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Chapter 5 10/23/2020
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Over-the-Counter(OTC) | Medications that can be purchased without a prescription |
| Parenteral | A term used to describe a medication that is usually given by injection into a vein, the skin, or muscle that bypasses the gastrointestinal system. |
| Pharmacokinetics | the study of the absorption, metabolism, distribution, and elimination of drugs |
| pro-drug | an inactive substance that is converted to a drug in the body by the action of enzymes or other chemicals. |
| ointment | ung/oint |
| patch,transdermal | patch, TD |
| powder | pdr |
| solution | sol/soln |
| spirit | sp |
| suppository | supp |