Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
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Might be characterized as the study of medications and how they affect living things. It includes research on the biochemical and physiologic effects of medications as well as their physical and chemical characteristics.
Pharmacology
What chemical that can have an impact on living things processes?
Drug
What is Safety?
A medicine is considered safe if it does not have negative side effects, even when used for a very long time and in extremely high dosages.
What are the 4 processes in pharmacokinetics?
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion
Properties of an Ideal Drug (The Big Three)
Effectiveness, Safety, and Selectivity
What is Selectivity?
A selective medication is one that only produces the desired response, according to the definition.
Ease of Administration has 2 other benefits.
- It can enhance patient adherence.
- It can decrease risk.
What is to take medications to cure illnesses, diagnose them, or to prevent pregnancy? It is also known as Therapeutics.
Pharmacotherapeutics,
This is what one may consider the effects of medicines on the body. The majority of the time, a drug’s binding to its receptor is the first action that triggers a reaction.
Pharmacodynamics
What are these five?
RIGHT PATIENT
RIGHT ROUTE
RIGHT TIME
RIGHT DRUG
RIGHT DOSE
Five important rights in medication administration
What are the remaining five rights in the administration of medication?
- RIGHT DOCUMENTATION
- RIGHT EDUCATION
- RIGHT TO REFUSE
- RIGHT ASSESSMENT
- RIGHT EVALUATION
It is only written in specific circumstances.
Standing Prescription
What level of safety exists between the medicine dosage that results in desirable side effects and unintended or potentially harmful side effects?
Therapeutic Index (TI)
What is Standard Prescription?
Prescription medication that is regularly administered, with or without interruption.
What are these four?
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
4 processes in pharmacokinetics
What medication that can be purchased over the counter without a doctor’s prescription?
Over the counter drugs
What is the meaning of SAFER?
- Speak up
- Ask questions
- Find the facts
- Evaluate your choices
- Read labels
What is the 2nd process of pharmacokinetics?
Distribution
What is First Pass Effect?
Is a phenomenon in which a medication is digested at a particular spot in the body, resulting in a lower concentration of the active medication when it reaches its site of action or the systemic circulation.
What delivers the drugs to the bloodstream from the administration site?
Absorption
