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Medications
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Drug or other substance that is used as a remedy for illness. They have specific physiological effects on cells, organs, and body systems
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Pharmacology
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Study of Drugs and their actions in the body.
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Drug
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Any substance taken to treat or prevent disease or condition
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Pharmacokinetics
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Study of how the body handles a drug over a period of time.
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Pharmacodynamics
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Mechanism of Drug action on living tissue.
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Indication
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Medical condition that would warrent medication.
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Contraindiction
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Medical/ Physiological conditions present that would make it harmful to administer drugs.
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Absorption
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Movement of drug molecules from site of entry to circulation.
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Mechanism of Action
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What does it do?
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Agonist
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Completes an action
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Antagonist
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Blocks on Action
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Therapeutic Action
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Intended Effect of the Drug
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Cumulative Action
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Subsequent action of the drug
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Synergism
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Combined effect of two drugs are stronger than one drug alone
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Potentiation
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Additive effect (Alcohol with Depressants)
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Hypersensitivity
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Allergic reaction to a drug
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Idiosyncrasy
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Individual, unpredicted effect of a drug
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Untoward Effect
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Harmful Side Effect
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Side Effect
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Undesired effect from a drug
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Biotransformation
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Turning the drug into another form
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Depressant
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Depresses body functions
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Stimulant
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Increases body functions
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Refractory
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Drug does not work (Resistance)
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Habituation
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Develop a habit, or need the drug to function
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Tolerance
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Body becomes use to the drug
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Bolus
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Single dose of the drug as fast as you can
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Infusion
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Contolled administration of a drug
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