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Chapter 3

TermDefinition
placebo effect a patients positive expectations about treatment and the care received can positively affect the outcome of therapy
nocebo effect negative expectations about therapy and the care received
placebo a drug dosage form that has no pharmacologic activity because the dosage form has no active ingredients
protein binding drugs that are relatively insoluble are transported in the circulation by being bound to plasma proteins
metabolites drugs, which are the products of metabolism
therapeutic drug monitoring the measurement of a drugs concentration in biologic fluids to correlate the dosage administered and the level of medicine in the body pharmacologic response.
tolerance occurs when a person begins to require a higher dosage of a medication to produce the same effects that a lower dosage once
drug dependence also known as "addiction" or "habituation", occurs when a person is unable to control a desire for ingestion of drugs
physiologic (drug dependence) which the persons develops withdrawal symptoms if the drug is withdrawn for a certain period
psychological (dependence) which the patient is emotionally attached to the drug
drug accumulation when a drug accumulate in the body if the next dose is administered before the previously administered dose has been metabolized or excreted
genetics the study of how living organisms inherit the characteristics or traits of their ancestors
genome the complete package of genetic coding of an organism
polymorphisms naturally occurring variations in the structures of genes and instruction that they give to the organisms
pharmacogenetics the study which of how drug response may vary in accordance with inherited difference
teratogens abnormal development of key tissues (birth defects)
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