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What is the purpose of phase I clinical studies?
What is the purpose of phase I clinical studies?
- To test the drug on healthy human volunteers (correct)
- To test the drug in a vast market
- To perform studies on animals
- To evaluate the drug after FDA approval
Which schedule of controlled substances includes drugs with high abuse potential?
Which schedule of controlled substances includes drugs with high abuse potential?
- Schedule II (correct)
- Schedule IV
- Schedule I
- Schedule III
What is the main characteristic of orphan drugs?
What is the main characteristic of orphan drugs?
- They are intended to treat a vast market
- They have no acceptable medical usage
- They involve continual evaluation after FDA approval
- They only treat a small amount of people (correct)
What is the purpose of phase IV clinical studies?
What is the purpose of phase IV clinical studies?
Which schedule of controlled substances includes drugs with limited abuse potential?
Which schedule of controlled substances includes drugs with limited abuse potential?
What do phase II clinical studies involve?
What do phase II clinical studies involve?
What is the term for the time it takes for a drug to start to have a therapeutic response in the body?
What is the term for the time it takes for a drug to start to have a therapeutic response in the body?
Which term describes the lowest level of drug concentration in the body?
Which term describes the lowest level of drug concentration in the body?
What do we call the time it takes for the amount of a drug to be reduced to half of the peak level it originally achieved?
What do we call the time it takes for the amount of a drug to be reduced to half of the peak level it originally achieved?
Which term refers to drugs that can attack only foreign cells, not body cells?
Which term refers to drugs that can attack only foreign cells, not body cells?
What is the term for undesirable or unintended effects of a drug which can range from mild to life-threatening?
What is the term for undesirable or unintended effects of a drug which can range from mild to life-threatening?
Which term refers to drugs acting at receptor sites on cells and needing to fit like a lock and key?
Which term refers to drugs acting at receptor sites on cells and needing to fit like a lock and key?
What phenomenon greatly reduces the concentration of an oral drug before it reaches systemic circulation due to rapid metabolism by the liver immediately after absorption?
What phenomenon greatly reduces the concentration of an oral drug before it reaches systemic circulation due to rapid metabolism by the liver immediately after absorption?
Which term refers to the time it takes for a drug to have a full therapeutic effect?
Which term refers to the time it takes for a drug to have a full therapeutic effect?
What is the primary site for metabolism/biotransformation of drugs in the body?
What is the primary site for metabolism/biotransformation of drugs in the body?
Which term refers to drugs demonstrating the ability to attack only foreign cells, not body cells?
Which term refers to drugs demonstrating the ability to attack only foreign cells, not body cells?
