Chapter 1 Review

Multiple Choice

Clinical pharmacology is the study of

• the biologic effects of chemicals

• drugs used to treat, prevent, or diagnose disease

• plant components that can be used as medicines

• Binders and other vehicles for delivering medication

Multiple Choice

Phase I drug studies involve

• the use of laboratory animals to test chemicals

• patients with the disease the drug is designed to treat

• mass marketing surveys of drug effects in large numbers of people

• healthy human volunteers who are often paid for their participation

Multiple Choice

The generic name of a drug is

• the name assigned to the drug by the pharmaceutical company developing it

• the chemical name of the drug based on its chemical structure

• the original name assigned to the drug at the beginning of the evaluation process

• the name that is often used in advertising campaigns

Multiple Choice

An orphan drug is a drug that

• has failed to go through the approval process

• is available in a foreign country but not in this country

• has been tested but is not considered to be financially viable

• is available without a prescription

Multiple Choice

The FDA pregnancy categories were used

• to indicate a drug's potential or actual teratogenic effects

• for research purposes only

• to list drugs that are more likely to have addicting properties

• to follow regulations set by the DEA

Multiple Choice

The storing, prescribing, and distributing of controlled substances, drugs that are more apt to be addictive, are monitored by

• the FDA

• the Department of Commerce

• the Federal Bureau of Investigation

• the DEA

Multiple Choice

Healthy young women are sometimes not able to be involved in phase I studies of drugs because

• male bodies are more predictable and responsive to chemicals

• females are more apt to suffer problems with ova, which are formed only before birth

• males can tolerate the unknown adverse effects of many drugs better than females

• there are no standards to use to evaluate the female response

A patient has been taking fluoxetin (Prozac) for several years, but when picking up the prescription this month found that the tablets looked different and became concerned. The nurse, checking with the pharmacist, found that fluoxetine had just become available in the generic form and the prescription had been filled with the generic product.

Multiple Choice

The nurse should tell the patient

• that the new tablet may have similar effects or may not so the patient should carefully monitor response

• that generic drugs are available without a prescription and they are just as safe as the brand name medication

• that the law requires that prescriptions be filled with the generic form if available to cut down the cost of medications

• that the pharmacist filled the prescription with the wrong drug and it should be returned to the pharmacy for a refund