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Question | Answer |
Best approach to learn drugs | By their class |
Define Efficacy | measures how effective a medication is at fixing a condition |
Define Potency | the amount of a medication it takes to be effective |
Bioavailability | the degree to which a drug becomes available to the target tissue after administration |
Half life | the time it takes the body to clear one half of the drug |
Pharmacokinetics | the study of how drugs move through the body |
Major site of drug metabolism | Liver |
Sympathetic system | works when you are excited |
Bethanechol | treats urinary retention |
Anemia | iron deficiency |
Ranolazine | treats angina |
Therapuetic index | higher is safer |
Purpose of loading dose | to achieve steady state more quickly |
Ipratropium | treats Asthma and COPD |
Epinephrine increases heart rate and treats? | Allergic reactions and cardiac emergencies |
An Antagonist drug blocks | a receptor site |
CNS | Central Nervous system |
Botox | relaxes muscle |
CHF occurs due to | hypertension, chronic heart disease |
CHF is treated with | diuretics, Milrinone |
Nitrates cause | headaches |
For patient safety know | side effects, interactions, allergies |
Angina occurs when | The oxygen supply to the heart doesn't match the demand |
Two classes of receptors foe acetylcholine are | muscarinic and nicotinic |
Propranolol is purely a beta blocker | true |
Beta blocker receptors... | relax smooth muscle and decrease heart rate |
Diuretics | increase urine flow |
Beta blockers treat | angina, hypertension, cardiac arrythmias and migraine prophylaxis |
Three types of diuretics | loop, potassium sparring and thiazide |
Agonist | a compound that binds to a receptor and produces a biological response |
Two parts of nervous system | Central and peripheral |
Stop smoking meds | Welbutrin and Nicotine patch |
Tamsulosin | Flomax used to treat BPH |
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