Demonstration
Pharmacology Phonetics:
An Audio Aid for the Correct Pronunciation of Drug Names
Pharmacology Formulary
- Anti-inflammatory Agents
- celecoxib
(CELEBREX® )
- celecoxib
- Anti-epileptic Agents
- fosphenytoin
sodium (CEREBYX® )
- fosphenytoin
Programmed Problem Set 2
II. Many drugs act by affecting the activity of endogenous substances, such as neurotransmitters, autacoids, and hormones. Some of them potentiate an effect, some of them inhibit or antagonize it. There are three types of antagonists: chemical, physiological and pharmacological. Which of the following statements about an agent and its antagonist is true?- a. Atropine is a physiological antagonist of acetylcholine
- b. Phenoxybenzamine is a chemical antagonist of norephinephrine
- c. Norepinephrine is a pharmacological antagonist of acetylcholine
- d.
Ipratropium
is a pharmacological antagonist of acetylcholine
- e. Phentolamine is a physiological antagonist of norephinephrine
For questions and comments, please email Carol T Walsh, PhD: ctwalsh@bu.edu
William Henke
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