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PharmTermsTest1
CCC [Pharmacology] Terms you need to know (Ch 1,2,6)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Study of history, sources, physical, and chemical properties of drugs; also includes how drugs affect living systems | Pharmacology |
| Study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs; study of drug mechanism action | Pharmacodynamics |
| Study of the absorption, distribution, biotransformation (metabolism), and excretion of drugs; each of these factors is related to the concentration of the drug and/or its chemical by-products in various body sites, as well as the time required for these | Pharmacokinetics |
| Study of how drugs may best be used in the treatment of illnesses; study of which drug would be most or least appropriate to use for a specific disease, what dose would be required, etc. | Pharmacotherapeutics |
| Agent that resists or opposes the action of another agent | Antagonist |
| Drugs that interact with a receptor to produce a response | Agonist |
| Effect of the use of two or more agents that produce a pharmacological response greater than what would be expected by individual effects of each agent | Synergistic |
| The first of the 7 rights | The Right Drug |
| The second of the 7 rights | In the Right Dose |
| The third of the 7 rights | To the Right Client |
| The fourth of the 7 rights | At the Right Time |
| The fifth of the 7 rights | By the Right Route |
| The sixth of the 7 rights | Right Documentation |
| The seventh of the 7 rights | Client’s Right to Refuse |
| Unpredictable adverse drug effects such as allergic reactions are seen less frequently than predictable ones | Idiosyncratic Reactions |
| Sometimes used to describe the safety of a drug and is expressed in the form of a ratio | Therapeutic Index LD50/ED50 |
| High potential for abuse and no accepted medical use | Schedule 1 (heroin) |
| High potential for abuse, accepted medical use | Schedule 2 (oxycodone) |
| Lower potential for abuse, accepted medical use (codeine) | Schedule 3 |
| Low potential for abuse, may lead to dependence | Schedule 4 (Valium) |
| Lowest abuse potential | Schedule 5 (Robitussin A-C) |
| Drugs derived from natural sources | Insulin, kaopectate, digitoxin, vincristine, Metamucil |
| Drug extracted from the pancreas of animals | Insulin |
| Drug derived from natural clays | Attapulgite suspension (Kaopectate) |
| Drugs derived from plants | Metamucil, digitoxin(cardiac), and vincristine(chemotherapeutic) |
| Drugs that are prepared by chemically altering substances that are available from a natural source | Semisynthetic Drugs |
| Drugs forms by chemical reactions in a laboratory | Synthetic Drugs |
| The most common drug use | Symptomatic Treatment Drugs |
| Drug use that helps body avoid disease | Preventative Drugs |
| Helps the health care provider determine whether a disease is present | Diagnostic Drugs |
| Drugs that eliminate the disease | Curative Drugs |
| Drugs that keep the body functioning normally | Health Maintenance Drugs |
| Drugs that prevent pregnancy | Contraceptive Drugs |
| Example of a Symptomatic Treatment Drug | Aspirin |
| Example of preventative drug | Hep B vaccine |
| Example of a diagnostic drug | Radiopaque dyes |
| Example of a curative drug | Antibiotic |
| Example of a health maintenance drug | Insulin |
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