Terminologies in Introduction in Pharmacology Flashcards
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The study of drugs and their interaction with living organism.
Pharmacology
Healthcare professionals that are focused on developing and understanding new drug therapies.
Clinical Pharmacologists
Most of their work are done through a trial and error of observing the effects of drugs.
Clinical Pharmacology
The administration where all of the pharmacological information tackles about the knowledge, disease and its prevention about the certain type of drugs.
Pharmacotherapeutics
Type of substance (other than food) in chemical that can affect how the rest of the body works.
Drugs
6 types of properties of an ideal drug.
Effectiveness
Safety
Selectivity
Reversible Action
Predictability
Ease of Administration
A consideration where pharmacist are promoting a confidential manner and providing support with the help of professional practice.
Ethical Consideration
It is a scientific name based on the compound’s chemical structure.
Chemical Name
A drug name that is not owned by the company
Generic Name
A drug name that is registered as trademark of a certain drug.
Brand Name
What is the term used in giving a drugs or medicine “before meals”?
ac
What is the term used in giving a drugs or medicine “twice a day”?
bid
this type of terminology is defined as taking the medicine “as needed”
PRN
Patients behavior concur together with the medical advice of healthcare professional.
Patient Adherence
Patients behavior concur together with the medical advice of healthcare professional.
Patient Adherence
This indicates the activity of the drugs in the body including the process of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excertion.
Pharmacokinetics
This describes the intensity of a drug effect in the body.
Pharmacodynamics
This describes the range of doses at which a medication is effective without unacceptable adverse events.
Therapeutic Index
Mainly the term called for standard, single, stat, PRN, standing prescriptions in drugs.
Medication Prescriptions
What do you indicate in the prescription order?
Client’s name, date and time, name of medication, dosage, time and route, and the signature of the prescriber.
