Introduction in Pharmacology Flashcards
A study of drugs in human for patients and healthy volunteers
Clinical Pharmacology
True or False
Right to Refuse is not belong in 10 R’s in medication administration.
False
A chemical that can affect any living processes
Drug
Right Patient, Right Route, Right Time, Right Drug, Right Dose are the 5 important rights in 10 R’s in medication administration
True
A drug that elicits only the response for which it is given.
Selectivity
Beneficence- its duty is not to protect the research subjects from any harm
False
It describes the drug’s chemical structure
Chemical name
Bis in die (bid)- means every day
False
proprietary name,it is chosen by the drug company and registered as trademark
trade name /brand name
Giving a large initial dose so therapeutic effect is achieve while a steady state is reached.
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Elimination of drugs from the body
Excretion
A test that checks the Liver function
ALT & AST
changes medications into less
active/ inactive form by the action
of enzymes
Metabolism/ Biotransformation
Medication that can block normal receptor
activity regulated by endogenous compounds
Antagonist
Medication that can mimic the receptor activity
regulated by endogenous compounds
Agonist
