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to safely administrate a drug, one must...
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1. know it's usual dose frequency
2. route of administration 3. indications 4. countraindications 5. significant adverse rxns 6. major drug interactions |
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what is the definition of pharmacology?
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the study of drugs and their actions and effects in body systems
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what is pharmacodynamics?
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the study of biochemical and physiologic drug effects, and the mechanisms of drug action
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what is pharmacokinetics?
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the study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion
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what is pharmacognosy?
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the study of drugs derived from herbal or natural sources
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what are pharmacotherapeutics?
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the study of how drugs are best used and which drug is appropriate for a specific disease.
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what is toxicology?
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the study of poisons and poisonings
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What is an overdose?
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dose of drug that causes harm
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what is an adverse drug rxn?
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any response to a drug that is unintended and that occurs at normal doses.
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what is a side effect?
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an unintended drug effect which can be beneficial
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what are the 3 components to risk-benfit decisions?
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1. risk assessment
2. risk perception 3 risk acceptance |
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what is risk assessment?
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the analysis of data
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what is risk perception?
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how positively or negatively the risk data is viewed
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what is risk acceptance?
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how accepting of risk if the individual
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when treating a patient, what are factors to consider?
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disease and its severity
age and health of patient risks they are willing to take what the patient wants what is possible |
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drug have how many names?
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3 - chemical name, generic name and proprietary name
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the chemical name is...
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the chemical makeup of the drug. it is complicated
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the generic name is..
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the nonproprietary name and it is not protected by copyright laws.
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the proprietary name is..
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the brand name assigned by manufacturers and protected by copyright.
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drug interactions happen...
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when the effects of 1 drug are altered by those of another drug.
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what is an idiosyncratic reaction?
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a unique or strange or unpredicted rxn to a drug
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what is an allergic reaction?
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hypersensitivity to drug that happens after previous exposure to same drug. develops fast after re-exposure
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what is anaphylactic shock?
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idiosyncratic and dangerous allergic rxn involving the whole body
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anaphylactic shock involves..
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difficulty breathing and shock which leads to death
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the epipen is..
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a registered trademark for the most commonly used autoinjecter of epinephrine (aka adrenaline) used to anaphylactic shock.
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what are the common drugs that produce tolerance?
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opiates, barbituates, tobacco, nitrates, alcohol
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a cumulative effect occurs when...
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the body cant completely metabolize one drug dose before next dose is given
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synergism occurs when...
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combined action of two or more agents produces a greater effect than agents acting alone
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potentiation occurs when...
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two drugs are taken together and one of them intensifies the action of the other
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