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WorksheetsPharmacology & Toxicology CAT 1
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Chemotherapy refers to:
Use of radiation
Use of drugs/chemicals to inhibit pathogens
Use of surgery
Use of herbal medicine
Which of the following is not a chemotherapeutic agent?
Antibiotic
Antifungal
Antiviral
Analgesic
The father of chemotherapy is:
Alexander Fleming
Paul Ehrlich
Louis Pasteur
Robert Koch
Selective toxicity means:
Drug kills host cells
Drug kills microbes without harming host
Drug affects both host and microbes equally
Drug is toxic only in high doses
MIC (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration) is:
Lowest concentration that kills bacteria
Lowest concentration that inhibits visible growth
Highest tolerated dose
Ratio of toxic to therapeutic dose
MBC (Minimum Bactericidal Concentration) is bactericidal if:
MBC=MIC
MBC≤4×MIC
MBC≥MIC×10
MBC=MIC÷2
Bactericidal drugs:
Kill bacteria
Inhibit growth reversibly
Enhance host immunity only
Are always toxic to host
Example of bactericidal drug:
Sulphonamides
Chloramphenicol
Aminoglycosides
Tetracycline
Bacteriostatic drugs:
Kill bacteria directly
Inhibit growth reversibly
Are always preferred
Cannot be used in animals
Post-antibiotic effect (PAE) means:
Growth inhibition continues after drug concentration falls below MIC
Drug remains in plasma longer
Drug accumulates in tissues
Drug is excreted slowly
Clinical pharmacology is defined as:
Study of drugs in animals
Study of drugs in humans
Study of plant extracts
Study of toxicology only
Clinical pharmacology bridges:
Surgery and medicine
Classical pharmacology and clinical medicine
Chemistry and biology
Veterinary and human medicine
Fundamental problem of pharmacology includes:
Dose-response relationship
Genetic engineering
Herbal medicine
Surgical techniques
Pharmacokinetics deals with:
Mechanism of drug action
Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
Pharmacodynamics deals with:
Drug movement in body
Mechanism of drug action
Drug excretion
Drug absorption
Clinical pharmacologists are concerned with:
Optimal use of medications
Only drug discovery
Only herbal medicine
Only toxicology
Main goal of clinical pharmacology:
Development of new and improved pharmacotherapy
Elimination of old drugs
Study of herbal medicine
Study of surgical techniques
Rudolph Buchheim is known for:
Establishing pharmacology as lab-based discipline
Discovering penicillin
Introducing chemotherapy
Discovering sulfonamides
Gold & Modell contributed by:
Double-blind trial design
Discovery of aspirin
Discovery of streptomycin
Discovery of vaccines
Paul Martini introduced:
Placebos and trial methodology
Antibiotics
Vaccines
Chemotherapy
Preclinical development involves:
Human volunteers
Animal & lab studies
Marketing
Prescription writing
Phase I trials involve:
20–80 healthy volunteers
100–200 patients
Thousands of patients
Market release
Phase II trials involve:
Healthy volunteers
100–200 patients
Thousands of patients
Market approval
Phase III trials involve:
20–80 volunteers
100–200 patients
Thousands of patients
Only animals
NDA stands for:
New Drug Application
National Drug Authority
Non-Drug Approval
New Dosage Administration
Double-blind design means:
Both investigator & patient unaware of treatment
Only patient unaware
Only doctor unaware
Everyone knows
Placebo is:
Active drug
Inert substance with same appearance as drug
Toxic compound
Herbal medicine
Orphan drug is used for:
Common diseases
Rare diseases
Veterinary only
Cancer only
Controlled substances are regulated due to:
High cost
Abuse potential
Poor efficacy
Short shelf life
OTC drugs are:
Prescription only
Non-prescription drugs
Controlled substances
Herbal medicines
Pharmacognosy is study of:
Synthetic drugs
Drugs from natural sources
Clinical trials
Toxicology
Ethnomedicine refers to:
Traditional medicine practices
Modern pharmacology
Clinical trials
Synthetic drugs
Bioavailability means:
Fraction of drug reaching systemic circulation
Drug metabolism
Drug excretion
Drug toxicity
Therapeutic index is:
Ratio of toxic dose to effective dose
Ratio of MIC to MBC
Ratio of absorption to excretion
Ratio of potency to efficacy
Zero-order kinetics means:
Constant rate independent of concentration
Rate proportional to concentration
No metabolism occurs
Drug is not absorbed
First-order kinetics means:
Rate proportional to drug concentration
Constant rate
No metabolism
Drug is not excreted
Competitive antagonism occurs when:
Antagonist competes with agonist at receptor
Antagonist binds irreversibly
Antagonist enhances agonist
Antagonist blocks metabolism
Non-competitive antagonism occurs when:
Antagonist binds irreversibly at different site
Antagonist competes at same site
Antagonist enhances agonist
Antagonist blocks absorption
Adverse drug reaction (ADR) refers to:
Harmful unintended drug effect
Desired therapeutic effect
Placebo effect
Drug tolerance
Thalidomide tragedy was linked to:
Limb abnormalities (phocomelia)
Liver toxicity
Kidney failure
Cancer
Antibiotics are produced by:
Microorganisms
Plants only
Synthetic chemistry only
Animals
Example of natural antibiotic:
Penicillin
Sulfonamide
Aspirin
Paracetamol
Sulfonamides are:
Synthetic antimicrobial agents
Natural antibiotics
Antifungal drugs
Antiviral drugs
Synergism example:
Penicillin G + Streptomycin
Tetracycline + Penicillin
Chloramphenicol + Tetracycline
Aspirin + Paracetamol
Antagonism example:
Tetracycline + Penicillin
Penicillin + Streptomycin
