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Chapter 30 Pharma
Ch 30
Question | Answer |
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Systemic | process by which the body takes in or receives a drug |
Distribution | action by which a drug is released throughout the body |
Dosage | amount of drug to be administered in a specific time, often according to weight |
Dose | A specified quantity of a drug or medicine |
Drug | a substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease |
Ethical Drug | a drug that requires a prescription |
Excretion | action by which a drug leaves the body |
Generic | drug sold without a brand name or trademark |
Inscription | on a prescription, the name and quantity of a drug |
Metabolism | physical and chemical processes that occur within a living cell or organism that are necessary for the maintenance of life |
Patent medicine | drug that can be obtained without a prescription, also called over teh counter drug |
Pharmacology | a brance of medicine concerned with the uses, effects, and actions of drugs |
Prescription | a written order for a specific drug |
Prophylaxis | administration of drugs to prevent disease or protect a patient |
signature | instructions a a prescription explaining how to take a specific medicine |
Subscription | directions to the pharmacist for mixing the medication, this is seldom done by the pharmacist anymore. |
Superscription | the patients name, address, date and Rx symbol on a prescription |
Systemic | referring to a drug that affects a specific system or multiple systems of the body |
Drug can be classified by 3 names | chemical ,generic,brand or trade name |
Chemical Name | the chemical formula of a drug |
Generic name | may be used by any company |
Brand name or Trade name | controlled by buisness firms as a registered trademark for example Tylenol is a brand name for acetamnophen |
DEA | drug enforcement agency |
PDR | physicans desk reference |
routes of drug administration | oral route, topical route, transdermal route, inhalation route, sublingual route, injection route |
Analgesics | are prescribed for the relief of acute pain, post operative pain, and chronic pain, |
Antibiotics | use to kill bateria |
Bactericidal | antibiotics such as penicillin directly kill an infecting organism |
Bacteriostatic | such as tetracycline and erythromycin inhibit the production of bacteria by interfering with their metabolic process |
Antifungal agents | they are betere at fighting certain types of fungi, most common used is nystatin |
Antiviral agents | are commonly administered in capsule, tablet, liquid, and ointment forms, Most common antiviral agent is acyclovir Or zovirax |
Antianxiety agents | have become a huge part of " pain free" dentistry, patients who have hesitated to go to the dds because of their fear of pain can now receive antianxiety drugs or sedation dentistry |
Schedule I drugs | have no current accepted medical usefulness have a high potential for abuse..heroin, lsd and marijuana |
Schedule II drugs | high potential for abuse, have accepted medical usefulness. Rx given must be given in writing and can not be renewed. Opium,cocaine,morphine,hydromorphone, methadone, and barbituates |
Schedule III drugs | less abuse potential than the drugs in schedule I and II, and also have accepted medical usefulness. these Rx may be renewed. Tylenol w/ codeine, |
Schedule IV drugs | have low abuse potential and have accepted medical usefulness, pt may have up to 5 refills in a 6 mo period. Librium, Valium,and Darvon |
Schedule V drugs | lowest abuse potential and have accepted medical usefulness. these drugs are not required to be Rx. howevere they are available only under controlled circumstances some states still require a Rx. Cough medicine with codeine |
Adverse drug effects | the body's negative reactions to a drug |
Drug complications | an allergic reaction will occur if a drug triggers the immune response. cna range from a common rash to life threatening anaphylactic shock. |
Most common cause of drug induced anaphylaxis is | penicillin |
Drug Toxicity | toxin induced cell damage and cell death |
Drug interaction | takes place when an additional drug is introduced into the body system. |
Drug Tolerance | is the loss of a drug's effectiveness that occurs when a patient has taken the drug over time and no longer receives the drug's beneficial effects. |
Drug Addiction | is physical dependence on a drug. If the person stops taking the drug, the body undergoes a with drawl illness and displays physical symptoms associated with stopping the use of the drug |