USA (MOST
RECENT!!)
Schedule I .....ANSWER..... Drugs in this schedule have no
accepted medical use in the United States and have a high
abuse potential.
Examples are heroin, marijuana, LSD, peyote, etc.
Schedule II .....ANSWER..... Drugs in this schedule have a high
abuse potential with severe psychic or physical dependence
liability. Included are certain narcotic analgesics, stimulants, and
depressant drugs.
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Examples are opium, morphine, codeine, hydromorphone,
methadone, meperidine, oxycodone, anileridine, cocaine,
amphetamine, methamphetamine, phenmetrazine,
methylphenidate, amobarbital, pentobarbital, secobarbital,
methaqualone, and phencyclidine.
Schedule III .....ANSWER..... Drugs in this schedule have an abuse
potential less than those in Schedules I and II and include
compounds containing limited quantities of certain narcotic
analgesic drugs, and other drugs such as barbiturates,
glutethimide, methyprylon, and chlorphentemine.
Any suppository dosage form containing amobarbital,
secobarbital, or pentobarbital is in this schedule.
Schedule IV .....ANSWER..... Drugs in this schedule have an abuse
potential less than those listed in Schedule III and include such
drugs as barbital, phenobarbital, chloral hydrate, ethchlorvynol,
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meprobabmate, chlordizepoxide, diazepam, oxazepam,
chloroazepate, flurazepam, etc.
Schedule V .....ANSWER..... Drugs in this schedule have an abuse
potential less than those listed in Schedule IV and consist
primarily of preparations containing limited quantities of certain
narcotic analgesic drugs used for antitussive and antidiarrheal
purposes.
Absorption .....ANSWER..... Process of drug movement from its site
of administration into the blood
Most common mechanism for drug absorption .....ANSWER.....
passive diffusion
First-pass effect
(presystemic metabolism) .....ANSWER..... Rapid hepatic
inactivation of certain oral drugs
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drug is metabolized (chemically altered) as it passes through
either 1) gut wall, and 2) liver.
Distribution .....ANSWER..... drug movement from the blood to the
interstitial space of tissues and from there into cells
Barriers to distribution .....ANSWER..... - Blood brain barrier
- Placenta
Physiologic Factors Affecting Distribution .....ANSWER..... -
Perfusion
- Binding of drug to plasma protein
- Specialized Distribution Barriers
Albumin .....ANSWER..... Binds acidic drugs
Protein (albumin) binding .....ANSWER..... Prevents bound drug
molecules from leaving the bloodstream
NU 578 UNIT 1 EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM|
COMPLETE 200 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+| NU 578 UNIT 1 USA (MOST
RECENT!!)
Schedule I .....ANSWER..... Drugs in this schedule have no
accepted medical use in the United States and have a high
abuse potential.
Examples are heroin, marijuana, LSD, peyote, etc.
Schedule II .....ANSWER..... Drugs in this schedule have a high
abuse potential with severe psychic or physical dependence
liability. Included are certain narcotic analgesics, stimulants, and
depressant drugs.
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Examples are opium, morphine, codeine, hydromorphone,
methadone, meperidine, oxycodone, anileridine, cocaine,
amphetamine, methamphetamine, phenmetrazine,
methylphenidate, amobarbital, pentobarbital, secobarbital,
methaqualone, and phencyclidine.
Schedule III .....ANSWER..... Drugs in this schedule have an abuse
potential less than those in Schedules I and II and include
compounds containing limited quantities of certain narcotic
analgesic drugs, and other drugs such as barbiturates,
glutethimide, methyprylon, and chlorphentemine.
Any suppository dosage form containing amobarbital,
secobarbital, or pentobarbital is in this schedule.
Schedule IV .....ANSWER..... Drugs in this schedule have an abuse
potential less than those listed in Schedule III and include such
drugs as barbital, phenobarbital, chloral hydrate, ethchlorvynol,
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meprobabmate, chlordizepoxide, diazepam, oxazepam,
chloroazepate, flurazepam, etc.
Schedule V .....ANSWER..... Drugs in this schedule have an abuse
potential less than those listed in Schedule IV and consist
primarily of preparations containing limited quantities of certain
narcotic analgesic drugs used for antitussive and antidiarrheal
purposes.
Absorption .....ANSWER..... Process of drug movement from its site
of administration into the blood
Most common mechanism for drug absorption .....ANSWER.....
passive diffusion
First-pass effect
(presystemic metabolism) .....ANSWER..... Rapid hepatic
inactivation of certain oral drugs
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drug is metabolized (chemically altered) as it passes through
either 1) gut wall, and 2) liver.
Distribution .....ANSWER..... drug movement from the blood to the
interstitial space of tissues and from there into cells
Barriers to distribution .....ANSWER..... - Blood brain barrier
- Placenta
Physiologic Factors Affecting Distribution .....ANSWER..... -
Perfusion
- Binding of drug to plasma protein
- Specialized Distribution Barriers
Albumin .....ANSWER..... Binds acidic drugs
Protein (albumin) binding .....ANSWER..... Prevents bound drug
molecules from leaving the bloodstream
