1)The process by which the body breaks down matter into more simple components and waste is known as ________ .

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is the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action.

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A drug that is taken sublingually is .

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A drug that is administered transdermally .

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What does the pharmacological phrase ED 60 mean?

Which of the following results has not been seen in needle exchange programs?

Valium is an example of a drug that can easily pass through the blood-brain barrier because it is highly fat soluble.

Confirmatory testing of positive drug screens is important because the screening methods that are used are wrong _____ of the time.

When drugs are swallowed, they pass through the stomach and are absorbed in the __________.

A drug is ___________ when it changes from solid to liquid after being mixed with a liquid.

The safest of the three methods of injecting drugs is the intravenous method.

In __________, the combined effects of multiple drugs is greater than the sum of the parts.

One way that ____________ is administered involves sprinkling it on marijuana, parsley, tobacco, or other substance that can be smoked.

Amphetamines have an antagonistic effect on those of alcohol, reducing alcohol's impairment of motor skills.

_____ is a term that refers to the diminished effect of a drug when another drug is present.

The effect of a drug depends most fundamentally on __________.

___________ is the portion of the original drug dose that reaches its site of action or that reaches a fluid in the body that gives the drug access to its site of action.

The "first-pass effect" refers to drug metabolism in the liver.

When a drug is fat soluble, sniffing is a rapid and effective way to absorb it.

Metabolites of some drugs cause unwanted side effects while those of other drugs cause desired psychoactive effects.

Which of the following is not an advantage of the oral route of drug administration?

The amount of time that marijuana can be detected in the body depends upon whether use is acute or chronic.

How long can alcohol be detected in the system by using a drug test?

Which of the following is a method used to administer barbiturates?

In a prototypic dose-effect curve, the vertical axis refers to the __________ and the horizontal axis refers to the __________.

Drugs that are more soluble in lipids (fats) are less readily absorbed than other drugs.

Which of the following systems does not receive major portions of a drug rapidly due to a high volume of drug flow?

The therapeutic index is _____.

Drug potency refers to the largest amount of a drug than can be taken safely.

The process by which the body breaks down matter into more simple components and waste is known as ____________.

Which of the following is an example of an inhalant?

Which of the following is a method used to administer barbiturates?

The __________ route is the easiest of the drug injection routes to use.

Drug potency refers to the largest amount of a drug than can be taken safely.

The amount of time that marijuana can be detected in the body depends upon whether use is acute or chronic.

Which of the following drugs has no set range of elimination because its metabolites are used too efficiently in the body to be measured reliably?

Drinking large quantities of water would be an example of an attempt to alter the results of a drug test by _________.

How many poppy seed bagels would need to be consumed in order to obtain a positive screen for opiates?

The effects of alcohol and barbiturates are synergistic and combining the two has led to many accidental deaths.

What does the pharmacological phrase ED 60 mean?

The effect of a drug depends most fundamentally on __________.

Metabolites of some drugs cause unwanted side effects while those of other drugs cause desired psychoactive effects.

Intravenous (IV) drug use is an important risk factor for AIDS among heterosexuals.

A drug that is taken sublingually is __________.

____________ is an example of a medication that is administered sublingually.

In __________, the combined effects of multiple drugs is greater than the sum of the parts.

Pharmacokinetics is the branch of pharmacology that concerns the absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and excretion of drugs.

Which of the following affect drug distribution?

_____ is a term that refers to the diminished effect of a drug when another drug is present.

Which of the following methods of drug injection is preferred medically for drugs that are not irritating to body tissue?

Drugs that are more soluble in lipids (fats) are less readily absorbed than other drugs.

Recent research has indicated that environmental differences do not seem to play a role in the pharmacokinetics of drug metabolism.

The transdermal route of drug administration is an effective one for most drugs.

A drug is ___________ when it changes from solid to liquid after being mixed with a liquid.