36 ASSIGNMENT 5 Textbook Assignment: “Pharmacy and Toxicology,” chapter 6, pages 6-1 to 6-26; "Common Pharmaceuticals," appendix IV, pages AIV-1 to AIV-18. 5-1. The actual title of the “blue bible” of pharmacology is 1. the Physicians’ Desk Reference 2. The United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary (USP-NF) 3. the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics 4. Remington’s Pharmaceutical Sciences 5-2. The most common factor influencing the amount of drug given to a patient is 1. weight 2. gender 3. age 4. route of administration 5-3. What would be the proper dose in milliliters of ampicillin for an 8-year old child if the adult dose is 15 ml? 1. 2 2. 6 3. 9 4. 15 5-4. What is the name of the rule used to determine appropriate dosage of medication based on a child’s weight? 1. Young’s Rule 2. Clark’s Rule 3. Rule of Nines 4. Minimum Rule 5-5. Determine the appropriate dose in milligrams of medication for a child weighing 30 pounds if the average dose for an adult dose is 600 mg. 1. 50 2. 100 3. 120 4. 150 5-6. In computing the amount of drug to be given to an underweight female, what adjustments to the normal dosage would ordinarily be made? 1. Increase the dosage because of her weight and further increase because of her sex 2. Increase of dosage because of her weight but decrease because of her sex 3. Decrease of dosage because of her sex and further decrease because of her weight 4. Decrease of dosage because of her sex but an increase because of her weight 5-7. A drug given repeatedly to a patient often has to be increased in dosage to maintain the desired effect. The need for a larger dose is probably caused by 1. an acquired tolerance from habitual use 2. an abnormal sensitivity 3. a cumulative effect from habitual use 4. an individual idiosyncrasy