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WorksheetsMedication Effects on the Body
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Fill in the blank: __________ are the good effects—the ones for which providers prescribe them.
Therapeutic effects
Adverse effects
Side effects
Toxic effects
Fill in the blank: __________ are undesirable unintended actions on the body, such as nausea or dry mouth, and can limit the usefulness of the medication.
Side effects
Dosages
Prescriptions
Therapies
Fill in the blank: __________ are unintended, harmful actions of the medication, such as an allergic reaction, and prevent further use of the medication.
Adverse effects
Therapeutic effects
Placebo effects
Desired effects
Fill in the blank: __________ are the problems for which the provider prescribes a particular medication.
Indications
Contraindications
Complications
Interactions
Fill in the blank: __________ are symptoms or conditions that make a specific treatment or medication inadvisable or even dangerous.
Contraindications
Indications
Complications
Precautions
Fill in the blank: __________ are problems that pose a lesser risk but require close observation and monitoring during medication therapy.
Precautions
Contraindications
Complications
Adverse reactions
What is the definition of a contraindication for a medication? Fill in the blank: Contraindications are symptoms or conditions that make a particular treatment or medication _______ or even dangerous.
inadvisable
preferable
mandatory
harmless
Which of the following best describes a contraindication?
A reason to prescribe a medication
A symptom or condition that makes a treatment inadvisable or dangerous
A side effect of a medication
A benefit of a medication
Kidneys also metabolize some medications.
True
False
Fill in the blank: One of the factors affecting metabolism is (a) .
Age
Color
Temperature
Light
Fill in the blank: The number of ________ a person takes can affect their metabolism.
medications
meals
hours of sleep
glasses of water
Which of the following are factors that affect metabolism?
Age and physical activity
Height and eye color
Blood type and hair length
Shoe size and favorite food
What are side effects?
Effects that are always harmful and unpredictable
Effects that develop predictably and are nearly unavoidable but not necessarily harmful
Effects that never occur with medication
Effects that only occur in rare cases
