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What are 3 major properties of and ideal drug
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1)Effectiveness
2) Safety- won't produce harmful effects 3) Selectivity- elicits only response which given |
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What are other properties of an ideal drug
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1) Reversible action
2) Predictability 3) Ease of administration 4) No drug interactions 5) Low Cost 6) Stable 7) Simple Name |
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Define Therapeutics
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Use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or prevent pregnancy
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Define clinical pharmacology
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The study of drugs in humans
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What is the therapeutic objective of drug therapy
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Provide maximum benefit with minimum harm
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What are the 4 basic pharmacokinetic processes
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1) Absorption
2) Distribution 3) Metabolism 4) Excretion |
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Define pharmacology
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The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
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Define Drug
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Any chemical that can affect living processes
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Define Absorption
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The movement of a drug from its site of administration into the blood
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Define excretion
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Combination of metabolism and excretion
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Define metabolism (biotransformation)
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Defined as enzymatically mediated alteration of drug structure.
- movement of drugs and their metabolites out of the body |
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Define distribution
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Drug movement from the blood to the interstitial space of tissues and from there into cells.
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What are factors that determine how an individual will respond to a specific drug and dosage
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1) Administration
* Dosage * Route * Timing 2) Pharmacokinetics 3) Pharmacodynamics |
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What is the definition of pharmacokinetics?
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How the body affects drugs
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What is the definition of pharmacodynamics?
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How the drug affects the body
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