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chapter 2 flashcards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Low-dose effect curve | measuring the response to the dose of the drug |
| potency | the amount of drug required to produce an effect |
| effiacy | related to the maximal effect of a drug required to produce an effect |
| therapeutic action | the intended or desired results |
| therapeutic range | range between the dose causing the minimum effect and the dose and the dose causing the maximum adverse effect |
| therapeutic index | number that determines the safety of a drug (the greater the TI the safer the drug) |
| hepatic | liver |
| biotransformation | is the body's way of changing a drug so it can be more easily excreted by the kidneys |
| tolerance | the need for an increasingly larger dose of the drug to obtain the same effects as the original dose |
| renal | kidney |
| duration | the length of the drugs effect |
| half life | the half-life of a drug is the amount of time that passes for its concentration to fall to half (50%) of its original blood level. |