Exam 6: Medicine Formulations, Storage and Routes of Administration

The shelf life of eye drops after opening the container is:

Intrathecal injection is a mode of drug delivery into

What is the rationale for lying down when inserting a pessary with an applicator and remaining in a supine position for approximately 20 minutes?

Ointments are lipid-based preparations that act like an occlusive dressing to:

Which of the following injections involves drug administration to a highly vascular area of the body?

Following use of a nebuliser unit:

Is it problematic to administer heparin via intramuscular injection?

Drugs of biological origin such as vaccine preparations need to be stored

In children over the age of 3 years and adults,for aural administration the auricle is pulled:

After administering ear drops,to allow the medication to disperse and absorb,the client should:

Laxative enemas are hypertonic in order to:

Sustained or controlled-release medication should not be crushed or chewed.

Storing biological products,for example insulin at 0-4°C,prevents:

Administering enteric-coated medications via a nasogastric tube is:

To avoid hydrolysis of aspirin tablets,the container should be kept in:

Following buccal administration,a drug:

What effect does exercise have on absorption of a drug that is administered by intramuscular injection?

The shelf life of glyceryl trinitrate tablets after opening the container is:

Sublingual administration of a drug always ensures:

The deltoid muscle is more vascular than the gluteus muscle,so it is possible to inject a large volume (exceeding 1 mL)of drug into the deltoid muscle.