Exam 4: Pharmacology

The amount of time that marijuana can be detected in the body depends upon whether use is acute or chronic.

The transdermal route of drug administration is an effective one for most drugs.

In , the combined effects of multiple drugs is greater than the sum of the parts.

The route of administration is preferable to oral administration for drugs that irritate the stomach and cause vomiting.

Therapeutic index is a term referring to a drug's utility in medical care and is computed as a ratio (LD 50/ED 50).

is an example of a medication that is administered sublingually.

Which of the following methods of drug injection is preferred medically for drugs that are not irritating to body tissue?

The effect of a drug depends most fundamentally on .

Two occasions for not taking a drug are when the drug irritates body tissue, or if large volumes of solution must be used.

Intravenous (IV) drug use is an important risk factor for AIDS among heterosexuals.

Freebase refers to a form of that is inhaled.

One way that is administered involves sprinkling it on marijuana, parsley, tobacco, or other substance that can be smoked.

is the branch of pharmacology that concerns the absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and excretion of drugs.

A drug's half-life is the time it takes for a drug's effects to become half as potent.

Pharmacokinetics is the branch of pharmacology that concerns the absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and excretion of drugs.

Which of the following drugs has no set range of elimination because its metabolites are used too efficiently in the body to be measured reliably?

When, in a series of events, what happens in a later event alters those preceding it, it is known as a relationship.

The route is the easiest of the drug injection routes to use.

is a term that refers to the diminished effect of a drug when another drug is present.

is the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action.