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Carnegie Pharmacolog
Practice Quiz -- Pharmacokinetics 11-20
Question | Answer |
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in what cell does biotransformation of drugs most often take place? | Hepatocyte |
antidotes block specific receptor sites through a process called | competitive inhibition |
1 milligram equals | 1000 micrograms |
1 milligram equals 1000 micrograms blood disgraces or die after these are | permanent abnormality of platelets |
administering drugs according to a sliding scale insulin dosage based on what glucose level is a form of drug | titration |
elderly persons may have more active drug circulating in their bloodstream because they have less of this bound to the plasma protein | albumin |
20% of hospitalizations for patients over the age of 65 are for adverse effects of medications. Illness due to drug reactions or interactions can be referred to as: | Iatrogenic |
radiographic contrast, as well as some antibiotics may be nephrotoxic. Which of the following conditions is an example of nephrotoxicity? | Acute tubular necrosis |
potentiation is a form of: | synergism |
a water-soluble drug binds to a cell membrane receptor. In order to cause a charge in an intracellular enzyme what type ofsomething such as cyclic adenosine monophosphate must be active. What is this called? | Second messenger |