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Pharmocology intro
introduction to Pharm
Question | Answer |
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Pharmocology | How drugs are administered, where they go and what happens to them. |
Pharmacoeconomics? | How much meds cost |
What does the generic name consist of? | Chemical properties of a drug |
Name assigned by the company marketing the drug? | Trade name |
How long can a drug developer market a drug? | 14 yrs |
Developed to limit the variability of active ingredients in doses of drugs? | Drug Standards |
This act restricted the making and saleing of Narcotics? | 1914 Harrision Narcotic Act |
Gave FDA control over drug safety and application of New Drugs? | 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Amendment |
regulated distribution of Narcotics? | 1970 Controlled Substances Act |
Drugs that have a High potential for abuse & not approved for medical use? | Schedule 1: heroin, GHB, LSD |
Drugs that are used medically and have high abuse potentials? | Schedule 2: Opoid analgesics: Codeine, hydromorphone, CNS stimulants |
Drugs that have less potential for abuse than those in Schedules 1 & 2, but may lead to phychological dependence? | androgens and anabolic steroids |
Drugs with some potential for abuse? | Schedule 4 sedatives-hypnotics, benzodiazepines |
Drugs containing moderate amounts of controlled substances and restrictions regarding amt | Schedule V antidiarrheal drugs |
The amount of Drug it takes to cause the least effect possible | Serum Drug levels |
Drug action and relationship between drug concentration and responses in the body | Parmacodynamics |
Relieve pain by suppressing pain impulse | Opioid analgesics |
adverse effects of opioid analgesics | Nausea, Vomiting, Dizziness, Depression |
Teaching needs of opiod Analgesics | monitor respiratory rate, safety precautions, assess pain frequently and response to meds, increase fiber and fluids, avoid alochol |
Prototype opiod analgesics | Morphine Sulphate |
Primary site for excretion | Kidney |
The study of drug movement throughout the body | Pharmacokinetics |
amount of drug in blood at a certain time | Serum drug levels |
Time required for the serum concentration of a drug to decrease by 50% | Serum Half Life |
2 drugs with similar pharmacologic actons taken togethr increasing effects | Additive effect |
2 drugs taken together with different sites of mechanisms of acton producing greather effects | Potentiation (Synergism) |
One drug interferes with the metabolism of another | Interference |