Basic Pharmacology Terms Flashcards
- official name of the drug
- name given to a drug the can be marketed by any company
- it’s nonproprietary
- lower case letter
Generic drugs
- a specific company producing the drug
- it is proprietary
- has a registered trademark symbol
- it starts with a capital letter
Trade or Brand drugs
a drug is moved from the site of administration to body fluids, this is the first process during pharmacokinetics
absorption
when a drug moves from circulation to body tissue or a target site
distribution
drug is changed to a form that can be excreted
metabolism
place where metabolism primarily takes place in the body
liver
elimination of a drug from the body
excretion
place where excretion primarily takes place in the body
Kidneys
time required for the body to eliminate 50% of a drug
half-life
action by which an oral drug is absorbed by the small intestine and carried directly to the liver
first-pass effect
*NOTE: the liver will metabolize a significant amount of the drug before releasing it into the body