PHAR 104 NS Drugs

PHAR 104 NS Drugs

Multiple Choice

Which of the following routes would have the fastest onset of action?

• Oral

• Intravenous

• Topical

• Inhalation

Multiple Choice

Why is the route of administration important to the “first-pass effect”?

• The route can help determine if the drug is being taken as prescribed and therefore is overcoming the first-pass effect.

• A drug can be significantly reduced to its inactive metabolite before first entering circulation when administered orally.

• Drugs administered parenterally are highly subject to the first-pass effect and should therefore be dosed accordingly.

• Bioavailability of drug can be greatly reduced when the drug is administered by a route other than orally.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a site of drug elimination?

• lungs

• kidney

• liver

• bowel

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is best associated with the Pharmaceutical class of a drug?

• Body system

• Condition being treated

• Mechanism of action

Multiple Choice

The autonomic nervous system is a subdivision of the

• central nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

• sympathetic nervous system

• parasympathetic nervous system

Multiple Select

Stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system can cause (check all)

• hypertension

• shallow breathing

• dilated pupils

• increase in heart rate

• diarrhea

Open Ended

What question do you have regarding the overview of the Nervous system?