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What are the metric and household measurement of medications?
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Metric - mg, g, mL
Household - T, t, drops, cups |
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What is the expected physiological response to medication?
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Therapeutic effect
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What is the sequence of medication pharmacokinetics?
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Site of administration -> Absorption -> Circulation -> Distribution -> Metabolism -> Excretion
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Which three medication routes involve giving medication in the mouth?
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po, sl/subl, buccal
[Oral, sublingual, buccal] |
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Where are medications excreted?
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kidneys, liver, bowels, lungs, execrine glands
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What is the study of how medications enter the body, reach the site of action, are metabolized, and exit the body?
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Pharmacokinetics
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Where are medications metabolized?
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liver, lungs, kidneys, intestines
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What is meant by medication interaction?
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when one drug modifies the action of another; also, one drug may potentiate the action of another
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What is the definition of a solution?
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a given mass of solid substance in a known body of fluid or a fluid dissolved in a fluid
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What is the medication route of administration that involves a needle?
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parental
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Why is body surface important to medication absorption?
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The SI and skin have more surface area than the stomach, this potentially can provide greater opportunity for absorption of the medication
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What is the use of drugs that are used to prevent, dx, and cure disease processes or to relieve s/s?
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Drug therapy
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When medication is given in the eyes, this is called:
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Intraoccular
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What is the study of drugs that alter the fxn of living organisms?
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Pharmacology
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What is meant by an allergic reaction from medication?
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an unpredictable, mild or severe reaction; possibly could lead to anaphylactic shock or reaction.
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When bacitracin is placed on a cut on the skin, this called what type of medication?
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Topical medication - on the skin
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What is the time it takes for excretion to lower the serum medication concentration of a drug in the blood stream by half ?
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Serum Half Life
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Which of the following is the predicted, unintended secondary effect of medication?
Side, Adverse, Toxic or Idiosyncratic effect |
Side effect
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Which of the following is a severe and unpredicated response to medication?
Side, Adverse or Toxic effect |
Adverse effect
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If medication is enteric coated, it is made to dissolve in the _________ .
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Small Intestine
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What is meant by a drug is therapeutically useful?
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It enters the body, is absorbed and distributed to cells, tissue, or specific organ, and alters their physiological fxn
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What is the toxic effect of taking a medication?
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the effect that may develop after taking the medication for a prolonged time due to an accumulation of the medication in the bloodstream
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Which medication routes involve the nose?
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Inhalation, Intranasalar
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Where is medication absorbed the fastest?
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sublingually - under the tongue
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What is the absorption of medication?
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the passage of molecules in the blood from the site of administration
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