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Question | Answer |
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OPHTHALMIC | THE EYE |
OTIC | THE EAR |
METERED DOSE INHALER | A DEVICE THAT DELIEVERS A SPECIFIC AMOUT OF MEDICATION TO THE AIRWAY AND LUNGS |
SPACER | AN ADD ON DEVICE USED TO INCREASE THE EASE OF ADMINISTERING AEROSOLIZED MEDICATION FROM A METERED DOSE INHALER |
PROKINETIC AGENT | SPEEDS UP DIGESTION |
VISCOUS | STICKY OR THICK CONSISTENCY |
PARENTERAL ROUTE | DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM |
IRRITANT | CAUSING IRRITATION |
EXCRETION | TO SUCRETE OR RELEASE SOMETHING |
DIAPHORESIS | SWEATING |
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE | MEDICAL PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTS THAT ARE NOT PART OF A STANDARD OF CARE |
ENURESIS | BED WETTING |
ENKEPHALIN | NATURAL PAIN KILLERS |
MAINTENANCE MEDICATION | DRUGS YOU TAKE REGULARY FOR AN ONGOING CONDITION IE. BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS |
MANAGED CARE | REDUCES COST |
RECEPTOR SITE | A PLACE WHERE SOMETHING ATTATCHES, OR THE PART OF A CELL THAT INTERACTS WITH A DRUG |
SYSTEMIC ACTION | AFFECTING THE WHOLE BODY |
SOLUBILITY | ABILITY TO DISSOLVE |
POTENCY | STRENGTH |
MALPRACTICE | WHEN THE STANDARD OF CARE IS NOT MET |
AGONIST | STIMULATES RESPONSE |
IMMUNOGLOBULINS | ANTIBODIES IN THE BLOOD |
PATENT | OPEN OR UNBLOCKED |
STANDARD PROTOCOL | STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO TREAT A PATIENT |
SALT | RESULT OF AN ACID AND BASE MIXTURE |
UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA | OFFICAL PUBLIC STANDARDS SETTING AUTHORITY FOR ALL PRESCRIPTION AND OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS |
INEBRIATION | DRUNK, ALCOHOL INTOXICATION |
MUTAGENIC | CAUSES A GENETIC MUTATION |
DRUG STANDARDIZATION | STANDARD |
DOSAGE | QUANTITY PER UNIT OF TIME |