Chapter 18 Pharmacey Flashcards
What is the branch of pharmacology dealing with the biological, chemical and economic features of medicine?
Pharmacognosy
What deals with the preparation and dispensing of medications?
Pharmacy
What is the study of the dosages of medicines?
Posology
What is the study of the actions or effects of medications on living organisms?
Pharmacodynamics
What is the study of the use of medications in treatment of disease?
Pharmacotheraeuticd
What is the study of poisons?
Toxicology?
What is the science of treating disease by any method that will relieve pain?
Therapeutics
What is the blue bible of pharmacology?
Remington the science of pharmacey
What is the least amount to produce a therapeutic effect?
Minimum dose
What is the largest amount of medications that can be given without reaching a toxic effect?
Maximum dose
What is the least amount that will produce symptoms of poisoning?
Toxic dose
What is the least amount that can produce death?
Minimum leather dose
What are the three ways medicines is classified?
General, chemical. And therapeutic
What are incompatibilities when agents antagonistic are prescribed together?
Therapeutic
What is a failure of medications to combine properly?
Physical incompatibility