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chapter1 definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| drug | chemicals that act on living systems at the molecular levels |
| pharmacology | study of drugs and their effects on living organisms |
| pharmacodynamics | study of the action of drugs on living organisms |
| pharmacokinetics | study of how the body handles a drug |
| brand (trade) name | manufacturer's name, capitalized |
| generic name | name for chemical makeup, not capitalized |
| contraindications | medical or physical conditions that make the drug inadvisable |
| synergism | getting more than the desired effects when taking two drugs |
| tolerance | decreased drug effect over time so that the person needs more to get same effect |
| toxicology | study of a drug's harmful effect on living tissues |
| therapeutic effect | desired effect of a drug |
| efficacy | maximum intensity of effect or response that a drug can produce |
| chemically equivalent | when two formulations of a drug meet the chemical and physical standards |
| biologically equivalent | when two formulations of a drug produce similar concentrations of the drug found in blood and tissues |
| therapeutically equivalent | when two formulations of a drug prove to have equal therapeutic effects |
| orphan drugs | drugs developed to specifically treat rare medical conditions |
| schedule I | highest abuse potential |
| schedule II | high abuse potential |
| schedule III | moderate abuse potential |
| schedule IV | less abuse potential |
| schedule V | least abuse potential |