Pharm Ch 2 Practice Quiz

Front 1

Distribution is the method by which drugs are inactivated or biotransferred by the body.

Back 1

False-that is metabolic process

Front 2

Toxic concentrations may stem from a single large dose or repeated small doses

Back 2

True

Front 3

Ingesting tyramine-containing foods with MAO inhibitors may produce severe hypertension.

Back 3

True

Front 4

Naloxone is used to relieve respiratory depression associated with morphine

Back 4

true

Front 5

Hyperthyroidism slows metabolism, which shortens drug action and hastens elimination

Back 5

false. It actually slows metabolism which prolongs drug action and slows elimination

Front 6

Activated ----- is considered the "universal" antedote.

Back 6

Charcoal

Front 7

----- is the process that occurs from a time a drug enters the body to the time it enters the bloodstream to be circulated

Back 7

absorption

Front 8

Body weight affects drug action mainly in relation to------

Back 8

Dose

Front 9

During pregnancy, drugs cross the ---- and may harm the fetus

Back 9

Placenta

Front 10

------are used in clinical drug trials to compare the medication being tested with a "dummy" medication

Back 10

Placebos