Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology (Dolorosa)

Question 1

What is the Difference between Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics?

Answer 1

Clinical Pharmacology is the study of drugs in healthy individuals or patients, while Pharmacotherapeutics is the use of drugs for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of disease.

Question 2

What are the Properties of an Ideal Drug?

Answer 2

We have 6 Ideal Drugs
1. Effectiveness
2. Safety
3. Selectivity
4. Reversible Action
5. Predictability
6. Ease of Administration

Question 3

What thing should Health Care Team do when they hear “No Drug is Ideal”?

Answer 3

They must exercise CARE.

Question 4

Enumerate the 10 Rights of Medication Administration.

Answer 4

1. Right Patient
2. Right Route
3. Right Time
4. Right Drug
5. Right Dose
6. Right Documentation
7. Right Education
8. Right to Refuse
9. Right Assessment
10. Right Evaluation

Question 5

It is where a person can make his/her own decision about a specific thing.

Answer 5

Respect for Persons/ Autonomy

Question 6

What are the 3 Drug Names and Define them?

Answer 6

 Chemical Name – It describes the drug’s chemical structure
 Generic Name – It is official and universally accepted.
 Trade/ Brand Name – It is chosen by the drug company and its trademark.

Question 7

What do you call the drugs that can be purchased without a prescription?

Answer 7

Over the Counter Drugs or OTC

Question 8

Fill in the Blank: PRN stands for ____________, a _______ phrase meaning ________.

Answer 8

Pro Re Nata, Latin, As Needed

Question 9

Differentiate the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics.

Answer 9

PHARMACODYNAMICS is the study of the effects of medications inside the body, whereas PHARMACOKINETICS is the study of drug movement throughout the body.

Question 10

What is the connection between First Pass Effect and Bioavailability?

Answer 10

In the first-pass effect, the medication used in the enteral route passed through the gastrointestinal lumen and then entered our liver through the portal vein. Because the liver filters everything that enters the body, it will influence both absorption and bioavailability.

Question 11

It is a medication that turns into an active form once they enter the body.

Answer 11

Prodrug

Question 12

Formula of Fried’s Rule

Answer 12

Child’s Dose = Infant’s age (in month) / 150 months x average adult dose

Question 13

What are 3 Receptor Theories?

Answer 13

Agonist, Antagonist, and Partial Agonist

Question 14

Difference between Agonist and Antagonist.

Answer 14

An agonist can mimic receptor activity while Antagonist blocks normal receptor activity.

Question 15

Formula for the drops per minute.

Answer 15

X = V x df / t

Question 16

Medication prescriptions are written in the chart. It is true or false.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

What is the formula for Oral Medication

Answer 17

X = D/S x Q

Question 18

Complete this phrase. Pharmacokinetics is derived from two _____ words. ______ (drug or poison) and kinesis _____.

Answer 18

Greek, Pharmakon, Motion

Question 19

What are the factors affecting metabolism?

Answer 19

 Age
 First pass effect
 Metabolic pathway
 Nutritional Status

Question 20

Difference between Micro set and Macro set.

Answer 20

Micro set has a needle inside. While the Macro set has no needle.