Category 1
Pharmacology deals with all the drugs used in society today, including prescription, legal, OTC, and ________ drugs.
illegal
Drug samples:
may not be sold
Liquid drugs are more rapidly available for GI absorption than solid drugs because they are:
more rapidly dissolved than solid drugs
"Wasting the medication" concerns the disposal of:
controlled substances
The basic unit of weight in the apothecary system is the:
grain
The percentage of drugs in clinical phase 2 trials that move on to the next phase of clinical testing is:
33%
Why is heroin considered a Schedule I drug but cocaine is considered a Schedule II drug?
Because cocaine has accepted medical use in the United States but heroin does not
Injectable (parenteral) forms of medication may be available as:
powders or solutions
In the ambulatory care setting, most medicines are ordered:
stat
The basic unit of weight in the metric system is the:
gram
Once a drug has been administered to a patient, it is called:
a medication
The nation's only legal drug enforcement agency is called the:
DEA
The medications most commonly administered by means of troches include
cough suppressants
The most common medication error involves:
the dosage of the drug
Which of the following is the most used parameter and is essential as a dosage unit?
weight
Which of the following drug approval phases consists of three trials?
Phase II
OSHA's mission is to ensure:
workplace safety and a healthy workplace environment
Which of the following suffixes means "disease"?
-pathy
Medication errors must be documented in the medical record with:
the signature of the individual who made the error
Drams are apothecary measures that are equivalent to:
1/8 of an ounce
How many people are injured annually by medication errors in the United States?
1,300,000
The CDC's primary function is to issue
infection control regulations
Sustained-release drugs should never be crushed or dissolved because:
this would negate their sustained-release action
The three most commonly used types of syringes are hypodermic, tuberculin, and:
insulin
The international system was first developed for use throughout the world in 1960 by which country?
France