Your cousin is started on medication after being diagnosed with epilepsy. Because he experiences seizures quite often, he starts with a very large dose of the anticonvulsant to elevate the levels of the drug in his blood as quickly as possible. This initial, large dose is known as a(n) ____.

What was the first law in the United States to require all drugs marketed in the United States to meet minimal standards of strength, purity, and quality?

Dina has AIDS and is experiencing profound weight loss and cachexia. What hormonal medication might help her with these issues?

What was the first law in the United States to require all drugs marketed in the United States to meet minimal standards of strength, purity, and quality?

Headache, flushing, and burning sensations of face, neck, and chest and postural hypotension are associated with high doses of ____.

Vinnie is a convicted sex offender who has decided to attempt management of his sexual urges pharmacologically. What hormonal medication might be helpful to him? 

Rabia, who loves to work in her garden, often gets itch rashes on her hands and arms. The rashes are severe enough that Rabia visits her doctor, who prescribes a high potency corticosteroid cream. Rabia is about to apply the cream to her latest rash, which she has scratched until it is raw and bloody. Is this acceptable? 

What agency would you expect to inspect plants where food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics are made?

What is the percentage of sodium chloride in “normal” saline?

What vitamin is unstable when exposed to heat or air or combined with alkaline compounds?