Introduction

Question 1

Indications

Answer 1

conditions where a drug is approved

Question 2

Therapeutic classification

Answer 2

Therapeutic usefulness in treating a particular disease

Question 3

Pharmacological classification

Answer 3

The way in which the drug works at the molecular, tissue and body system level

Question 4

Mechanism of action

Answer 4

pharmacological classification addresses how a drug produces its affects in the body

Question 5

Prototype drug

Answer 5

drug model where other drugs in a pharmacological class are compared

can predict the actions and adverse affects of other drugs in the same class

Question 6

Chemical names

Answer 6

standard nomenclature established by IUPAC

chemical comp and molecular structure

Question 7

Generic name

Answer 7

describes the chemical substance or pharmacological property of drug

Question 8

Trade/brand name

Answer 8

assigned by the company marketing the drug

Question 9

Bioavailability

Answer 9

amount of drug that is absorbed into systemic circulation

Question 10

Metabolism

Answer 10

brain transformation

chemically converting a drug to a form that is usually removed from the body more easily

each drug is metabolized differently

Question 11

BMI

Answer 11

healthy: 18.5-24.9
underweight: less than 18.5
overweight: greater than 25
obese: greater than 30