Mod 1 Farm (Words + Abbreviations)

Question 1

What is pharmacokinetics?

Answer 1

How the drug concentrations change over time as they are moved through the body

Question 2

What are the 4 principles to pharmacokinetics?

Answer 2

Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Elimination

Question 3

What does po stand for

Answer 3

Oral administration

Question 4

What does sl stand for?

Answer 4

Sublingual absorption

Question 5

What does pr stand for?

Answer 5

rectal administration

Question 6

What is the difference between enteral and parenteral routes of absorption?

Answer 6

enteral is through GI tract
parenteral is outside GI tract

Question 7

What is the abbreviation IM?

Answer 7

Intramuscular

Question 8

What is the abbreviation IV?

Answer 8

Intravenous

Question 9

What is the abbreviation IC?

Answer 9

Intracoronary

Question 10

What is the abbreviation sc or sq?

Answer 10

subcutaneous

Question 11

What type of molecules pass trough the cell membrane easily through passive diffusion

Answer 11

lipid soluble

Question 12

Which types of molecules can only cross through aqueous channels with passive diffusion

Answer 12

H20 molecules

Question 13

If a molecule cannot pass through lipid membrane or aqueous channels what does it need to pass?

Answer 13

A carrier protein or active transport

Question 14

A molecule needs to be ____ soluble to pass through GI tract

Answer 14

H20

Question 15

Why might a drug have an enteric coating? Where are enteric coatings are dissolved?

Answer 15

To avoid side effects in the stomach
small intestine

Question 16

What type of drug is slowly absorbed

Answer 16

Sustained Release

Question 17

What is bioavailability?

Answer 17

percent of drug that gets into systemic circulation

Question 18

Drugs given through ___ will have a 1st pass. What is 1st pass?

Answer 18

GI
a % of the drug that is eliminated through gut or liver before it reaches systemic circulation

Question 19

What kind of drug administration will have no 1st pass

Answer 19

IV

Question 20

Where are drugs primarily stored and can serve as a reservoir?

Answer 20

Adipose tissue

Question 21

What is the storage site for toxic agents like heavy metal and lead

Answer 21

bone

Question 22

What organs may drugs be stored in?

Answer 22

liver and kidney

Question 23

What organ does most of drug metabolism

Answer 23

the liver

Question 24

Where are most drugs excreted from

Answer 24

kidneys

Question 25

What is steady state

Question 26

What is the difference between agonist and antagonist?

Answer 26

The agonist stimulate a receptor and enhances a physiological effect (has affinity and efficacy) The antagonist inhibits a receptor and decreases physiological effect (has affinity, NO efficacy)

Question 27

What is potency? What does it mean if a drug has a higher potency?

Answer 27

Potency is the amount of drug required to achieve an effect If a drug is more potent, it can be given in a smaller dose to have same effect

Question 28

ā

Answer 28

before

Question 29

ac

Answer 29

before meals

Question 30

bid

Answer 30

twice a day

Question 31

cap

Answer 31

capsule

Question 32

dil

Answer 32

dissolve/dilute

Question 33

disp

Answer 33

dispense

Question 34

g

Answer 34

gram

Question 35

h

Answer 35

hour

Question 36

hs

Answer 36

at bedtime

Question 37

IA

Answer 37

intra-arterial

Question 38

IVBP

Answer 38

IV piggyback

Question 39

kg

Answer 39

kilogram

Question 40

mEq, meq

Answer 40

milliequivalent

Question 41

mg

Answer 41

milligram

Question 42

OD OS/OL

Answer 42

right eye left eye

Question 43

OTC

Answer 43

over the counter

Question 44

OU

Answer 44

both eyes

Question 45

p

Answer 45

after

Question 46

pc

Answer 46

after meals

Question 47

PO

Answer 47

by mouth

Question 48

prn

Answer 48

when needed

Question 49

q

Answer 49

every

Question 50

qam, om

Answer 50

every morning

Question 51

ad

Answer 51

every day (daily)

Question 52

qh, qh1

Answer 52

every hour

Question 53

q2h, q3h, etc

Answer 53

every 2 hour, every 3 hours, etc

Question 54

qhs

Answer 54

every night at bedtime

Question 55

qs

Answer 55

sufficient quantity

Question 56

rept

Answer 56

may be repeated

Question 57

Rx

Answer 57

Take

Question 58

Sig, S

Answer 58

label

Question 59

Sos

Answer 59

if needed

Question 60

stat

Answer 60

at once

Question 61

sup, supp

Answer 61

suppository

Question 62

susp

Answer 62

suspension

Question 63

tab

Answer 63

tablet

Question 64

tid

Answer 64

3x a day

Question 65

Tbsp, T tsp

Answer 65

Tablespoon (15ml) teaspoon (5ml)

Question 66

U

Answer 66

units

Question 67

deviating from the usual course (abnormal, atypical)

Answer 67

aberrant

Question 68

afebrile vs febrile

Answer 68

afebrile is not having a fever febrile is feverish

Question 69

aggregation

Answer 69

clumping together

Question 70

a bulge in a blood vessel caused by a weakness in the blood vessel wall, usually where it branches

Answer 70

aneurysm

Question 71

automaticity

Answer 71

the capacity of a cell to generate an action potential spontaneously without an external stimulus

Question 72

c/o and CC

Answer 72

complains of chief complaint

Question 73

influencing the rate especially of the heartbeat

Answer 73

chronotrope

Question 74

ectopic

Answer 74

occurring in an abnormal position (think ectopic pregnancy)

Question 75

embolus vs thrombosis

Answer 75

E: moves through blood an gets caught in vessel and blocks T: blood clot that forms in the spot that it obstructs

Question 76

HPI

Answer 76

history of present illness

Question 77

induced unintentionally by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures (think cutting a nerve accidentally in surgery)

Answer 77

iatrogenic

Question 78

intrathecal

Answer 78

given between thin layers that cover brain and spinal cord

Question 79

easily reactive to stimuli

Answer 79

irritable (think IBS)

Question 80

lack of blood supply to part of body

Answer 80

ischemic

Question 81

death of cell tissue

Answer 81

necrotic

Question 82

rapid deterioration in the kidney function due to toxic effect of medications and chemicals

Answer 82

nephrotoxic

Question 83

exposure to substances that can alter normal activity of CNS

Answer 83

neurotoxic

Question 84

can damage the ear, resulting in hearing loss, ringing in the ear, or balance disorders

Answer 84

Ototoxic

Question 85

perfusion

Answer 85

bathing an organ or tissue with fluid

Question 86

medical care of patients from the time of contemplation of surgery through the operative period to full recovery

Answer 86

perioperative

Question 87

after a meal

Answer 87

postprandial

Question 88

pyrexia

Answer 88

When your body temperature goes above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 89

application to or action on the surface of a part of the body

Answer 89

Topical

Question 90

relating to, being, or supplying a medication in a form for absorption through the skin into the bloodstream

Answer 90

Transdermal