Deck 1: Pharmacology Within the Social Context

Question 1

Which of the following health professionals can decrease the incidence of polypharmacy?

A) Medical practitioner.
B) Pharmacist.
C) Nurse.
D) All of the above.

Answer 1

All of the above.

Question 2

For clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, the health professional should assess

A) the client's beliefs and values.
B) self-treatment by home remedies or concurrent use of traditional medicines with conventional medicines.
C) concerns about drug therapy and/or invasive procedures.
D) all of the above.

Answer 2

all of the above.

Question 3

The generic name of a medication is:

A) the name given by the biochemical scientist who invented the medication.
B) the name given to the pharmaceutical company that manufactures the medication.
C) the chemical name of the medication.
D) the shortened, simplified version of the chemical name.

Answer 3

the shortened, simplified version of the chemical name.

Question 4

Which one of the following statements best defines the term pharmacology?

A) The study of farm ecology.
B) The study of the structure of chemicals.
C) The study of drug formulations and dispensing of medicines.
D) The study of chemicals on physiological systems.

Question 5

What is meant by the term 'de facto direct-to-consumer advertising'?

A) When a professional pharmacy body advertises in a popular magazine about a particular medicine.
B) When a professional nursing body advertises in a nursing journal about a particular medicine.
C) When a pharmaceutical company provides information about specific characteristics of a particular medication in the popular media but does not mention the name of the medication.
D) When a professional pharmacy body provides information about specific characteristics of a particular medication in the popular media but does not mention the name of the medication.

Question 6

Why is once-daily-dosing preferred for Australian Indigenous peoples?

A) Because Indigenous people generally have a poor memory.
B) Indigenous people have a culturally different concept of time, therefore minimising the number of doses is aimed at promoting compliance.
C) Because once-daily dosing is less likely to cause side effects such as renal disease.
D) All of the above.

Question 7

The production of therapeutic agents by the manipulation of genetic material characterises which drug development era?

A) The Age of Natural Substances.
B) The Age of Synthetic Substances.
C) The Age of Biotechnology.
D) The Age of Aquarius.

Question 8

Observing the physiological effects of a drug in vivo involves:

A) organs and tissues that are removed from the body.
B) the whole organism.
C) IVF therapy.
D) trials on animal subjects.

Question 9

What is the potential problem with bioequivalence between different brand names of medications?

A) The colours of the preparations may be different.
B) The labels on the containers may be different.
C) Consumers may get confused about the availability of more than one preparation.
D) The medications may not be absorbed or act in the same way after administration.

Question 10

A key feature of polypharmacy is:

A) self-diagnosing and medicating.
B) using many different pharmacies to purchase medicines.
C) the excessive or unnecessary use of medicines.
D) a reluctance to use complementary therapies.

Question 11

It is best to learn about pharmacology with reference to what particular type of medication names?

A) Chemical names.
B) Brand names.
C) Generic names.
D) Proprietary names.

Question 12

An example of a pharmacological agent that is not derived from a plant source is:

A) adrenaline.
B) atropine.
C) cocaine.
D) morphine.

Question 13

From which plant is morphine derived?

A) Erythroxylum coca.
B) Papaver somniferum.
C) Cannabis sativa.
D) Claviceps purpurea.

Question 14

A pharmacological event that characterises the Age of Synthetic Substances is the:

A) use of recombinant DNA technology.
B) introduction of tea, coffee and cocoa into Europe.
C) therapeutic use of camphor and cod-liver oils.
D) first isolation of a number of active plant constituents.

Question 15

When was marijuana first used therapeutically?

A) Nearly 3000 years BC.
B) Around the time of World War II.
C) Relatively recently, during the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
D) During the Middle Ages, particularly by so-called witches.

Question 16

The Macusi Indians of Guyana have a place in the history of pharmacology as the first users of which type of drug?

A) A hallucinogenic agent related to LSD.
B) A narcotic analgesic.
C) A skeletal muscle relaxant.
D) A central nervous system stimulant.

Question 17

Patients taking OTC and complementary medication may:

A) have adverse drug interactions if they are also taking prescription medications.
B) not discuss the OTC or complementary medicines with their health provider as they do not consider them important.
C) attempt self-diagnosis and treatment prior to consulting their doctor.
D) all of the above.

Question 18

In Australia there are some Schedule 3 medications that can be advertised in the popular media. Give one example of a medication to which this advertising policy applies:

A) miconazole pessaries.
B) ampicillin capsules.
C) royal jelly preparations.
D) codeine tablets.

Question 19

Which of the following acne preparations cannot be purchased as an over-the-counter preparation?

A) An isotretinoin preparation.
B) A sulphur preparation.
C) A resorcinol preparation.
D) A benzoyl peroxide preparation.

Question 20

The brand name of a medication is provided by:

A) the government.
B) the pharmaceutical company.
C) the biochemical scientist who invented the medication.
D) the drug evaluation committee that formally examines all data about medications.

Question 21

The use of a contraindicated medicine may have the following effect(s) except

A) safely curing the disorder.
B) exacerbating the disorder.
C) causing allergic reaction.
D) causing toxic reaction.