Deck 1 - Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology

Question 1

PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS

Answer 1

The use of medication to treat, diagnose, or prevent disease.

Question 2

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Answer 2

The study of medications in humans for patients and healthy people.

Question 3

SAFETY

Answer 3

A drugthat is safe even when used in extremely large dosages and over an extended period of time.

Question 4

EFFECTIVENESS

Answer 4

A drug that causes the desired effects.

Question 5

PHARMACOKINETICS

Answer 5

Study of how a drug move through the body.

Question 6

ABSORPTION

Answer 6

Medications getting into the bloodstream from the place where they were administered.

Question 7

EXCRETION

Answer 7

Elimination of drugs from the body.

Question 8

DISTRIBUTION

Answer 8

Transportation of medications to sites of action by bodily fluids.

Question 9

METABOLISM/

Answer 9

Changes medications into less active/ inactive form by the action of enzymes.

Question 10

BIOAVAILABILITY

Answer 10

It refers to the percentage of
accessible medication administered
for activity.

Question 11

PHARMACODYNAMICS

Answer 11

Study on how drugs affect the body.

Question 12

PARTIAL AGONIST

Answer 12

Limited affinity to receptor sites.

Question 13

AGONIST

Answer 13

Drugs that can imitate the receptor activity regulated by endogenous substances.

Question 14

ANTAGONIST

Answer 14

A medication that can block normal receptor activity regulated by endogenous compounds.

Question 15

TERATOGENIC

Answer 15

Drug-induced birth defect.

Question 16

TOXICITY

Answer 16

Degree of detrimental effects caused by excessive drug dosing.

Question 17

PEAK

Answer 17

A drug that reaches its highest concentration in the blood.

Question 18

MEC

Answer 18

The minimum effective
concentration, amount of drug required for drug effect.

Question 19

DURATION

Answer 19

Length of time that a medicine is effective in treating a condition.

Question 20

ONSET

Answer 20

Time it takes for a drug to reach MEC.