Chapter 23 Quiz The Roles of Medicine

Medicines are substances that when taken internally or applied to the body help prevent or cure a disease or other medical problems.

• True

• False

A preparation containing weakened or dead pathogens that cause a particular disease are called?

What are Analgesics used for?

• Relieve pain

• Prevent diseases

• Help the heart and regulate blood pressure.

What are Side effects?

• The interaction of two or more medicines that results in a greater effect than when the medicines are taken independently.

• Occurs when medicines work together in positive ways.

• Reactions to medicines other then the one intended.

Additive interaction occurs when medicines work together in positive ways.

• True

• False

The interaction of two or more medicines that results in a greater effect than when the medicines are taken independently is called the?

• Antagonistic interaction

• Synergistic effect

• Additive interaction

When the effect of a medicine is cancelled or reduced when taken with another medicine it is called?

• Antagonistic interaction

• Additive interaction

• Synergistic effect

What is the condition in which the body becomes used to the effect of a medicine?

• Side effects

• Withdrawal

• Tolerance

Withdrawal is the process that occurs when a person stops using a medicine or other substance to which he or she has a physiological dependency.

• True

• False

What are Prescription drugs?

• Medicines that cannot be used safely without the written approval of a licensed physician.

• A variety of medicines that you can buy without a doctor's prescription.