Ch 51 Flashcards
Which of the following is the study of how drugs are used to treat disease?
Pharmacotherapeutics
Pharmacotherapeutics is also referred to as clinical
pharmacology.
Package inserts and drug labels are
valuable resources for obtaining drug information.
To prepare and administer drugs, a medical assistant must understand the information that appears on drug
labels.
Opioid
Narcotic drug
Pharmacognosy
Study of the characteristics and sources of natural drugs
Prescribe
To give a patient a prescription to be filled by a pharmacy
Pharmacology
Study of drugs
Trade name
Name given to a drug by the manufacturer
Pharmacology is the science of
drugs
Antigens can be which of the following?
Viruses
Bacteria
Which type of drugs require a physician’s written order to authorize their dispensing to patients?
Prescription
Toxicology is the study of the ______ effects of drugs
poisonous
The study of the mechanics of action, or how a drug works to produce a therapeutic effect, is called
pharmacodynamics
Injected drugs that are absorbed through the skin are administered
intradermally
What term describes the way the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes drugs?
Pharmacokinetics
Which of the following is the process by which the body converts a drug from its dose form to a form the body can use?
Absorption
Before public human use of a new drug is allowed, ______ tests are performed on laboratory animals
toxicity
An injection given through the tissue just below the skin are administered is known as
subcutaneously
Some prescription drugs are dispensed as OTC drugs at a much lower
strength
OTC medications are also referred to as ______ drugs.
nonprescription
Pharmacokinetics is what the body does to a
drug
Which of the following is the study of how drugs are used to treat disease?
Pharmacognosy
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacotherapeutics
Pharmacology
Pharmacotherapeutics
Which of the following are credible sources of drug information?
AHFS
USP/NF
PDR
In 2015, the FDA established comprehensive labeling requirements for drugs given during which of the following life stages?
Females and Males of Reproductive Potential
Lactation
Pregnancy
What term describes the way the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes drugs?
Pharmacokinetics
The FDA requires that manufacturers perform clinical tests on new ______ before human use
drugs