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folubunmi

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on: Jul 18, 2018
In order to make a prescription more palatable to a pediatric patient, a pharmacist mixed some cherry flavor in with the drug. The flavoring is designed to have no effect on how the drug works, and also does not affect the function of the patient's body in any way. The substance the pharmacist mixed into the medication is an example of a(n)
 a. additive.
 b. synergist.
 c. antagonist.
  d. agonist.

Question 2

Which form of antagonism occurs when the antagonist binds to a receptor site that would not normally be occupied by the initial drug, causing a change in the initial drug's receptor site and rendering it unrecognizable and unusable by the initial drug?
 a. physiological antagonism
 b. noncompetitive antagonism
 c. antagonism by neutralization
  d. competitive antagonism


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jaygar71

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Reply #1 on: Jul 18, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b


folubunmi

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Reply 2 on: Jul 18, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Wow, this really help

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