Week 2 Pre Reading Terms And Useful Stuff

Question 1

Medication

Answer 1

Substance used in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or cure of health alterations

Question 2

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 2

Study of how medications enter, affect, and exit the body

Question 3

Types of medication names

Answer 3

Chemical, brand, generic

Question 4

DIN

Answer 4

Drug identification number
8 digits

Question 5

Medication classification

Answer 5

Indicated effect of the medication on a Body system

Question 6

Controlled substances of drugs

Answer 6

Medications that affect the mind or behaviour like opioids

Question 7

Opioids

Answer 7

Natural or sythentc chemicals that reduce pain by interacting with nerve cell opioid receptors

Question 8

High alert medications

Answer 8

Meds that have increased risk of harm if used inappropriately

Eg. epinephrine, anaesthetics

Question 9

Safe use strategies for high alert meds

Answer 9

Standardized process for prescribing, storage, prep, and administeration

Limited access

Using alerts and bright labels

Question 10

Absorption

Answer 10

Passage of medication molecules into the blood from the site of administration

Question 11

Absorption is affected by:

Answer 11

Route, ability to dissolve, blood flow, body surface area, solubility

Question 12

Biotransformation

Answer 12

When enzymes detoxify, degrade, and remove an active substance or drug

Basically metabolize

Done by liver mainly, but also lungs, kidneys, blood and intestines

Question 13

Therapeutic effect

Answer 13

Expected physiological response that a medication causes

Question 14

A medication is perscribed due to its

Answer 14

Therapeutic affect

Question 15

Adverse effect

Answer 15

Injurious, serious, negative response to meds

Question 16

Toxicity

Answer 16

Develops after prolonged intake of a medication or accumulation of medication in the blood.

Question 17

Anaphylactic reactions

Answer 17

Severe reactions that are life threatening and are characterized by constriction f bronchial muscles, edema of pharynx/larynx, shortness of breath, and circulatory collapse

Question 18

Synergistic effect

Answer 18

When the combined affect of two meds is greater than them both separately

Question 19

Precipitation reaction

Answer 19

Causes visible cloudiness or crystals if contact occurs within IV tubing

Question 20

Therapeutic concentration

Answer 20

Constant steady state of a beneficial level of medication

Question 21

Peak concentration

Answer 21

When the rate of absorption equals the rebate of elimination

Question 22

Serum half life

Answer 22

Time it takes for the serum medication concentration to be eliminated by half

Question 23

Functional status

Answer 23

Capacity and safe performance of ADLs

Indicator of health or illness

Question 24

Polypharmacy

Answer 24

The concurrent use of many medications

Increases risk for adverse reactions

Question 25

Distribution

Answer 25

Distribution of medication throughout the body tissues to a site of action React and extent depends on medication properties and the person taking the meds

Question 26

Metabolism

Answer 26

After a medication reaches its site of action, it metabolizes into a less active or inactive form that is more easily eliminated

Question 27

Elimination

Answer 27

Exit of the metabolized medication throughout the kidneys, liver, bowels, lungs, or exocrine glands. Chemical makeup of drug determines exit route

Question 28

4 phases of pharmacokinetics

Answer 28

Absorption Distribution Metabolism Elimination

Question 29

Medication standards - purity

Answer 29

Standard quality of drug in a medication product

Question 30

Medication standards - potency

Answer 30

Concentration of drug in a medication effects its strength

Question 31

Medication standards - bioavailability

Answer 31

Ability of the drug to be released, dissolved, absorbed, and transported by the body to the site of action

Question 32

Medication standards - efficacy

Answer 32

Lab studies demonstrating medication action and effectiveness

Question 33

Medication standards - safety

Answer 33

All meds need to be continually evaluated to determine risks