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Pharmacology Chp 2-3
chp 2-3 pharmacology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| - the study of drugs in living systems | pharmacology |
| What does the drug nomenclature include? | checmical name, code number, generic name, and trade or proprietary (brand) name |
| - medications that require a prescription | legend drugs |
| - an order that is transcribed by a certified medical professional to an order form or presctiion form at the verbal order of the prescriber | verbal order |
| Another word for sceduled drugs? | controlled substances |
| For controlled stubstances, the _____ the roman numberal the greater the risk for abuse. | lower |
| WHat drugs are classified illegal for patient use in united states? | C-I |
| The patient chart is a medical record belonging to? | the hospital |
| - effective drug administratio | biopharmaceutics |
| - a substance into which a drug is compiunded for initial delivery into the body | drug vehicle |
| What is a dosage form? | solid, liquid, gas, or any combonation |
| Examples of solid dosage forms? | tablets, capsules, troches |
| - generally consists of an active ingredient, various fillers and disintegrators, dyes, flavoring agents and an outside coating | tablet |
| - aid in chemical disintegration | disintegrators |
| - no special coating; subject to chemical degradation from the environment | compressed tablets |
| - thin layer of sugar coating designed to mask bad taste and protect active ingredients | sugar-coated |
| thin coating of material other than sugar; less expensive than sugar | film-coated |
| - designed to pass through the gastric area and release the active ingredients into the small intestine | enteric-coated |
| - allow for periodic release of contents in a controlled manner throughout the gastrointestinal transit | multiple- compressed |
| tablets that contain sodium bicarbonate and an organic acid such as citrate or tartrate | effervescent |
| - designed to disintegrate in the buccal or sublingual space and become absorbed through the buccal or sublingual vasculature | buccal or sublingual tablets |
| another word for lozenges or pastilles | troches |
| - solid dosage forms generally designed for vaginal or rectal delivery | compressed suppositories |
| Type of liquid dosage that doesn't seperate, and stays mixed | solution |
| Type of liquid dosage that can be seperated | emulsion |
| Type of liquid dosage that doesn't stay mixed | suspension |
| What is an example of a solution? | gastrografin |
| What is an example of an emulsion? | milk |
| What is an example of a suspension? | Barium |
| -dosage forms that are given by injection under or through one or more layers of skin or mucous membrane | parenteral |
| - the process of how a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and elminated throughout the body | pharmacokinetics |
| Rate and extent a drus is absorbed is dependant on what? | dissolution properties |
| A large surface area allows for better/worse absorption? | better |
| - form of transport that uses a carrier, in this case a protein | active transport |
| - neutrally charged | nonionized |
| List in order of fastest absorption to slowest: tablets, powders, soultions, suspensions, enteric-coated tablets, coated tablets,and capsules | Soultions, suspensions, powders, capsules, tablets, coated talets, enteric-coated tablets |