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Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Low therapeutic index | have a narrow margin of safety. Blood levels must be monitored closely |
| Theraputic Effect | the desired effect.the reason why the drug was given |
| Drug Toxcity | results from overdose, ingestion of a drug for external use, and build up of the drug in the blood. |
| Drug Allergy | Immunologic reation to a drug; may be mild to severe. |
| Drug tolerence | requires increase in dosage to maintain given therapeutic effect |
| Cumulative Effect | Rate of administration exceeds the rate of metabolism or excretion |
| idosyncratic Effect | client overreacts or underreacts to medication or has a reaction different then normal |
| Drug Interaction | occurs when one drug is given before,with or after another drug causing alteration in the effect of one or both drugs; may be beneficial or harmful |
| Synergistic | the effect of two medications combined is greater than the effect of the medications when given separatly. |
| Inhibiting | Decreasing effect |
| Anatagonistic | two drugs combined cancled the effect of each other |
| Latrogenic disease | Disease caused unintentionally by medical therapy |
| Drug Incompatibility | Chemical or physical reaction that happens between two or more drugs outside the body |
| Laxatives | increases the effect of gastrics emypting which increases gastric and intestinal motility. |
| *Narcotics | decrease gastric emptying time and gastrointestinal motility |
| Antacids | raise the PH which can slow or block absorbtion |
| Tetracycline | can form complexes with dairy and heavy metal ions which prevent the absorbtion of tetracycline |
| Drug-Laboratory Interactions | drugs that cause the excess loss of electrolytes |
| Drug-Induced Photosensitivity | Increases sensitivity to the sun |
| Drug Misues | improper use of common medications in ways that lead to acute and chronic toxcity |
| Drug Abuse | excessive self-adminastrstion of a drug that could result in addiction and that could be detrimental to a persons health |
| Drug Dependence:Physiological | biochemical changes take place, esspecially in the nervous system, withdrawal occurs when the person stops taking the drug |
| Drug Dependence:Psycological | emotional reliance to maintain a sense of well-being accompanied by feelings of needs or craving. No withdrawal symptoms |
| Habituation | mild form of psychrological dependence. tend to continue habit even though it may cause harm to health |
| Central nervous System depressants | alcohol, Marijuana, narcotics,sedatives,hypnotics,antipsychotics,antianxiety drugs |
| Central nervous System stimulants | Cocain, Amphetamies, caffine |
| Mind-altering drugs | LSD, mescaline |
| Drug Diversion | deliberate redirecting of medication from a client or the facility to the employee for his or her on us. Is a frequent action of impaired nurses |
| Over-the-Counter Drugs | Drugs avaliable without a prescription |
| Placebo effect | fosters unnessary use of a potentially dangerous substance. |
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