Deck 1 – Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology

Question 1

Viewed as self-sufficient individuals capable of making decisions in their best interests, right to self-determination

Answer 1

RESPECT FOR PERSONS/ AUTONOMY

Question 2

Obligation to keep research subjects safe

Answer 2

BENEFICENCE

Question 3

The risks, both physical and psychological, must be recognized and weighs approximately against the perks.

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Risk-Benefit Ratio

Question 4

Mandates that research subjects be chosen fairly

Answer 4

JUSTICE

Question 5

Describes the drug’s chemical structure

Answer 5

CHEMICAL NAME

Question 6

Official, nonproprietary name, not owned by any company and universally accepted

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GENERIC NAME

Question 7

Proprietary name, chosen by the drug company and registered as trademark

Answer 7

TRADE/ BRAND NAME

Question 8

Study of the movement of the drug throughout the body

Answer 8

PHARMACOKINETICS

Question 9

The first stage of pharmacokinetics: medications enter the body and travel from site of administration into the body’s circulation.

Answer 9

ABSORPTION

Question 10

When a medicine is delivered appropriately, an unanticipated and potentially harmful pharmacological consequence arises.

Answer 10

ADVERSE EFFECT

Question 11

The degree to which a drug binds to a receptor.

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AFFINITY

Question 12

A medication that attaches to a “receptor” and has an effect.

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AGONIST

Question 13

The presence of a medication in the bloodstream following administration.

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BIOAVAILABILITY

Question 14

The process through which medicine is dispersed throughout the body; the second phase of pharmacokinetics.

Answer 14

DISTRIBUTION

Question 15

What are the five (5) important of Rights to Medication Administration

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RIGHT PATIENT
RIGHT ROUTE
RIGHT TIME
RIGHT DRUG
RIGHT DOSE

Question 16

What are the other five (5) important of Rights to Medication Administration

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RIGHT DOCUMENTATION
RIGHT EDUCATION
RIGHT TO REFUSE
RIGHT ASSESSMENT
RIGHT EVALUATION

Question 17

The reaction should rise as the dose of a medicine increases. The slope of the curve reflects the specific drug-receptor interaction.

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DOSE-RESPONSE

Question 18

The time it takes for a drug to have the desired therapeutic effect.

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DURATION

Question 19

The process through which drug byproducts and metabolites are removed from the body; the final step of pharmacokinetics.

Answer 19

EXCRETION

Question 20

The breakdown of a pharmacological molecule by enzymes found mostly in the liver or the intestines (secondarily).

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METABOLISM