Your uncle takes nitroglycerin, a vasodilator, for angina, a type of chest pain. When he feels pain from angina, he places a nitroglycerin tablet under his tongue and lets it dissolve. This route of administration is known as ____.  

The physician’s order indicates the medication is to be administered prn. What does this mean?

You are reading about the antidepressant Celexa and notice that its effects are “presumed to be linked to potentiation of serotonergic activity in the central nervous system (CNS) resulting from its inhibition of CNS neuronal reuptake of serotonin (5-HT).” This statement refers to the drug’s ____.

Macy’s chemotherapy has left her so anemic and prone to infections that treatment must be temporarily halted. What type of drug might Macy be prescribed to help her body produce bone marrow stem cells that divide and develop into red and white blood cells, and platelets?

The vitamin necessary for formation of intracellular substances such as collagen is vitamin ____.

Martin administers an injection into the fatty layer of tissue below the skin by positioning the needle and syringe at a 45-degree angle from the skin. What type of injection is this?

While helping her friend move into a third floor walk-up, Elisabeth experiences painful muscle spasms in her back. Her doctor prescribes a centrally acting muscle relaxant. This medication is most likely ____.

Karly is taking a nonnarcotic antitussive that has both central and peripheral actions. What might she be taking?

Lizzy has severe chronic pain following an automobile accident and her pain specialist gives her a coanalgesic to help control her pain. What class of drugs is often used as coanalgesics?

Kirk has myasthenia gravis, a disease characterized by fluctuating weakness of voluntary muscles. If he is treated with a drug that acts via the autonomic nervous system, what category of drug is he likely to receive?