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Chp 22 ; ♥
CHAPTER 22 ♥ PHARMOCOLGY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anaphylactic Shock | life-threatening, hypersensitive reaction to food or drugs. |
| Bacteriostatic | stopping or controlling the growth of bacteria |
| Buccal Medication | medication placed in the mouth next to the cheek |
| Chemical Name | the description of the chemical structure of the drug |
| Chemotherapy | treatment of diseases using drugs that have a specific deadly effect |
| Contraindication | special symptom or circumstance that indicates that the use of a drug or procedure is dangerous, not advised, or has not been proven safe. |
| Controlled Substances | drugs that have a potential for abuse |
| Cumulation | drug level begins the accumulate in the body with repeated doses because the drug is not completely excreted from the body before another dose is given. |
| Desired Effect | the effect that was intended. |
| Drug | substance that when taken into the body may modify one or more of its functions |
| Drug Effect | describes the change that takes place in the body in result of the drug action |
| Drug Enforcement Administration | gov. agency responsible for administering and enforcing the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with the US |
| Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Act | law that regulates the quality, purity, potency, effectiveness, safety, labeling, and packaging of food, drug, & cosmetic products |
| Generic Name | name established when the drug is first manufactured |
| Hospital Formulary | reference book that lists all of the drugs commonly stocked in the hospital pharmacy |
| Hypotension | low blood pressure |
| Idiosyncrasy | unusual, inappropriate response to a drug or to the usual effective dose of a drug. |
| Inhalation Medication | medication is sprayed or breathed into the nose, throat, and lungs. |
| Initial Dose | the first dose of a medication |
| Intradermal Medication | medication inserted just beneath the epidermis using a syringe and needle. |
| Intramuscular Medication | medication injected directly into the muscle |
| Intravenous Medication | Medication injected directly into the vein, entering the bloodstream immediately |
| Local Effect | a response confined to a specific part of the body |
| Maintenance Dose | dose of a med that will keep the concentration of the medication in the bloodstream at the desired level |
| Official Name | generic name |
| Over the Counter (OTC) | med available w/out a prescription |
| Package Insert | info leaflet placed inside the container or package of prescription drugs |
| Parenteral Medication | any route of administration not involving the gastrointestinal tract |
| Pharmacist | one who is licensed to prepare and dispense drugs |
| Pharmacodynamics | the study of how drugs interact in the human body |
| Pharmacology | field of medicine that specializes in the study of drugs, including their sources, appearance, chemistry, actions, and uses. |
| Pharmacy | a place for preparing or dispensing drugs. |
| Physicians' Desk Reference | reference book that provides the same info found in package inserts that accompany each container of medication. |
| Potency | strength |
| Potentiation | effect that occurs when 2 drugs administered together produce a more powerful response than the sum of their individual effects. |
| Rectal Medication | medication inserted into the rectum & slowly absorbed into the mucous membrane lining of the rectum. |
| Route Of Administration | the method of introducing a medication into the body |
| Side Effect | additional effect on the body by a drug that was not part of the goal for that med. |
| Standards | rules that have been established to control the strength, quality, and purity of meds prepared by various manufacturers. |
| Subcutaneous Medication | med injected into the subcutaneous layer, or fatty tissue, of the skin. |
| Sublingual Medication | med placed under the tongue, where it dissolves in the patient's saliva and is quickly absorbed through the mucous membrane lining the mouth |
| Systemic Effect | generalized response to a drug by the body. |
| Tachycardia | rapid heartbeat |
| Therapeutic Dose | dose of a med that achieves the desired effect |
| Tolerance | the body's decreased response to the effect of a drug after repeated dosages. |
| Topical Medication | med applied directly to the skin or mucous membrane for a local effect to the area. |
| Toxicology | study of poisons, their detection, their effects, and establishing antidotes and methods of treatment for conditions they produce and prevention of poisoning. |
| Trade Name | brand name copyrighted by a pharmaceutical company |
| Vaginal Medication | med inserted into the vagina |
| Oral | given by mouth |
| Transdermal | method of applying a drug to unbroken skin |
| Analgesic | relieves pain |
| Schedule I | not considered to be legitimate for medical use in the US (marijuana, LSD, heroin) |
| Schedule II | high potential for abuse or addiction. these drugs must be ordered by written prescription and cannot be refilled without a new, written prescription. (morphine, cocaine, codeine) |
| Schedule III | have moderate potential for abuse or addiction. prescription expires in 6 months. (tylenol with codeine, butisol, hycodan) |
| Schedule V | small potential abuse or addiction. some of these drugs may not need a prescription. (robitussin) |
| Controlled Substances Act | the federal law concerned with the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of controlled substances. these drugs have the potential of being abused and of causing physical or psychological dependence. |
| First Dose | initial dose |
| First-Dose Effect | undesired effect of a med that occurs within 30 - 90 min after administration of the first dose |
| Drug Action | how a drug produces changes within the body |
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