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PTP Chapter 23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In ____, the cell engulfs the substance & permits the substance to enter the cell. | Pinocytosis |
| When a chemical (drug) binds with a ____, it is stimulated to either produce or inhibit a specific action. | Receptor |
| A drug's _____ is the location where it will exercise its designed effect. | Site of Action |
| According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine, alcoholism is a: | Primary, chronic disease |
| Half-Life is written as: | T 1/2 |
| U would use ____ if u wanted to find out how drugs r changed in the body from their original form to something the body can use. | Pharmacokinetics |
| ____ is the degree to which a drug becomes available to tissues after administration. | Bioavailability |
| An interaction that occurs when 2 or more drugs r administered to a patient, resulting in either an increase or decease in therapeutic effects or an adverse reaction, is known as an: | Drug-Drug Interaction |
| The body's response to a drug is known as the: | Desired Effect |
| Drug-Drug interactions may occur because ____ healthy people. | Drug testing procedures r performed on |
| ____ is the measurement of the strength of the drug that is required to have a specific effect on the body. | Potency |
| When the serum concentration levels of a drug reach less than 3%, it is considered: | To be removed from the body |
| ____ is the process by which the drug is moved from the bloodstream to body tissues or receptors | Distribution |
| Wellbutrin XL is sometimes prescibed for: | Smoking Cessation |
| What kind of drug works by blocking the action of a receptor? | Antagonist |
| In combination with alcohol, Cimetidine can cause: | Rapid heartbeat, sudden changes in blood pressure, & possible coma |
| Which is a type of dementia that is often accompanied by specific nutritional problems: | Weicke-Korsakoff's Syndrome |
| Thanks to the ____ of anesthesia drugs, the pathway between the central & peripheral nervous systems is blocked so the patient cannot feel pain. | Mechanism of Action |
| For an oral medication to be absorbed in the body, it must undergo the ____, which is completed in the liver. | First-Pass Process |
| An ___ is a specific type of drug that produces a certain & predicted action. | Agonist |
| The maximal response that the body has to a drug is known as the: | Ceiling |
| What is a measurement of the specific amount of a drug that will achieve 50% of the maximal response? | ED50 |
| A _____ indicates that the body's response to a drug is directly related to the amount of the drug taken. | Dose-Response Curve |
| All of the following r characteristics of addiction EXCEPT: | Lessening Denial |
| _____ occurs when a person requires larger doses of a drug to achieve the same effect. | Tolerance |
| Which of the following describes a type of natural or synthetic drug that has properties that interfere with specific receptors in the brain that "turn off" pain in the body? | Opioids |
| ___ is the location where the drug binds to the cell. | Receptor Site |
| An ____ is a specific type of drug that does not produce any noticeable or desirable effect of its own, but blocks other chemicals from attaching to the cell receptor. | Antagonist |
| The process by which drugs affect the cells in the body by interacting with drug receptors can be compared to an: | Lock & Key |
| Which type of drug transportation into the cell does NOT require the cell to expand energy? | Facilitated Diffusion |
| The length of time in which a specific drug will continue to have the same degree of effect is known as the: | Time Response Curve |
| Hydrocodone can cause ____ when combined with alcohol. | Drowsiness,Dizziness, & Risk of overdose |
| A drug that is designed to produce an action rather than stop and action is called an: | Agonist |
| The time it takes a drug to be eliminated from the body is its: | Clearance |
| The study of the time course of a drug & its metabolites in the body following drug administration by any route best defines: | Pharmacokinetics |
| Which U.S. federal law classifies medication that have a potential for abuse by a number ranging form I-V | Controlled Substance Act of 1970 |
| In ____, a carrier protein permits specific molecules to pass through certain parts of the cell. | Facilitated Diffusion |
| A ____ refers to a large number of similar cells, where a drug is expected to work. | Target Cell |
| Potency is the measurement of the ____ of the drug that is required to have a specific effect on the body. | Strength |
| ____ is the process by which the drug is moved from its site of administration into the bloodstream. | Absorption |
| ____ is the process by which drugs r eliminated from the body. | Excretion |
| ____ is the movement of a substance across a cell membrane. | Passive Diffusion |
| The specific amount of the drug required to achieve a desired effect is known as the: | Dose |
| What should a pharmacy technician do if they suspect that a patient is addicted to a drug? | Bring the matter to the attention of the pharmacist |
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