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RASMUSSEN PHARM EXAM 1 AND STUDYGUIDE
LATEST 2025/ 2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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Drugs that PRODUCE a response - Answer-agonist
Drug that PREVENT or block a response - Answer- antagonist
Therapeutic WINDOW is what? - Answer-level of the drug between minimal effective concentration in the plasma for obtaining desired drug response and the minimal toxic concentration
The time it takes for one half of the drug concentration to be eliminated from the body is called? - Answer-half life
what is a patient on two highly protein bound drugs at risk for? - Answer-accumulation and toxicity
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a decreased responsiveness over the course of therapy, which may lead to the need to increase dosages to attain the same effect - Answer-tolerance
what is it called for drugs to share many common features
- Answer-classification or class
what makes drugs fit into the same "Class" - Answer-- related by chemical structure -work in the same way -used for the same purpose
another name for antagonist - Answer-adrenergic blocker
who do you NOT give antagonist or adrenergic blocker to?
- Answer-asthma client
Beta Blockers commonly seen in what clients? - Answer- hypertension
antagononist suffix - Answer-LOL
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antagonist S/S - Answer-decreased heart rate rest and digest bronchospasm
agonist S/S - Answer-increased heart rate fight or flight vasoconstriction increased blood sugar
Before administering antagonist what do you check - Answer-Heart rate Blood Pressure
Cholinergic - Answer-salivate lacrimation urinate deficate decreased weight
Anticholinergic - Answer-Cant see 3 / 4
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Cant pee Cant spit Cant poop increased heart rate
what type of drug is Reglan? - Answer-Cholinergic
how do you treat cholinergic crisis - Answer-atropine
cholinergic crisis S/S - Answer-flushing sweating nausea abd cramping
anticholinergic drugs are contradicted in who? - Answer-- coronary artery disease (Increase heart rate) -GI obstruction (constipates) -supraventricular tachycardia (increased heart rate)
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