Exam 51: Principles of Pharmacology

How the body absorbs, metabolizes, distributes, and excretes a drug is ____.

Which of the following is considered a drug's official name?

An immunization that is made from the toxin of an organism, rather than the organism itself, is called a(n) ________.

The popular term for an opioid is ________.

Which schedule of controlled substances contains drugs that have a high potential for physical or psychological dependence, but do have therapeutic uses, for which they require prescriptions?

Which of the following is the action of an anesthetic?

A(n) ________ is a purpose or reason for using a drug.

Drugs that are administered intramuscularly are absorbed through the ____.

To ________ a drug is to give it directly by injection, by mouth, or by any other route that introduces the drug into a patient's body.

General risks of taking the drug, usage in pregnancy, drug interactions, and toxicity information is found in the _________ section of the package insert.

The study of what drugs do to the body is _______.

A physician's written order to authorize the dispensing and sometimes the administering of drugs to a patient is a(n) ________.

A brand or proprietary name for a drug selected by its manufacturer is its ________ name.

Which drugs belong to the drug category of diuretics?

Which part of the prescription contains patient instructions?

Information about conditions under which a drug should not be used is found in the ________ section of the package insert.

Which schedule of controlled substances contains drugs that have the highest abuse potential?

The study of what the body does to drugs is ________.

The category of pharmacologic activity for furosemide is ____.

The manner in which a drug is eliminated from the body is called elimination or ________.