Introduction to Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms, Drug Delivery System, and Medical Devices Flashcards

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Is an article/agent used in diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, cure, or prevention of disease in humans or in other animals

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Drug

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Used for the relief of pain

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Analgesics

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Used to relieve pain by interfering with nerve transmission

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Anesthetics

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Used to relieve gastric hyperacidity and the pain associated with duodenal or gastric ulcers

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Antacids

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Used to rid the body of worm infestation that have gained entry into the body through the gastrointestinal tract

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Antihemintics

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Used to relieve the chest pain associated with increased oxygen demand by the heart muscle due to physical exertion

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Antianginals

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Used to inhibit cholinergic nerves that are primary responsible for gastrointestinal hypersecretions and motility

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Anticholinergics

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Used to inhibit the clotting mechanism in patients who have a propensity for clotting

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Anticoagulants

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Used to depress brain nerve firing to control convulsive seizures in epilepsy

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Anticonvulsants

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Used to decrease gastrointestinal activity, adsorb toxins, and replace the bacterial flora

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Antidiarrheals

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Used to block the brain centers associated with vomiting

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Antiemetics

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Used to antagonize the pathological effects of histamine that is released as a consequence of various disease states

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Antihistamines

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13
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Used to lower blood pressure

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Antihypertensives

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Are natural or synthetic agents that are able to inhibit the growth or destroy microorganisms

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Anti-infectives/Sulfonamides

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Are cellular toxins that function by destroying rapidly multiplying cells associated with cancer

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Antineoplastics

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16
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Used to depress the CNS cough trigger and belong to the narcotic category of drugs

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Antitussive

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Used for treatment of viral infections such as herpes simplex, group A influence, and HIV infection

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Antivirals

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Used to relax bronchial smooth muscle, which dilates the airway that is usually constricted in pulmonary disease states

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Bronchodilators

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Are vasoconstrictors that cause the shrinking of mucus membranes, permitting improved air transit through the nasal and other air passages

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Decongestants

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Used to promote digestion of food in the gastrointestinal tract in individuals who have a defect in this activity

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Digestants

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Acts on the kidney to increase the output of urine, thus ultimately reducing edema fluid accumulation

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Diuretics

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22
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Used to induce vomiting

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Emetics

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23
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Used to produce and maintain sleep

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Hypontics/Sedatives

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Used to promote defecation in patients who are constipated or unable to empty the gastrointestinal tract of its waste materials

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Laxatives/Cathartics

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Used to produce a sense of detach calmness without depression of mental faculties or clouding of consciousness

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Tranquilizers

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26
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Includes diagnostic aids, radioisotopes, and vitamins

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Miscellaneous drugs

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One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes

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Apothecary

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Word that connotes a charm/drug used for good or for evil

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Pharmakon

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29
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Successful psychologic treatment rather than therapeutic effects

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Placebo therapy

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30
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Dosage formulations used for clinical evaluation of a new drug

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Clinical Drug Materials (CDM)

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Promotes the right and safety of the subjects

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Investigational New Drug (IND)

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Gains permission to market the drug product

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New Drug Application (NDA)

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33
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Application by the sponsor of approved NDA to make changes

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Supplemental New Drug Application (SNDA)

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Nonclinical laboratory studies and clinical investigations may be omitted, except those pertaining to the drug’s bioavailability

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Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)

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Manufacture of biological such as blood products, vaccines, and toxins

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Biologics License Application (BLA)

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Brings together regulatory requirements

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International Conference on Harmonization (ICH)

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37
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Active ingredient/component that produces pharmacologic activity

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Drugs substance

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38
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Drug substance with unknown clinical, toxicologic, physical, and chemical properties

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New Chemical Entity (NCE)

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39
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Finished dosage form (containing the drug subs + other excipients/inert substances)

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Drug product

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40
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Used for single agents

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Non-proprietary names

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41
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Associated with a single chemical entity or with a mixture of chemicals constituting a specific proprietary product

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Proprietary/trademark names

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42
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Have served as a reservoir of potential drugs

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Plant materials

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43
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Used as a tranquilizer and hypotensive agent

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Rauwolfia serpentina

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44
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Used as an antidiabetic agent and for its antitumor activity

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Vinca rosea

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45
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Are considered aromatic, bitter, anti-inflammatory, and bronchial smooth muscle relaxant

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Vitex negundo

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46
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Used to treat skin infections, wounds, dysentery, and urinary tract infections

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Mangostana garcinia

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47
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Includes serums, antitoxins, and vaccines

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Biologicals

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48
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Year when Edward Genner worked on the smallpox vaccine

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1796

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49
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From renal monkey

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Poliomyelitis vaccine

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50
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From chick embryo

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Mumps & influenza vaccine

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51
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From duck embryo

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Rubella vaccine

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52
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Is a medical intervention based on the modification of the genetic material of living cells

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Gene therapy

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53
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A drug that would produce the specifically desired effect

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Goal drug

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54
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A prototype chemical compound that has fundamental desired biologic or pharmacologic activity

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Lead compound

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55
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A term used to describe a compound that requires metabolic transformation after administration

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Prodrug

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56
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A drug not recognized among experts as safe and effective

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New drug

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57
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Treatment that are sought for to target small number of patients with rare conditions/diseases

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Orphan drug

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58
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Rare disease/condition affecting fewer than 200,000 people

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Orphan disease

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59
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5 examples of orphan disease

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Chronic lymphocytes, Leukemia, Gaucher’s disease, Cystic fibrosis, AIDS

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60
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Used to obtain basic information on the drug’s effects that may be used to predict safe and effective use in humans

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Pharmacologic profile

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61
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Use of computer graphics to present and manipulate the structure of the drug molecule to fit the stimulated molecular structure of the receptor site

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Molecular graphics

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62
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Testing of large numbers of systematic organic compound or substance of natural origin for biologic activity

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Random/non-targeted screening

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63
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Chemical alteration of an organic compound to enhance its usefulness as a drug

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Molecular modification

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Drug design that interferes with the known or suspected biochemical pathway of mechanism of a disease process

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Mechanism-based drug design

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Concerned with drugs, their sources, appearance, chemistry, action, and uses

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Pharmacology

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Latin word which means drug

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Pharmaco

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Latin word which means study of

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Logos

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3 sub-areas of pharmacology

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Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, Clinical pharmacology

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Study of the biochemical and physiological effect of drugs and their mechanism of action

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Pharmacodynamics

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Deals with the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) of the drug

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Pharmacokinetics

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Applied pharmacologic principle to the study of the effects and action of drugs in human

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Clinical pharmacology

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Transit through the liver and exposure to the hepatic enzyme system

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1st pass effect

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Performed through the collection and analysis of urine, blood, feces samples

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ADME studies

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Area of pharmacology that deals with the adverse or undesired effects of drugs

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Toxicology

75
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Studies the toxic effect of a test compound when administered in single dose or multiple doses over a short period

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Acute/short term toxicity studies

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Considered: the relationship to projected human clinical studies for safety

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Subacute/subchronic studies

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Drugs intended to be given to humans for a week or more, animal studies of 90-180 days in length must demonstrate safety

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Chronic toxicity studies

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Long term studies (18-24 months) with surviving animals killed and studied at defined weeks during the test period

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Carcinogenicity studies

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Reveals any effect of an active ingredient on mammalian reproduction

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Reproduction studies

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Determines whether test compound affects gene mutation or cause chromosome or DNA damage

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Genetoxicity/mutagenecity studies

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Drug substance must possess some aqueous solubility for system absorption and therapeutic response

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Drug solubility

82
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Drug molecules must first cross a biologic membrane of protein and lipid to produce a pharmacologic response

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Partition coefficient

83
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Speed/rate at which a drug substance dissolved in a medium

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Dissolution rate

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Affects the drug’s dissolution rate and rate & extent of absorption

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Physical form & particle size

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Tests various temperatures, conditions of relative humidity, and environments of light, air, and packaging

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Stability

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Includes proposed new drug, placebos, and drug products compared to new drug

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Clinical supplies/clinical trial materials (CTM)

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Controlled studies where 1 of the parties are not knowledgeable of which product is being administered

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Blinded studies

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Patient unaware of the agent administered, investigational drug, placebo, and comparator drug

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Single blind studies

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Neither the patient nor the clinician is aware of the agent administered

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Double blind studies

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All parties are aware of the products administered

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Open label

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Design applicable to most clinical trials

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Parallel designs

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Design used for comparing different treatments within individuals

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Crossover designs

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Part of the IND application; submitted to ensure the appropriate design and conduct of investigation

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Clinical protocol

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Stage where animal pharmacology and toxicology data are obtained

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Preclinical stage

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Stage which is the initial introduction and includes 20-100 healthy volunteers

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Phase I

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Stage where controlled clinical studies to several hundred patients with the disease/condition are treated

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Phase II

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Phase where several hundred to several thousand patients with the disease/condition treated for which the drug was developed

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Phase III

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Phase where completed studies are sufficient for the NDA

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Phase 3a

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Phase where additional studies are used to gather supplemental information to support certain labelling requests

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Phase 3b

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Phase which has continual clinical investigation and manufacturing scale-up activities

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Phase IV

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Phase where product development continues after the FDA’s market approval of the product

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Phase V

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Letter for approval of the application permitting marketing

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Approval letter

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Letter for one or more deficiencies

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Non-approvable letter

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Derived from biological assay methods; reflects drug’s potency

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Units of activity

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Determines minimum concentration expected to produce the drug’s desired effects in a patient

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Minimum effective concentration (MEC)

106
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Above the average blood serum concentration level producing toxic effects

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Minimum toxic concentration (MTC)

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Produces the desired intensity of effect in 50% of the individuals tested

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ED50/Median effective dose

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Produces a defined toxic effect in 50% of the individuals tested

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TD50/Median toxic dose

109
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Ratio of drug’s median toxic dose and median effective dose

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Therapeutic index

110
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Regularly schedule subsequent administration to keep the most desirable concentration of drug in the blood

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Maintenance dosage

111
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Required to attain desired concentration of the drug in the blood of tissues

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Initial priming/loading dose

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Protects the patient from contracting the illness

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Prophylactic dose

113
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Administered to the patient after exposure or contraction of the illness

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Therapeutic dose

114
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Effect of drug modified by prior/concurrent administration of another drug

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Drug-drug interaction

115
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Direct application of the drug to desired site of action

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Local effects

116
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Entrance of drug into circulatory system and transport to cellular site of its action

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Systemic effects

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Route of administration - mouth

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Oral

118
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Route of administration - git via mouth

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Peroral

119
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Route of administration - under the tongue

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Sublingual

120
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Route of administration - other than git (by injection)

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Parenteral

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Route of administration - vein

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Intravenous

122
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Route of administration - artery

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Intraarterial

123
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Route of administration - heart

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Intracardiac

124
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Route of administration - spine

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Intraspinal/intrathecal

125
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Route of administration - bone

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Intraosseous

126
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Route of administration - joint

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Intraarticular

127
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Route of administration - joint-fluid area

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Intrasynovial

128
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Route of administration - skin

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Intracutaneous/intradermal

129
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Route of administration - beneath the skin

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Subcutaneous

130
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Route of administration - muscle

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Intramuscular

131
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Route of administration - skin surface

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Epicutaneous, Transdermal

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Route of administration - conjunctiva

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Conjunctival

133
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Route of administration - eye

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Intraocular

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Route of administration - Nose

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Intranasal

135
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Route of administration - ear

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Aural

136
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Route of administration - lung

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Intrarespiratory

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Route of administration - rectum

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Rectal

138
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Route of administration - vagina

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Vaginal

139
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Route most taken for systemic effects after absorption from various surfaces along git

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Oral route

140
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Route for systemic action preferred for drugs that are destroyed/inactivated by the stomach and intestine environments

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Rectal route

141
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Route where the drug is injected into the body using a fine needle at various sites and depths

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Parenteral route

142
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Injected through layers of skin into the loose subcutaneous tissue

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Subcutaneous/hypodermic injection

143
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Injected into the skeletal muscles

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Intramuscular injection

144
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Injected directly into the veins of the forearm

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Intravenous injection

145
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Injected/administered into the corium of the skin

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Intradermal injection

146
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Route where the drug is applied topically to the skin

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Epicutaneous route

147
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Slowly releases medication for percutaneous absorption

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Transdermal delivery systems

148
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Transdermal delivery system - antianginal

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Nitroglycerin

149
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Transdermal delivery system - smoking cessation

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Nicotine

150
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Transdermal delivery system - estrogenic hormone

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Estradiol

151
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Transdermal delivery system - antihypertensive

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Clonidine

152
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Transdermal delivery system - antinausea

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Scopolamine

153
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Route for eye, ear, and mucous membranes of the nose

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Ocular, oral, and nasal routes

154
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Solutions, suspensions, and ointments for the eyes

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Ophthalmic preparations

155
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Solutions/suspensions by drops as fine mist from a nasal spray container

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Nasal preparations

156
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Viscid to soften earwax, relieve earache, or combat an ear infection

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Otic/ear preparations