Briefly explain the difference between the local effect of a drug and the systemic effect of a drug

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: A local drug effect is limited to the site of administration and to those tissues immediately surrounding the site. A systemic drug effect is one that is felt throughout the body.

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The suffix that means incision or surgical cut into is:

A. -centesis B. -pexy C. -stomy D. -tomy

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What physician technique involves tapping around a patient's body as if it were a drum?

a. echocardiogram b. percussion c. speculum d. repercussion e. triage

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The type of headache that affects over 10 percent of the population and typically involves debilitating symptoms is the

A) cluster headache. B) sinus headache. C) migraine headache. D) tension headache.

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