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1. You are interested in a natural alternative treatment for motion sickness. What online resource might you search?

a. IBIDS
b. AltHealthwatch
c. Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
d. All of the above

2. Pharmacologic action describes...

a. how long a drug remains in the body
b. whether or not a drug is considered effective
c. how a drug works in the body
d. none of the above

3. Vioxx is the tradename for what drug?

a. rofecoxib
b. sildenafil
c. sibutramine
d. paroxetine

4. You are interested in tracking some of the recent mergers in the pharmaceutical industry. What source might you consult?

a. PharmaPortal
b. The Pink Sheet
c. ABI/Inform Global
d. All of the above

5. Pharmacognosy is

a. the study of the quantitative relationships of the rates of drug absorption, distribution, biotransformation and elimination processes.
b. the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action.
c. the study of naturally occurring drugs from plants or animals, their sources, nature and uses.
d. the biochemical study of plants; concerned with the identification, biosynthesis, and metabolism of chemical constituents of plants.