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Pharmacology Review
This is a great review of Pharmacology terms that may appear in the EOPA.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pharmacy Aide | Helps licensed pharmacists with clerical duties. |
| Retail Pharmacy | Independently owned, a chain, or a franchise. |
| Hospital Pharmacy | prepares IV medications, stocks nursing stations, and may deliver medications to clients' rooms. |
| Pharmaceutical Representatives | distribute information to health care workers, traveling to pharmacies, clinics, and hospitals to meet with doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. |
| Route of administration | the way medication is to be taken - by mouth, ear drops, eye drops, IV, etc. |
| a.c. | before meals |
| ad lib. | as desired |
| BID | twice a day |
| h.s. | bedtime; hour of sleep |
| q.d. | every day |
| q.h. | every hour |
| q.i.d. | every 4 hours |
| stat | immediately |
| npo | nothing by mouth |
| Pharmacognosy | study of drugs that are naturally derived from plants or animals |
| MOA | specific biochemical interaction through which a drug substance produces its pharmacological effect |
| binding | when a drug combines with a chemical in the body |
| antihistamines | used to treat allergies |
| receptors | proteins found in cells |
| enzymes | proteins in the body that speed up chemical reactions |
| local side effects | occur before a drug is absorbed into the bloodstream such as irritated stomach, dry throat, diarrhea. |
| systemic side effects | occur after a drug is absorbed into the blood stream such as allergic reaction |
| antibiotics | used to kill bacteria that are growing in the body. |
| chemotherapy | uses drugs to kill cells by disrupting an essential process within the cell. |
| vasoconstriction | narrowing of blood vessels |
| ACE inhibitors | class of drugs that regulate blood pressure |
| Beta-1 Blockers | decreases the heart rate |
| Beta-2 Agonists | dilate the small airways of the bronchioles |
| H2Antagonists | decrease the amount of acid secreted into the stomach following a meal |
| Proton Pump Inhibitors | reduce stomach acid |
| Narcotic analgesics | reduce pain |
| Onset of action | the time needed before a drug takes effect |
| parenteral routes | metered-dose inhaler, transdermal patch, injections, intravenous medicines |
| oral routes of administration | tablet, capsule, or liquid |
| injections | used when a local effect is needed |
| transdermal patch | designed to deliver a constant amount of drug over an extended period of time (24 hours) |
| subcutaneous | injection into the fatty layer just beneath the skin |
| intramuscular | injection into a muscle |
| metered dose | medications are given through the inhalation route of administration for rapid action |
| gauge | a measurement of the needles thickness |
| therapeutic range | the goal of drug treatment is to get the correct plasma concentration |
| absorption | process by which a drug enters the plasma |
| diffusion | random movement of molecules from an area where they are concentrated toward areas where they are less concentrated. |
| distribution | where the drug goes after entering the plasma |
| transformation | chemical change that takes place in a drug after it has been absorbed by the body |
| elimination | process that removes a drug from the body |
| loading dose | a large initial dose of a drug in the plasma that helps to reach the therapeutic range more quickly |
| maintenance dose | smaller dose given at regular intervals to keep the plasma concentration in the therapeutic range. |
| 1 mL | 1 cc |
| 1 tsp | 5 mL |
| kilo | 1000 |
| deci | .10 |
| centi | .01 |
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