Basic of Pharm

Question 1

What is the objective of pharmacotherapeutics?

Answer 1

To provide Maximum benefit with minimum harm

Question 2

What is a drug

Answer 2

Any chemical that can affect living processes

Question 3

What is the focus of this class

Answer 3

The therapeutic application of drugs

Question 4

What is pharmacology

Answer 4

The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems

Question 5

What is clinical pharmacology

Answer 5

The study of drugs in humans

Question 6

What is pharmocotherapeutics

Answer 6

The medical use of drugs

Question 7

What are the three properties of an ideal drug

Answer 7

safety, effectiveness, selecitiveity

Question 8

Chemo is great at what is does but it kills healthy cells what property is that lacking

Answer 8

safety

Question 9

Penecillin is a great antibotic but will it work for someone who is allergic? What property is that lacking

Answer 9

Affectiveness

Question 10

Benadrly has a side effect of drowseiness what property is that lacking

Answer 10

selecitivity

Question 11

You want to be able to wake your patient up from anesthia, what property is this

Answer 11

reversible

Question 12

ibprophen acts the same for most people, what property is this

Answer 12

predicatilicty

Question 13

For a person who is scared of needles pills are best for them, what property is this

Answer 13

Ease to administer

Question 14

Good Rx has helped with this property

Answer 14

low cost

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Free of Interactions

Question 16

Some meds are only effective for 2 years, what property is this

Answer 16

chemically stablity

Question 17

Which name do we need to know

Answer 17

The generic name

Question 18

What are the two sources of individual cariation

Answer 18

pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

Question 19

Will a drug act the same in a person who has a good kidney compared to a person who has a bad kidney

Answer 19

No, this is individual variation

Question 20

What factors will effect administration

Answer 20

body weight, gender, dose, timing with food, an route

Question 21

What are some factors that will affect how the drug acts

Answer 21

age, pathophysiology, race, tolerance, genetics, absorption, food, genetics, and gastic transit

Question 22

What is pharmacokinetics

Answer 22

The impact of the body on drugs

Question 23

What is pharmacodynamics

Answer 23

The impact of the drugs on the body

Question 24

What is a drugs generic name

Answer 24

there is only one per drug, and it’s less complex than the chemical names

Question 25

What is the trade name

Answer 25

Name that the drug is markey under

Question 26

What is the brand name of atorcastatin

Answer 26

Lipitor

Question 27

What is the brand name of aspirin

Answer 27

Bayer

Question 28

What is the brand name of ibprophen

Answer 28

motrin

Question 29

What is the chemical name of a drug

Answer 29

chemical description, it's very complex

Question 30

What do you need to know about a drug

Answer 30

NAME, CATEGORY, USES, INDICATIONS, DOSAGES, ROUTES, side EFFECTS, CONTRAindications, and patient TEACHING