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24 Cards in this Set
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Pharmocology
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The study of drugs and their effects and actions on the body.
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Pharmaceutical companies are required to list in drug inserts
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Chemical compound(s), Actions, Dosages, Side effects, Indications and contraindications.
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Four names given to drugs
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Chemical-first name given, exact description
Generic-related to chemical name, nonproprietary designation Official name-listed in official publications Trade name-registered by U.S. Patent Office |
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Who established five schedules of contrilled substances
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DEA
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Pure Food and Drug act
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was passed in 1906 to prevent manufacture and trafficking of mislabeled, poisonous, or harmful food and drugs.
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Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914
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Was the first federal legistration designed to stop drug addition or dependance.
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Narcotic Control Act
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Was passed in 1956 to amend the Harrison Act and increase penalties for violations.
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Drug Legislation
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Federal Trade Commission,
Food and Drug Administration Drug Enforcement Administration Public Health Service |
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Controlled substance act was passed in 1970
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To regulate manufacture and distribution of drugs that can cause dependancy.
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Drug Action
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Cellular change effected by a drug
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Drug effect
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Degree of drug"s physiologic change
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Local effect
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limited to area where administered
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Sestemic effect
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Pertains to the whole body
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Pharmokenitect
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Movements of drugs throughout the body
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Theraputic effect
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The drug's desired effect--We would want this to happen
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Side effect
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Unintended effect--We really don't want this to happen.
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Drug allergy
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person previously exposed and has developed antibodies
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Anaphylactic reaction
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Life threatening reaction
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Drug toxicity
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Results from overdosage or build up of drug
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Drug tolerance
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The body becomes accustomed to drug.
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Toxidrome
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The signs and systems from a group of the problem that was first diagnosed.
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Senergism
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Seditives and barbiturates given together can cause central nervous system depression
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Potentiation
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Tagamet given with Tofranil increases levels of Tofranil in blood
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Sympathetic division
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Originates in the brain, primary effects, norepinephrine, sympathetic receptors, drugs that affect sympathetic division
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