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32 Cards in this Set
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drug |
any chemical that can affect living processes |
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pharmacology |
the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems |
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clinical pharmacology |
the study of drugs in humans |
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pharmacotherapeutics |
the use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or to prevent pregnancy; medical use of drugs |
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effectiveness, safety, and selectivity |
3 major characteristics of an ideal drug
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effectiveness |
the ability of a drug to elicit a response |
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safety |
drug characteristic in which in will not do harm, there is not such thing |
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selectivity |
the characteristic of a drug that elicits only the response for which it is given |
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reversible action, predictability, ease of administration, freed from drug interactions, low cost, chemical stability, possession of a simple generic name |
additional characteristics of an idea drug (7) |
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therapeutic objective |
to provide maximum benefit with minimal harm |
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administration, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics |
3 major factors in determining intensity of drug responses |
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absorption distribution metabolism excretion |
4 processes of pharmacokinetics |
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pharmacokinetics |
the impact of the body on drugs |
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pharmacodynamics |
the impact of drugs on the body
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right drug right patient right dose right route right time |
5 rights of drug administration |
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preadministration assessment dosage and adminstration evaluating and promoting therapeutic effects minimizing adverse effects minimizing adverse interactions making PRN decisions managing toxicity |
7 aspects of drug therapy |
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collecting baseline identifying high-risk patients assessing capacity for self-care |
3 goals of preadminsitration assessment |
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evaluating therapeutic responses promoting patient adherence implementing nondrug measures |
3 aspects of evaluating and promoting therapeutic effects |
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drug name and therapeutic category dosage and dosing schedule route and technique of administration expected therapeutic response and timing nondrug therapy duration of treatment and method of storage symptoms of adverse effects major interactions who to contact |
The education that must be given to a patient with drug therapy |
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assessment analysis planning implementation evaluation |
5 steps to the nursing process |
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Federal Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 |
law that set standards for drug quality and purity in addition to strength |
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Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act |
1st legislation, in 1938, to address drug safety |
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Controlled Substances Act |
Set rules for the manufacture and distribution of drugs considered to have the potential for abuse |
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Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) |
forced the FDA to increase timetables to get drugs on the market faster |
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Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA) |
created fast-track system for AIDs, Cancer, etc. |
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Randomized Controlled Trial |
most reliable way to objectively assess drug therapies; includes use of controls, randomization, and blinding |
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preclinical testing |
1st stage of new drug development in which testing is not done on humans and are evaluated for toxicites, pharmacokinetic properties, and potential use for biologic effects; take 1-5 years |
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clinical testing |
when drugs are being tested on humans |
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chemical generic trade |
3 types of drug names
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chemical name |
the name of a drug that consitutes a description using nomenclature of chemistry |
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generic name |
the name of a drug that is assigned by the US Adopted names council. Each drug has only one of this name |
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trade name |
proprietary brand names of a drug, there may be several different brand names |
