Pregunta 1
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Choose the word or phrase from the list below that best completes this sentence.
Pharmacokinetics can be described as ________________________
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how the drug elicits it's effect in the body.
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how the body handles a drug.
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the composition of a drug.
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the way in which a drug should be stored.
Pregunta 2
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Choose the word or phrase from the list below that best completes this sentence.
Drugs may act locally or systemically. Systemically means that the drug must enter ___________________ in order to be delivered to its site of action.
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the brain
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the circulation
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the lymph nodes
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the heart
Pregunta 3
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Which equation can you use to calculate the amount of a drug that reaches the systemic circulation?
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F x dose
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F/dose
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F - dose
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F + (2 x dose)
Pregunta 4
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Choose the word or phrase from the list below that best completes this sentence.
Drugs administered as an IV injection have a bioavailability of _________.
Pregunta 5
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What words make up the acronym ADME?
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Administration
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Absorption
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Distribution
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Dissolving
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Making
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Metabolism
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Exit
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Excretion
Pregunta 6
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Generally in absorption, drugs move from an area of high concentration to a low concentration via ______________
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osmosis.
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active transport.
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passive diffusion.
Pregunta 7
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Choose the word or phrase from the list below that best completes this sentence.
When drugs are being absorbed from an area of their low concentration to a higher concentration, they move by _____________
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active transport.
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osmosis.
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passive diffusion.
Pregunta 8
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Choose the word or phrase from the list below that best completes this sentence.
Cell membranes are composed of a double layer of ____________________
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proteins.
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sugars.
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phospholipids.
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ions.
Pregunta 9
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Water soluble drugs pass cell membranes easier than lipid soluble drugs.
Pregunta 10
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Choose the word or phrase from the list below that best completes this sentence.
The more _______________ a drug, the easier it is for the drug to be absorbed from the small intestine into the circulation.
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lipid soluble
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water soluble
Pregunta 11
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Un-ionised drugs are lipid soluble.
What does un-ionised mean?
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The drug carries no charge.
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The drug is negatively charged.
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The drug is positively charged.
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The molecule contains two opposing charges.
Pregunta 12
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The small intestine has a large surface area due to it's large number of __________.
Pregunta 13
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Choose the word or phrase from the list below that best completes this sentence.
The larger the surface area for drug absorption, the _______ the absorption.
Pregunta 14
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Where does most drug absorption take place?
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Stomach
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Small Intestine
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Large Intestine
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Colon
Pregunta 15
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The presence of food after a meal will slow gastric emptying.
Pregunta 16
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Sometimes drugs are prescribed to be taken with food. Why might this be?
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To lessen the side effects of a drug by preventing large concentrations from entering systemic circulation at the same time, ensuring a more gradual absorption due to gastric emptying.
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To mask the bad taste of a drug that is taken orally.
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To prevent local side effects, like irritation of the stomach lining, caused by drugs like NSAIDs.
Pregunta 17
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Some drugs are absorbed from the small intestine into the _____________ and are transported directly into the liver.
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renal portal vein
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cranial portal vein
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hepatic portal vein
Pregunta 18
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What is the name of the process by which a drug is fully or partially metabolised by the liver, before entering the systemic circulation?
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First pass metabolism
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Liver/drug degradation
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First past metabolism
Pregunta 19
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Hypomotility of the GI tract may result in lower concentrations of drug entering the circulation.
Pregunta 20
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Blood flow affects absorption.
Pregunta 21
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Choose the word or phrase from the list below that best completes this sentence.
A drug must reach it's site of action in ______________, in order to exert it's effect.
Pregunta 22
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Blood flow affects distribution.
Pregunta 23
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Blood flow affects distribution. Organs that have high perfusion, e.g. heart, therefore receive drugs slowly.
Pregunta 24
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Choose the word or phrase from the list below that best completes this sentence.
Only ________ drug can cross plasma membranes and therefore exert an effect.
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free
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plasma protein bound
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albumin bound