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Trade name/ brand name

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Given by drug manufacturer. Property of that manufacturer

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Pharmacology

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Study of the effect of drugs on living organisms

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Pharmacy

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Art of preparing compounding and dispensing drugs

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Pharmacopoeia

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Book containing a list of products used in medicine, formulas and tests

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Therapeutic effect

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Desired effect

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Side effect

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Secondary effect, unintended

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Adverse effects

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Severe side effects

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Palliative

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Relieves symptoms only

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Curative

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Cures disease or condition

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Supportive

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Supports body function until other treatments or body can take over.

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Substitutive

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Replaces body fluids or substances

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Chemotherapeutic

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Destroys malignant cells

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Restorative

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Returns body to health

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Drug tolerance

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Person who has very low physiological response

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Cumulative effect

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Increasing response to repeated doses of a drug that occurs when the rate of administration exceeds rate of metabolism or excertion

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Idiosyncratic effect

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Unexpected and may be individual to a client. Under or over response

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Drug interaction

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Administration of one drug before, at the same time as, or after alters one or both.

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Potentiating effect

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Increased effect

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Additive

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Two of the same types of drug increase the action of each other

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Synergistic effect

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When two different drugs increase the action of one or another drug

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Iatrogenic disease

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Caused unintentionally by medical therapy

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Generic name

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Assigned by the United States adopted names and is used throughout drugs lifetime

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Physiological dependence

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Biochemical changes in body tissues, especially the nervous system

Alcohol

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Psychological dependence

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Emotional reliance on a drug to maintain a sense of well being, cravings

Cocaine

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Drug habituation
Mild form of psychological dependence
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Illicit drugs
Street drugs. Sold illegally
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Half life
Time interval required for the body's elimination processes to reduce the concentration of the drug by one half
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Pharmacodynamics
Mechanism of drug action and the relationships between drug concentration and responses in the body
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Receptor
Drugs specific target
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Agonist
Produces response *** same as physiological or endogenous substance
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Antagonist
Blocks or inhibits cell function by occupying receptor sites
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Pharmacokinetics
Study of the absorption, distribution, bio transformation and excretion of drugs
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Absorption
Process by which a drug passes into the blood stream
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Distribution
Depends on circulation
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Bio transformation
Detoxification or metabolism | Liver
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Metabolites
Products of detoxified drugs
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Active metabolite
Pharmacologic action
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Inactive metabolite
No pharmacologic action
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Excretion
Process by which metabolites and drugs are eliminated from the body *urine and feces
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Pharmacogenetics
Variation in drug response due to genetics
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Ethnopharmacogy
Study of the effect of racial and ethnic responses to prescribed medication
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Iron
Cause GI irritation | Can stain teeth
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Parenternal
By needle
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Food drug cosmetic act 1938
FDA requires labels be accurate and all drugs be tested for harmful effects
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Durkham-Humphrey amendment 1952
Drugs must be sold with a prescription and not refilled without one
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Kefauver-Harris amendment 1962
Requires proof of safety and effect for drug approval
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Comprehensive drug abuse prevention and control act 1970
Categorizes controlled substances and limits how often a prescription can be filled
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Standing order
Carried out indefinitely or may have termination date (BID for 7 days)
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Medication reconciliation
The process of creating the most accurate list possible of all medications a patient is taking
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Hypodermic syringe
Comes in 3 and 5 mL sizes
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Tuberculin syringe
Calibrated in tenths and hundredths of a millimeter
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Gauge of a needle
Larger the gauge, smaller the diameter of the needle
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Tandem setup
Second container is attached to the line of the first container at the lower, secondary port
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Percutaneous
Route of absorption through the skin
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Ophthalmic medications
Eyes
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Metered-dose inhaler
Handheld nebulizer
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Lavage
Irrigation
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Onset of action
Body initially responds to drug
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Peak plasma level
Highest plasma level. Elimination equals absorption
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Half life
Elimination process reduces concentration by one half
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Plateau
Maintained drug concentration in plasma
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Pharmacodynamics
Mechanism of drug action and relationships between drug concentration and responses in body
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Agonist
Drug produces same type of response as the physiological or endogenous substance
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Antagonist
Drug that inhibits cell function by occupying receptor sites
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Pharmacokinetics
The study of absorption, distribution, bio transformation and excretion of drugs
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Absorption
The process by which a drug passes into the bloodstream
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Distribution
Depends on circulation
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Bio transformation
Detoxification, metabolism
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Metabolites
Products of bio transformation. Usually in liver
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Intradermal
Tb syringe #25-#27 1/4-5/8 inch 0.1 mL
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Subcutaneous
``` 1-2mL syringe or insulin #25 #30 for insulin 5/8 at 45 degrees 3/8 at 90 degrees 0.5-1mL ```
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IM
``` Deltoid 1 mL syringe Ventrogluetal 3-5 mL syringe Deltoid #23-#25 gauge Ventrogluteal #21 or #22 gauge Deltoid: less than 1mL Ventrogluteal: 3 mL well developed ```
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Tandem
Medicine administer intermittently or simultaneously with primary solution Secondary port
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Piggyback
Solely for intermittent drug administration | Primary port
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Ophthalmic
Eyes
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Otic
Ear
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Metered dose inhaler
Handheld nebulizer
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Lavage
Irrigation

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