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Week 1 - Chapter 1
General Principals of Pharmacology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Drug | chemicals that act on living systems at the molecular level |
| Pharmacology | the study of drugs and their effects on living organisms |
| Pharmacodynamics | the study of the action of drugs on living organisms |
| Pharmacokinetics | the study of what the body does to a drug; the measurement of the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of the drug from the body |
| Brand (Trade) Name | the manufacturer’s name, written with the first letter capitalized |
| Generic Name | name for the chemical makeup of a drug, written in lowercase; generic drugs marketed without brand names are less expensive than brand name drugs |
| Black Box Warning | a warning placed on specific drugs regarding serious safety concerns associated with the drug; typically, about potentially fatal, life-threatening, or disabling adverse effects of the medication |
| 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 in the 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 |
| Toxicology | the study of the harmful effects of drugs on living tissues |
| Contraindications | medical or physical conditions that make the drug inadvisable |
| Synergism | when the desired effects from taking two drugs is greater than the sum of their individual effects |
| qd | once a day |
| bid | twice a day |
| tid | three times a day |
| qid | four times a day |
| pc | after meals |
| ac | before meals |
| po | by mouth |
| prn | as needed |
| hs | at bedtime |
| Schedule I | Highest abuse potential; no accepted medical use |
| Schedule Il | High abuse potential; handwritten Rx required with no refills allowed |
| Schedule Ill | Moderate abuse potential; faxed or electronic Rx required with no more than 5 refills in 6 months |
| Schedule IV | Low abuse potential; faxed or electronic Rx required with no more than 5 refills in 6 months |
| Schedule V | Lowest abuse potential; can be purchased over the counter |
| -olol | Beta Blocker (BB) |
| -pril | Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitor |
| -sartan | Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB) |
| -dipine | Calcium Channel Blocker (CCB) |
| Digoxin (Lanoxin) | Cardiac Glycoside |
| -ide | Diuretic |
| -actone | Potassium-Sparing Diuretic |
| -statin | Antihyperlipidemic |
| -statin exception | Antifungal (nystatin/Mycostatin) |
| -tidine | H2 blocker |
| -prazole | Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) |
| -azole | Antifungal |
| -cillin | Antibacterial |
| -cycline | Tetracycline |
| -fil | Phosphodiesterase (PDE)-5 inhibitor |
| -vir | Antiviral |
| -one | Corticosteroid |
| -onate | Bisphosphonate |
| -pram -lam | Benzodiazepine |
| -pine | Antipsychotic |
| -pram -tine | SSRI |
| -line | TCA |
| -terol | Beta-2 Agonist |
| -triptan | Anti-Migraine (5-HT Agonist) |
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