Independent and Supplementary Prescribing

Question 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.
how the body handles a drug.
the composition of a drug.
the way in which a drug should be stored.

Question 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
the circulation
the lymph nodes
the heart

Question 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
F/dose
F - dose
F + (2 x dose)

Question 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 _________.

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Question 5

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What words make up the acronym ADME?

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Administration
Absorption
Distribution
Dissolving
Making
Metabolism
Exit
Excretion

Question 6

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Choose the word or phrase from the list below that best completes this sentence. Generally in absorption, drugs move from an area of high concentration to a low concentration via ______________

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osmosis.
active transport.
passive diffusion.

Question 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.
osmosis.
passive diffusion.

Question 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.
sugars.
phospholipids.
ions.

Question 9

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Water soluble drugs pass cell membranes easier than lipid soluble drugs.

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True
False

Question 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
water soluble

Question 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.
The drug is negatively charged.
The drug is positively charged.
The molecule contains two opposing charges.

Question 12

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Choose the word or phrase from the list below that best completes this sentence. The small intestine has a large surface area due to it's large number of __________.

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villi
cillia
hairs
cells

Question 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.

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slower
quicker

Question 14

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Where does most drug absorption take place?

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Stomach
Small Intestine
Large Intestine
Colon

Question 15

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The presence of food after a meal will slow gastric emptying.

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True
False

Question 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.
To mask the bad taste of a drug that is taken orally.
To prevent local side effects, like irritation of the stomach lining, caused by drugs like NSAIDs.

Question 17

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Choose the word or phrase from the list below that best completes this sentence. Some drugs are absorbed from the small intestine into the _____________ and are transported directly into the liver.

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renal portal vein
cranial portal vein
hepatic portal vein

Question 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
Liver/drug degradation
First past metabolism

Question 19

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Hypomotility of the GI tract may result in lower concentrations of drug entering the circulation.

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True
False

Question 20

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Blood flow affects absorption.

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True
False

Question 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.

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an adequate concentration
a membrane bound vesicle
a salt solution

Question 22

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Blood flow affects distribution.

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True
False

Question 23

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Blood flow affects distribution. Organs that have high perfusion, e.g. heart, therefore receive drugs slowly.

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True
False

Question 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
plasma protein bound
albumin bound

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