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Pharm Tech
Doses and Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absorption | Process where a drug is taken up from the site of administration and is transported to the blood stream |
| Distribution | Process where a drug, once in the bloodstream, is delivered to specific organs and tissues in the body to exert its pharmacological effects. |
| Metabolism | Disappearance of a drug, when it changes chemically into another compound |
| Excretion | Process by which the drug is eliminated from the body - Primarily by the kidney |
| Bioavailability | Percentage or fraction of the administered dose of a drug that actually reaches systemic circulation. |
| Therapeutic Incompatibility | When the effectiveness of two drugs is decreased when given together. |
| Therapeutic Duplication | When two drugs from the same class are given together. |
| Adverse Effects | Effects other than the desired ones |
| Anaphylactic Reaction | A severe adverse reaction to the administration of a drug |
| Side Effects | Effects that are predictable and widely reported |
| Toxicities | Effects that are harmful and destructive to the body |
| Cross Sensitivity | Allergy to drugs that are chemically similar |
| Drug Interactions | A change in the magnitude or duration of the pharmacological response of one drug because of the presence of another drug. |
| Possible detrimental Effects | Increased risk of side effects, increased risk of toxicities, and decreased pharmacological response desired. |
| Additive response | occurs when two or more drugs combined together yield a response when the drugs by themselves are not enough |
| Synergistic response | Occurs when the effect of two or more drugs is greater than the sum of the drugs |
| A theoretical ratio | weigh risks vs benefits, must be done on an individual basis |
| Contraindicated | When a drug used for one indication cause an increase in severity of another indication. |
| Pharmacology | Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their interactions with the human body to produce therapeutic effects. |
| Drug | A drug is a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation (decrease in severity), treatment, or prevention of disease in human beings or animals. |
| Non- prescription drugs | Also referred to as over the counter (OTC) drugs. |
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