Deck 1 - Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology

Question 1

Study of drugs and their interaction with living things which encompasses the physical and chemical properties, biochemical and physiologic effects.

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Pharmacology

Question 2

Study of drugs in human for patients and healthy volunteer.

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Clinical Pharmacology

Question 3

The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent or treat disease. This is how we utilize medication to the patient.

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Pharmacotherapeutics

Question 4

Any chemical that can affect living processes.

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Drug

Question 5

Property of ideal drug that elicits the response for which it is given. it achieve specific goals.

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Effectiveness

Question 6

Property of ideal drug that is safe and cannot produce harmful effects even administered in very high doses and for a very long time.

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Safety

Question 7

Property of ideal drug that affect certain body system or certain cell.

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Selectivity

Question 8

An ethical consideration that protect research subjects from harm.

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Beneficence

Question 9

An ethical consideration that requires subjects to be treated as independent person capable of making decisions on their own best interests, right to self determination.

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Respect for the person’s Autonomy

Question 10

An ethical consideration that includes mutual sharing of information, expresses respect to persons, gains active involvement in care and respects the right to self determination.

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Informed Consent

Question 11

It describes the drug’s chemical structure.

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Chemical Name

Question 12

A drug that is official, nonproprietary name, not owned by any company and universally accepted.

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Generic Name

Question 13

A drug that is proprietary named and chosen by the drug company and registered as trademark.

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Trade or Brand Name

Question 14

It stands for pro re nata, which means “as needed” in latin phrase.

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PRN

Question 15

This is the preferred and expected effect for which the medication is administered to a specific client.

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Therapeutic Effect

Question 16

These effects are usually expected and inevitable when medication is given at a therapeutic dose.

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Side Effects

Question 17

Effect of drugs that have specific risks and manifestations of toxicity.

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Toxic Effects

Question 18

Transmission of medications from the location of administration to the bloodstream.

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Absorption

Question 19

Derived from the two Greek words, Pharmakon ( drug or poison ) and Kinesis ( Motion ). it study the movement of the drug throughout the body.

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Pharmacokinetics

Question 20

A prescription that is given on a regular schedule with or without a termination date.

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Standard Prescription