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Pharmacology Stacks
Question | Answer |
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Ointment with adhesive substace | Paste |
water soluable based with medicine | cream |
list of medical conditons for which medicine is to be used | Indications |
descriptions of celullar changes that occur as a result of drug. | Actions |
Pain relief | analgesic |
fever reducer | antipyretic |
therapeutic, side, adverse, and toxic | Effects of medication |
Pts. reactivity is altered due to previous contact with drug acting as antigen or allergen | Allergies |
Main organs weakened or impaired from toxic effects of medicine | Liver and Kidneys |
When a pt. takes more medicen prescribed by his/her doctor | Overdose |
Finding healthy volunteers, give out drug to experimental pts. with disease intended, experiment on several thousand ill pts. with the disease intended to treat exactly the way it will be when approved by FDA | Three phases of human testing |
Physicians Desk Reference | PDR |
Manufacturers index, brand & generic name index, product ID guide, product info, and diagnostic product info. | six main sections of the PDR(Physicians Desk Reference) |
Has med. terms & definitions, med abbreviations & symbols, normal lab values, latin & greek nomenclature, phobias, and is translated into 3 languages | Taber's Medical Dictionary |
common or general name assigned to drug Ex: Acetaminophen | Generic name |
Pharmaceutical Co. name;copyrighted and exclusive. Ex: Tylenol | Trade name |
Oral, rectal, injections(intramuscular, intradermal, intravenous, and subcutaneous, topical, inhalent, sublingual, and intraosseous | Routes of admn. |
An oral or written record of a physician's order to pharmacist to dsipense medication to a pt. | Prescription (Rx) |
prescriber's name&tittle (MD,DDS,DMD...),office address, phone number, pts. name&address, pts. age, date Rx was written | Script-written form |
body of the Rx, indicates the drug name, strength, and dosege form | Inscription |
prescriber's name written clearly | Signature |
Drug Enforcement Agency | DEA |
Appropriate admin. route depends on... | dosege form in which, the drug is available, the Pts. age, the Pts. condition e.g. level of consciousness, etc. |