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Ms. Love Pharmacology

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Pharmacology   study of drugs and their action on living organisms  
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Prescription drugs   drugs that the federal government has designated to be potentially harmful unless thier use is supervised by a licensed health care provider  
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nonprescription drugs   drugs designated by the FDA to be safe and obtained without prescription  
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controlled substances   most carefully monitored drugs that have a high potential for abuse and may cause dependence  
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psychological dependency   compulsion to use a substance to obtain a pleasurable experience  
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pharmaceutic phase   dissolution of the drug  
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pharmacokinetics   activities within the body after a drug is administered  
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half-life   measure of the rate at which drugs are removed from the body (time to elimiante 50% of the drug)  
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biotransformation   process by which a drug is converted by the liver to inactive compounds through a series of chemical reactions  
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receptor   speicalized macromolecule that attatches or binds to the drug molecule  
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agonists   drugs that bind with a receptor to produce a therapeutic response  
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antagonists   join with a receptor to prevent the action of an agonist  
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adverse reactions   undesirable drug effects  
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allergic reaction   hypersensitivity to a drug where the immune system views the drug as a foreign substance  
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anaphylactic shock   extremely serious allergic reaction that occurs shortly after drug administration  
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angioedema   allergic drug reaction causing collection of fluid in subq tissues  
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drug idiosyncrasy   any abnormal or unsusal reaction to a drug ex. sleeping pill makes you wide awake  
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drug tolerance   decreased response to a drug requiring an increase in dosage to achieve the desired effect  
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cumulative drug effect   body is unable to metabolize and excrete one normal dose of drug before the next is given  
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pharmacogentic disorder   genetically determined abnormal response to a normal dose of a drug  
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additive drug   combined effect of two drugs is equal to the sum of each drug given alone ex: alcohol + heparin=increased bleeding  
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synergism   drugs interact with each other and produce effect that is greater than the sum of thier actions  
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Polypharmacy   taking numerous drugs that can potnetially react with one another  
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chemical name   gives the exact makeup of the drug and placing of the atoms or molecular structure (it is not capitalized)  
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generic name   name given to a drug before it becomes official (not capitalized)  
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official name   Name listed in the United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary; may be the same as generic name  
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Trade name   name registered by the manufacturer and is followed by the trademark symbol (first letter is capitalized)  
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names of drugs   chemical, generic, official, and trade/brand  
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teratogen   any substance that causes abnormal developement of the fetus  
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phases of oral drugs   pharmaceutic phase, pharmacokinetic phase, pharmacodynamic phase  
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pharmacokinetic phase activities   absorption, distibution, metabolism, and excretion  
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absorption   process by which a drug is made available for use in the bidy  
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distribution   systemic circulation distributes drugs to various body tissues or target sites  
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metabolism   biotransformation  
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excretion   elimination of drugs from the body usually through the kidney but also through sweat, breast milk, breath, feces  
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primary effect   desired or therapeutic effect  
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secondary effects   all other effects whether desirable or undesirable  
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factors that influence drug response   age, weight, gender, disease, and route of administration  
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