HISTORY AND THERAPEUTICS POWERPOINT

Question 1

Pharmacology

Answer 1

The study of how living systems are affected by chemical agents (drugs)

Question 2

Drug

Answer 2

Substance (other than food) intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease

Question 3

What is Pharmacotherapy?

Answer 3

Treating disease with drugs

Question 4

Affect the structure or any function of the body (positive or negative)

Answer 4

Intent

Question 5

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 5

Motion of drugs in the body

Question 6

Five steps of pharmacokinetics

Answer 6

1. Absorption
2. Distribution
3. Blood levels
4. Bio transformation (liver)
5. Excretion

Question 7

Pharmacodynamics

Answer 7

The mechanism of action/ effects

Question 8

Two ways drugs can effect the pharmacodynamic patient response

Answer 8

Biochemical or physiologic

Question 9

Study of variation in drug behavior/ response based on genetic makeup and differences

Answer 9

Pharmacogenetics

Question 10

Study of impact of genome on response to a drug (based on genetic tests)

Answer 10

Pharmacogenomics