Basic of Pharm Flashcards
What is the objective of pharmacotherapeutics?
To provide Maximum benefit with minimum harm
What is a drug
Any chemical that can affect living processes
What is the focus of this class
The therapeutic application of drugs
What is pharmacology
The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
What is clinical pharmacology
The study of drugs in humans
What is pharmocotherapeutics
The medical use of drugs
What are the three properties of an ideal drug
safety, effectiveness, selecitiveity
Chemo is great at what is does but it kills healthy cells what property is that lacking
safety
Penecillin is a great antibotic but will it work for someone who is allergic? What property is that lacking
Affectiveness
Benadrly has a side effect of drowseiness what property is that lacking
selecitivity
You want to be able to wake your patient up from anesthia, what property is this
reversible
ibprophen acts the same for most people, what property is this
predicatilicty
For a person who is scared of needles pills are best for them, what property is this
Ease to administer
Good Rx has helped with this property
low cost
Idealy you don’t want drugs to interact with other meds. But the more meds a patient has the more interactions there will be, what property is this
Free of Interactions