Question | Answer |
action | a drug's chemical effects on body cells |
administration | how a drug is given |
adverse reaction | an unintended and undesirable effect of a drug |
anatomy | the study of structure of body parts |
brand name | licensed name under which a drug prepared by a specific manufacturer is sold |
chemical name | name that describes the chemical structure of a compound |
contraceptives | drugs used to control fertility and prevent pregnancy |
contraindiactions | conditions in which the use of a certain drug is dangerous or ill-advised |
controlled substances | potentially dangerous or habit-forming drugs whose sale and use are strictly regulated by law |
Controlled Substances Act of 1990 | law that regulates manufacturing and distribution of controlled substances AKA: Drug Abuse Prevention and COntrol Act |
diagnostic drugs | drugs used to diagnose disease |
drug | chemical substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, cure or prevention of a disease; AKA medication |
drug card | index card on which you write drug information for your own reference |
DEA | since 1973, the only legal US drug enforcement agency |
FDA | enforcement agency for the FDCA |
FDCA: Food, Drug, and Costmetic Act of 198 | law that mandates that drug manufactureers test all drugs for potentially harmful effects and that drug labels must be complete |
generic name | official nonproprietary name assigne to a drug by the manufacturer, with the approval of the United States Adopted Names Council |
health maintenance | proces of developing a healthy lifestyle, keeping existing diseases under control, and getting regular check ups |