AMCA AMCA Pharmacology

Question 1

Which drug classification includes medications like ibuprofen and aspirin used to reduce inflammation?

Accepted Answer

NSAIDs

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Opioids

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Antihistamines

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Beta-blockers

Question 2

What is the term for an unintended, harmful reaction to a medication at a normal therapeutic dose?

Accepted Answer

Adverse drug reaction

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Drug tolerance

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Drug dependence

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Placebo effect

Question 3

Which route of drug administration bypasses the digestive system and delivers medication directly into the bloodstream?

Accepted Answer

Intravenous

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Oral

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Rectal

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Sublingual

Question 4

What schedule classification under the DEA applies to drugs with high abuse potential but accepted medical use, such as oxycodone?

Accepted Answer

Schedule II

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Schedule I

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Schedule III

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Schedule IV

Question 5

When two drugs are taken together and one increases the effect of the other beyond what either would produce alone, this is called:

Accepted Answer

Potentiation

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Synergism

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Antagonism

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Tolerance

Question 6

Which term describes the concentration of a drug in the bloodstream needed to produce a therapeutic effect?

Accepted Answer

Therapeutic level

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Toxic level

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Loading dose

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Bioavailability