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Pharacodynamics |
The study of interactions between the chemical components of living systems |
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Pharmacokinetics |
The way the body deals with the drug including absorption, distribution, and biotransformation and excretion. |
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Pharmacogenomics |
The study of genetically determined variations in the response to drugs |
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Brand name |
Name given to the drug by the pharmaceutical company that developed it |
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Generic |
The original designation that the drug is given when the drug company that developed it applies for approval process |
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Orphan drugs |
Drugs that have been discovered but would not be profitable for the drug company to develop |
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OTC |
Drugs that are available without prescription for sself administer of varies complaints |
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Drugs |
Chemicals that are introduced into the body to bring about some sort of changes |
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Food and drug administation |
Federal agency responsible for regulation and enforcement of drug evaluation and distribution |
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Pharmacology |
The study of the biological effects of chemicals |
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Active transport |
The movement of substances across a cell membrane against concentration gradient requires energy |
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Distribution |
Movement of drugs to body tissue the places where the drug may be distributed depend on the drugs solubility etc etc |
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Receptor sites |
Specific areas of cell membranes that react with certain chemicals to cause an effect within a cell |
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Loading dose |
Use of higher dose than what is normal to cause drug to reach critical concentration sooner |
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Critical concentration |
The concentration a drug must reach in the tissues that respond to a particular drug to cause the desired therapeutic effects |
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First pass effect |
A phenomenon in which the drugs given orally are carried directly to the liver after absorption. Oral drugs are given at higher dose bc of how long it takes to get to the circulatory system |
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Half life |
The time it takes for the amount of drug in the body to decrease to one half of 98th e peak level it previously achieved |
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Passive diffusion |
Movement of substances across a semipermible membrane with the concentration gradient process does not require energy |
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Enzyme induction |
The process in which the presence of a chemical that is metabolized by a particular enzyme system in the liver causes increased activity of that enzyme system |
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Nursing process |
Assessment Nursing Diagnosis Implementation Evaluation |
