Exam 4: Pharmacology

One advantage of inhaling a drug is that large amounts of the drug can be absorbed in one administration.

Which of the following is not an advantage of injecting drugs intravenously?

Which of the following drugs is commonly sniffed?

Valium is an example of a drug that can easily pass through the blood-brain barrier because it is highly fat soluble.

When a drug is fat soluble, sniffing is a rapid and effective way to absorb it.

means that the rate at which a drug is metabolized is independent of its concentration in the blood.

Freebase is most often .

A common street term for injecting a drug intravenously is .

Which of the following is not a way in which drugs are excreted from the body?

Which of the following is most rapidly absorbed?

Enzymes in the are important in the metabolization of drugs.

The sublingual route of drug administration is slower and less efficient than oral administration.

One characteristic of the subcutaneous route of injection is its associated and absorption rate.

Which of the following drugs can be detected in the system for up to one month following chronic use?

Once in the bloodstream, orally-administered drugs pass through the before reaching the brain.

The therapeutic index is .

The is the most important organ for excretion of drugs and their metabolites.

A drug's dose is computed according to a person's .

Metabolites of some drugs cause unwanted side effects while those of other drugs cause desired psychoactive effects.

is a term referring to the minimum dose of a drug that yields its efficacy.