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. What is the name of the route of administration used when someone snorts cocaine powder?

Oral correct incorrect

Intranasal correct incorrect

Sublingual correct incorrect

Intramuscular correct incorrect

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. Which route of administration is this: Easy, self-administered, convenient; but slow and highly variable absorption, subject to first pass effect, and not good in emergencies?

Oral correct incorrect

Transdermal correct incorrect

Intranasal correct incorrect

IV correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best relates to pharmacokinetics?

The effect the drug has on the body correct incorrect

The route of administration correct incorrect

The placebo effect correct incorrect

The way a person's expectations influence the drug effect correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is an example of a metabotropic receptor?

GABAA correct incorrect

NMDA correct incorrect

Nicotinic cholinergic correct incorrect

Muscarinic cholinergic correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes behavioral tolerance?

Tolerance that occurs within a single exposure to a drug correct incorrect

Tolerance that occurs when the body metabolizes a drug faster by increasing production of liver enzymes correct incorrect

Tolerance that develops when the neurons in the brain adapt to the presence of a drug by changing the receptor density correct incorrect

When a person learns to "handle themselves" while on a drug correct incorrect

Tolerance to a drug that occurs due to tolerance previously developed to a pharmacologically similar compound correct incorrect

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. Intramuscular administration is the fastest route of administration

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Because they tend to be larger, most drugs stay active in a man longer than in a woman

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Males and females metabolize many drugs at different rates

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. An antagonist is a drug which binds to a receptor without producing an effect except to block other substances from the receptor

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Cellular tolerance occurs when neurons adapt to the presence of a drug by changing the receptor density

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. A chronic user of heroin will rapidly become tolerant to the nausea and vomiting, but never becomes tolerant to the constipating effects. This phenomenon is called cross tolerance

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. The time of day a person takes a drug can influence its action

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Placebos are probably more effective for pain or depression than cholesterol levels or tumor growth

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. The TI of alcohol is much lower than that of heroin

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect

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. Expectations can have a powerful effect on a drug's actions

a)True correct incorrect

b)False correct incorrect