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chapter2 definitions
| 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 |
| efficacy | related to the maximal effect of a drug regardless of dose |
| therapeutic action | the intended or desired results |
| therapeutic range | range between the dose causing the minimum effect and the dose causing the minimum adverse effect |
| therapeutic range (TI) | number that determines the safety of a drug; greater TI equals safer drug |
| hepatic | liver |
| biotransformation | body's way of changing a drug so it can be more easily excreted by the kidneys |
| tolerance | need for increasingly larger dose to obtain the same effect |
| renal | kidney |
| duration | length of a drug's effect |
| half-life | amount of time that passes for a drug's concentration to fall to half (50%) of its original blood level |