Pharmo exam 1 Flashcards
Greek root; poison or potion
pharmakon
study of drugs
pharmocology
drug is any chemical or substance used for
diagnosis, cure, treat, prevent
against fever
antipyretic
absence of stimulus that would normally produce pain
analgesic
binding of a substance to metal
chelation
amount of time required for half of dose to be rendered inactive
half life
raising or lowering of a given dose to provide the desired effect
titration
opportunistic infection caused by an antimicrobial that is too broad spectrum
super infection
any substance in which a drug is dissolved/ mixed/ suspended in
drug vehicle
effectiveness of drug
efficacy
reaction which contrary to the expected reaction of the drugs( can help develop new medication)
paradoxical
study of an animals response to a drug in the absence of disease (looking for side effects)
pharmacodynamics
study of an animals response to a drug in the presence of disease (looks for efficacy)
pharmacotherapeutics
study concerning what happens to an animal with regards to ADME study
pharmacokinetics
study of drug dosage
posology
study of poison
toxicology
science concerned with drugs, collection, preparation, standardization and dispensing
pharmacy
TI is
LD50/ED50
safe TI is a
higher number
to be approved by the FDA need a TI of
4