foundations of pharm

Question 1

drug

Answer 1

• any chemical that can affect living processes

*everything around you is a chemical substance of some sort

Question 2

pharmacology

Answer 2

• study of drugs and their interactions with living systems

Question 3

clinical pharmacology

Answer 3

• study of drugs and their interactions in humans

Question 4

therapeutics

Answer 4

- the use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or pregnancy

Question 5

when aiming to create an ideal drug, the nurse knows what **three most important ** properties will be looked at?

a. effectiveness, safety, selevtivity
b. simle name, safety, low cost
c. safe, easy to create, easy to administer
d. effectiveness, safety, low cost

Answer 5

a. effectiveness, safety, selectivity

but no drug is ideal

additiional properties of an ideal drug
- reversible action
- predictability
- ease of administration
- freedom from drug interactions
- low cost
- chemical stability
- simple generic name

Question 6

addition properties of an ideal drug

Answer 6

• reversible action
• predictability
• ease of administration
• freedom from drug interactions
• low cost
• chemical stability
• simple generic name

Question 7

therapeutic objective of drug therapy

Answer 7

- provide maximum benefit with minimum harm

Question 8

before beginning clinical trials a company must apply for what?

Answer 8

an IND

Question 9

what the body does to the drug or the movement of the srug through the body?

Answer 9

pharmacokinetics

Question 10

passage of drugs across membranes

Answer 10

the pH physiological spaces can “trap” medications by changing their charge

Question 11

what is the fastest way to administer a medication

Answer 11

IV route