Pharmacology Quiz: Antibiotics
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What is Pharmacokinetics?

  • The study of the chemical composition of drugs
  • The study of the bodily effects of drugs
  • The study of the therapeutic effects of drugs
  • The study of the movement of drugs within the body (correct)

What is the primary focus of Pharmacodynamics?

  • The chemical composition of drugs
  • The toxicity of drugs
  • The effects of drugs on the body (correct)
  • The movement of drugs within the body

What is Toxicology?

  • The study of the movement of drugs within the body
  • The study of the chemical composition of drugs
  • The study of the therapeutic effects of drugs
  • The study of the toxicity of substances (correct)

What is Chemotherapy?

<p>The use of drugs to treat cancer (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics?

<p>Pharmacokinetics studies the movement of drugs, while Pharmacodynamics studies their effects (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of Pharmacokinetics?

<p>To understand the movement of drugs within the body (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the therapeutic effects of drugs?

<p>Pharmacodynamics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the movement of drugs within the body?

<p>Pharmacokinetics (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main mechanism of action of Amphotericin B?

<p>Alteration of cell membrane permeability (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mechanism by which Azoles exhibit antifungal properties?

<p>Reduction of ergosterol synthesis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which drug is known to cause alterations in Candida cell membranes?

<p>Nystatin (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Identify a common adverse effect associated with Amphotericin B.

<p>Renal impairment, anemia (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following drugs has a polyene structure?

<p>Nystatin (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mechanism by which sulfonamides exert their antibacterial effects?

<p>Inhibition of dihydropteroate synthase (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary mechanism of action for Streptomycin?

<p>Inhibition of protein synthesis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which adverse effect is most commonly associated with Isoniazid?

<p>Hepatotoxicity, peripheral neuropathy (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the adverse effects related to Streptomycin?

<p>Ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does aminosalicylic acid exert its action?

<p>Inhibition of folate synthesis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What benefit does combination therapy provide in the treatment of mycobacterial infections?

<p>Decrease mycobacterium drug-resistance (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a known adverse effect of Streptomycin?

<p>Cardiotoxicity (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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