Part 1 - General Principles of Pharmacology

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Proverbs 16:3

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a. Pharmacology

Study of drugs.

a. Pharmacology

b. Pharmacodynamics

c. Pharmacokinetics

d. Pharmacotherapeutics

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e. Eradication - should be CURE.

Drug is any article/agent used in the ______ of diseases in man and in animals.

Except:

a. Mitigation

b. Diagnosis

c. Prevention

d. Treatment

e. Eradication

f. None

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a. Diagnostic agents

[CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS]

Drugs being given primarily to determine the cause of a disease or to confirm diagnosis

a. Diagnostic agents

b. Replenishers

c. Functional modifiers

d. Chemotherapeutic agents

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b. Replenishers

[CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS]

Given to supplement lacking endogenous substances

a. Diagnostic agents

b. Replenishers

c. Functional modifiers

d. Chemotherapeutic agents

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c. Functional modifiers

[CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS]

Alter normal physiologic function processes.

a. Diagnostic agents

b. Replenishers

c. Functional modifiers

d. Chemotherapeutic agents

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c. Functional modifiers

[CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS]

Analgesics (alter pain perception)

a. Diagnostic agents

b. Replenishers

c. Functional modifiers

d. Chemotherapeutic agents

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c. Functional modifiers

[CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS]

Antipyretic alter effects of endogenous pyrogens

a. Diagnostic agents

b. Replenishers

c. Functional modifiers

d. Chemotherapeutic agents

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c. Functional modifiers

[CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS]

BIGGEST CLASS OF DRUGS

a. Diagnostic agents

b. Replenishers

c. Functional modifiers

d. Chemotherapeutic agents

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d. Chemotherapeutic agents

[CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS]

Drugs used to treat or inhibit growth of cells or proliferation of nucleic acids that considered foreign to the body

a. Diagnostic agents

b. Replenishers

c. Functional modifiers

d. Chemotherapeutic agents

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d. Chemotherapeutic agents

[CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS]

Anti-infectives (antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antiparasitic) & Anti-neoplastic

a. Diagnostic agents

b. Replenishers

c. Functional modifiers

d. Chemotherapeutic agents

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a. Edrophonium (Tensilon®)

Myasthenia gravis- based on the improvement or deterioration in the muscle strength when the drug is given

Myasthenic crisis- insufficient dose of the drug we are given.

Cholinergic crisis- excess

[Diagnostic agents]

Used in diagnosis of Myasthenia gravis, differentiates myasthenic from cholinergic crisis

a. Edrophonium (Tensilon®)

b. Radiopharmaceuticals

c. Insulin

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b. Radiopharmaceuticals

[Diagnostic agents]

Technetium 99m sestamibi for Myocardial ischemia

a. Edrophonium (Tensilon®)

b. Radiopharmaceuticals

c. Insulin

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c. Insulin

[Diagnostic agents]

Performance of ___ Tolerance Test to determine reserves of growth hormone.

a. Edrophonium (Tensilon®)

b. Radiopharmaceuticals

c. Insulin

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a. Cyanocobalamin

[Replenishers]

Mx of Pernicious Anemia (B12 deficiency)

a. Cyanocobalamin

b. Insulin

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a. Pernicious Anemia

Disease characterized by the presence of auto antibodies that is directed against their own cells, these antibodies destroy an important cell which is responsible for producing a substance for Vitamin B12 absorption in the Ilium.

a. Pernicious Anemia

b. Megaloblastic Anemia

c. Aplastic Anemia

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b. IM

There is lack of the intrinsic factor in Pernicious Anemia that will allow the absorption of B12 in the GIT.

Cyanocobalamin is given via __ route

a. IV

b. IM

c. ID

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b. Insulin

[Replenishers]

for Insulin-requiring DM

a. Cyanocobalamin

b. Insulin

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b. Pharmacodynamics

Deals with the study of biochemical and physiologic effects of drugs in biological systems and the mechanisms by which these effects were produced.

a. Pharmacology

b. Pharmacodynamics

c. Pharmacokinetics

d. Pharmacotherapeutics

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c. Pharmacokinetics

Study of fate and disposition of drugs in the body.

a. Pharmacology

b. Pharmacodynamics

c. Pharmacokinetics

d. Pharmacotherapeutics

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d. Pharmacotherapeutics

Study of rational drug use in the management of certain diseases.

a. Pharmacology

b. Pharmacodynamics

c. Pharmacokinetics

d. Pharmacotherapeutics

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c. Pharmacokinetics

What the body does to the drug?

a. Pharmacology

b. Pharmacodynamics

c. Pharmacokinetics

d. Pharmacotherapeutics

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b. Pharmacodynamics

What the drugs does to the body?

a. Pharmacology

b. Pharmacodynamics

c. Pharmacokinetics

d. Pharmacotherapeutics

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e. None

Pharmacodynamics except:

a. MOA

b. Receptor/receptor sites

c. Inert binding sites

d. Effects of drugs to body

e. None

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a. Adsorption - should be ABSORPTION

Pharmacokinetics except:

a. Adsorption

b. Distribution

c. Metabolism

d. Elimination

e. None