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Which term refers to the study of the biological effects of chemicals?
Which term refers to the study of the biological effects of chemicals?
- Pharmacotherapeutics
- Pharmacology (correct)
- Clinical pharmacology
- Preclinical trials
What is the purpose of preclinical trials?
What is the purpose of preclinical trials?
- To determine if chemicals have any adverse effects on living tissues (correct)
- To discard chemicals that lack therapeutic activity
- To test chemicals for therapeutic value on humans
- To evaluate the therapeutic effects of chemicals on laboratory animals
What are drugs?
What are drugs?
- Chemicals that lack therapeutic activity
- Chemicals that are tested on laboratory animals for therapeutic value
- Chemicals that are used to treat, prevent, and diagnose diseases
- Chemicals that are introduced into the body to cause some sort of change (correct)
What is the branch of pharmacology that uses drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose diseases?
What is the branch of pharmacology that uses drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose diseases?
What are nursing responsibilities in drug therapy?
What are nursing responsibilities in drug therapy?
True or false: Pharmacotherapy is a branch of pharmacology that uses drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose diseases?
True or false: Pharmacotherapy is a branch of pharmacology that uses drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose diseases?
True or false: Preclinical trials involve testing chemicals on laboratory animals to determine their therapeutic effects and evaluate any adverse effects?
True or false: Preclinical trials involve testing chemicals on laboratory animals to determine their therapeutic effects and evaluate any adverse effects?
True or false: Nursing responsibilities in drug therapy include administering drugs, assessing drug effects, and intervening to make the drug regimen more tolerable?
True or false: Nursing responsibilities in drug therapy include administering drugs, assessing drug effects, and intervening to make the drug regimen more tolerable?
True or false: Drugs are chemicals that are introduced into the body to cause some sort of change?
True or false: Drugs are chemicals that are introduced into the body to cause some sort of change?
True or false: Pharmacology is the study of the biological effects of drugs?
True or false: Pharmacology is the study of the biological effects of drugs?
