Moini Ch19 Pharmacology

The study of natural drugs is called

• pharmacology
• toxicology
• posology
• pharmacognosy
• pharmacokinetics.

Answer explanation

The study of natural drugs is called. Pharmacognosy. The formula that explains the composition of the drug is known as its. Chemical name. Drugs with high abuse potential and no accepted medical use are classified in Schedule.

Toxicology is the study of how natural or man-made poisons cause undesirable effects in living organisms.

Posology - study dosage

pharmcokometics- movement of drugs in the body.

Drugs with high abuse potential and no accepted medical use are classified in Schedule...

• I
• II
• III
• IV
• V

Answer explanation

Schedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.

The combined effect of two drugs that is less than the effect of either drug taken alone is called

• synergism
• dependence
• antagonism
• adverse effect.
• idiosyncrasy

Answer explanation

synergism -interaction between two or more drugs that causes the total effect of the drugs to be greater than the sum of the individual effects of each drug.

"Drug idiosyncrasy" refers to untoward reactions to drugs that occur in a small fraction of patients and have no obvious relationship to dose or duration of therapy.

Which of the following is not a bacteriostatic antibiotic?

• sulfonamide
• tetracycline
• penicillin
• chloramphenicol
• clindamycin

Answer explanation

"bacteriostatic antibiotics" is used to describe medications whose mechanism of action stalls bacterial cellular activity without directly causing bacterial death.

Estrogen is often prescribed to treat

• osteoporosis
• menarche
• ovarian failure.
• myasthenia gravis.
• gynecomastia

Answer explanation

Estrogen was often prescribed to help alleviate symptoms of menopause, as well as to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) and osteoporosis.

Cytomel® is a type of

• insulin
• antidepressant
• thyroid agent.
• cardiac glycoside.
• narcotic analgesic.

Answer explanation

Cytomel may be used alone or with other medications. Cytomel belongs to a class of drugs called Thyroid Products.

Cefazolin is a type of

• penicillin
• cephalosporin
• quinolone
• aminoglycoside
• vasodilator

Answer explanation

cephalosporin antibiotics. It works by killing bacteria or preventing their growth.

A controlled drug inventory must be completed at least every

• year
• four years.
• three years.
• two years.
• six months.

In the Physicians’ Desk Reference, the index of brand names and generic names for drugs is found in which section?

• white
• blue
• pink
• green
• red

Heroin is an example of a drug from which schedule?

• Schedule II
• Schedule I
• Schedule IV
• Schedule V
• Schedule III