Pharmacology

Question 1

What Is a branch of pharmacology that studies what the body does to a drug?

Answer 1

Pharmacokinetics

Question 2

The process of drugs entering the body into the bloodstream?

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Absorption

Question 3

The process where the drug is distributed or dispersed throughout the body?

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Distribution

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The process where the drug is broken down by the body, usually in the GI tract?

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Metabolism

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After metabolism, the drug is eliminated from the body?

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Excretion

Question 6

What is the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs on the body?

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Pharmacodynamics

Question 7

For drugs to affect the body they have to reach their target cells or tissues. They do this by interacting with what?

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Receptors

Question 8

What are receptors?

Answer 8

Proteins located inside the cells or on the cell surface.

Question 9

What mimics normal physiological processes in the body?

Answer 9

Agonist Drug Molecules

Question 10

What happens when a agonist drug molecule binds to a receptor?

Answer 10

It activates the receptor and generates a response.

Question 11

What are designed to inhibit or block an agonists from activating a receptor?

Answer 11

Antagonist drug molecule

Question 12

What are brain chemicals that send messages to the body by binding with specific receptors?

Answer 12

Neurotransmitters

Question 13

Dopamine,epinephrine,histamine,and serotonin are examples of what?

Answer 13

Neurotransmitters

Question 14

What indicates the range of doses at which a medication is both effective and safe?

Answer 14

Therapeutic Index

Question 15

A reason to use a certain treatment?

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Indication

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A reason not to use a certain treatment due to the harm that it could cause the patient?

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Contraindication

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What occurs when two or more drugs react with each other?

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Drug-drug interactions

Question 18

The combined effect of two drugs is equal to the sum of the effects of each drug taken alone?

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Addition

Question 19

The action of one drug antagonizes the action of another drug?

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Antagonism

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One drug enhances or prolongs the effects of another drug?

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Potentiation

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The combined effect of two drugs is greater than the sum of the effects of two drugs?

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Synergism

Question 22

Occurs when a drug that is intended for therapeutic use cause certain harmful effects because of a disease or pre-existing condition that the patient has?

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Drug-disease interactions

Question 23

When certain foods or beverages increase or decrease the effects of drugs in the body?

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Drug-nutrient interactions

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Occurs when herbal or dietary supplements increase or decrease a drugs effects?

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Drug-herbal interactions

Question 25

When alcohol can have chemical reactions with the drug molecule itself or alcohol can have additive harmful side effects with some drugs that are central nervous system?

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Drug-alcohol interactions

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card/io

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Heart

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Carcin

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Cancer

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Cyto

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Cell

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Enter

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Intestine

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Derma

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Skin

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Gastr

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Stomach

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Pharyng

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Throat

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Ab

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Away from

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Ad

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Toward

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Bi

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Both or two

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Epi

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Upon

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Macro

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Large

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Micro

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Small

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Pre

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Before

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Post

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After

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Itis

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Inflammation

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Lysis

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Breakdown

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Partum

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Birth

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Pathy

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Disease

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Otomy

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To cut into

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Scopy

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Visual examination