Pharmacology Vocab Word Scramble
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Word | Definition |
Abuse | The excessive or improper use of a substance, person, or animal |
Addictive | Pertaining to habit-forming: a substance that may cause physical and/or psychological dependancy |
Administer | To give |
Controlled Substance | A drug that has the potential for addiction and abuse. Example Opium, Cocaine and their derivatives, narcotics, stimulants, and depressants. |
Dispense | To prepare and give out |
Narcotic | To produce sleep or stupor. A narcotic drug is one that depresses the central nervous system and, in moderate dosages, relieves pain and produces sleep. Most narcotics are habit forming. |
Practitioner | One who has met the professional and legal requirements of a certain occupation or profession |
Prescribe | To order or recommend the use of a drug, diet, or other form of therapy |
Initial dose | Is the first dose |
Average dose | Is the amount of medication proven most effective with minimum toxic effect |
Maintenance Dose | is the amount that will keep concentration of the drug at a therapeutic level in the patient's bloodstream |
Therapeutic Dose | Is the amount of a medication that can be given safely to a patient |
Unit dose | Is a premeasured amount of the medication, individually packaged on a per-dose basis |
Cumulative dose | is the summation of a drug present in the body after repeated medication |
Lethal Dose | Is the amount of medication that could kill a patient |
Toxic Dose | Is the amount of a drug that causes signs and symptoms of drug toxicity |
Minimum dose | Is the smallest dose that will be effective |
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