Some of the General Properties of Drugs That Are Important

question 10

Multiple Choice

Some of the general properties of drugs that are important for the nurse to understand include which of the following?

• A) Drugs create new functions on tissues or organs
• B) Drugs produce only desirable responses in the body
• C) Drugs interact by combining with tissue receptors
• D) Drugs have unwanted effects that are always unavoidable

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