Pharmacology- Chapter 1

Front 1

What are 3 major properties of and ideal drug

Back 1

1)Effectiveness
2) Safety- won't produce harmful effects
3) Selectivity- elicits only response which given

Front 2

What are other properties of an ideal drug

Back 2

1) Reversible action
2) Predictability
3) Ease of administration
4) No drug interactions
5) Low Cost
6) Stable
7) Simple Name

Front 3

Define Therapeutics

Back 3

Use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or prevent pregnancy

Front 4

Define clinical pharmacology

Back 4

The study of drugs in humans

Front 5

What is the therapeutic objective of drug therapy

Back 5

Provide maximum benefit with minimum harm

Front 6

What are the 4 basic pharmacokinetic processes

Back 6

1) Absorption
2) Distribution
3) Metabolism
4) Excretion

Front 7

Define pharmacology

Back 7

The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems

Front 8

Define Drug

Back 8

Any chemical that can affect living processes

Front 9

Define Absorption

Back 9

The movement of a drug from its site of administration into the blood

Front 10

Define excretion

Back 10

Combination of metabolism and excretion

Front 11

Define metabolism (biotransformation)

Back 11

Defined as enzymatically mediated alteration of drug structure.
- movement of drugs and their metabolites out of the body

Front 12

Define distribution

Back 12

Drug movement from the blood to the interstitial space of tissues and from there into cells.

Front 13

What are factors that determine how an individual will respond to a specific drug and dosage

Back 13

1) Administration
* Dosage
* Route
* Timing
2) Pharmacokinetics
3) Pharmacodynamics

Front 14

What is the definition of pharmacokinetics?

Back 14

How the body affects drugs

Front 15

What is the definition of pharmacodynamics?

Back 15

How the drug affects the body