What Is the Purpose of the Enteric Coating of Aspirin

question 88

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the enteric coating of aspirin?

• A) to control time release of the drug in the stomach
• B) to insure drug release prior to the drug reaching the stomach
• C) to insure drug release in the stomach
• D) to insure drug release in the intestine

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution resembling a bell curve, symmetric around the average, indicating that occurrences close to the mean are more common than those further away.

Standard Deviation

A procedure for quantifying the degree of variance or distribution of values.

Unknown Mean

Refers to a situation in statistics where the average value of a dataset is not known and needs to be estimated.

Normal Random Variable

A variable that assumes any of the infinitely many values in a normal distribution curve.