Introduction to Pharmacotherapeutics

Question 1

The study of therapeutic uses and effects on drugs.

Answer 1

Pharmacotherapeutics

Question 2

The administration of drugs for the purpose of disease prevention or treatment and relief of suffering.

Answer 2

Pharmacotherapeutics

Question 3

The study of medicines.

Answer 3

Pharmacology

Question 4

The study of the effects of drugs on a living organism.

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Pharmacology

Question 5

Sets out standards that drugs must meet.

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Food and Drugs Act (Federal)

Question 6

___ Canada determines which drugs are approved for Canada.

Answer 6

Health

Question 7

Controls the production, sale, labelling, and advertising.

Answer 7

Food and Drugs Act (Federal)

Question 8

Drugs are labelled with the ___ ___ ___ (___) on its inner and outer label.

Answer 8

Canadian Standard Drug (CSD)

Question 9

CSD

Answer 9

Canadian Standard Drug

Question 10

Only nurse practitioners, physicians, and midwifes can do this in Canada.

Answer 10

Describe drugs

Question 11

Dispenses drugs.

Answer 11

Pharmacist

Question 12

Classified by the way it is used to treat particular conditions.

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Therapeutic

Question 13

Classified by the way the drug works on the molecular level.

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Pharmacological

Question 14

___ years (minimum) from discovery to prescribing.

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12

Question 15

Only ___ in 5000 drugs enter preclinical testing - ___ of these ___ are approved.

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5

1

5

Question 16

How medications get to market.

Answer 16

Question 17

NDC

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National Drug Control System

Question 18

Use of medications:

Cure (___).

Elimination or reducing symptoms (morphine for reducing ___ ).

Stopping or slowing ___ process.

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antibiotic

pain

disease

Question 19

Use of medications:

___ a disease or unwanted condition.

___ the quality of life.

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Preventing

Improving

Question 20

Use of medications:

Substitutive - replacing body fluids or substances (___).

Supportive - supports body function until other treatments of body’s response can take over (___).

Answer 20

insulin

Tylenol

Question 21

Does not involve puncture of the skin.

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Non-parental route

Question 22

Topical and enteral are examples of this type of route.

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Non-parental route

Question 23

Medication absorbed via gastrointestinal tract.

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Enteral

Question 24

Injecting a medication into body tissues.

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Parental route

Question 25

Examples include oral, buccal, sublingual, rectal, nasogastric tube, gastrostomy tube.

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Enteral

Question 26

Examples include transdermal, ophthalmic, otic, nasal, and vaginal.

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Topical

Question 27

Involves injecting through the skin to administration.

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Parental

Question 28

Examples include intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous.

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Parental

Question 29

Slower absorption and often uses GI tract.

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Non-parental

Question 30

GI

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Gastrointestinal tract

Question 31

Faster absorption and picked up by circulation.

Answer 31

Parental route

Question 32

Diuretics, contraceptives, antibiotics (penicillin and tetracyclines), laxatives, and anticoagulants are examples of drug ___.

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classifications

Question 33

Name given by Health Canada under the Food and Drugs Act.

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Generic name

Question 34

Official name.

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Generic name

Question 35

Identical in active ingredients to brand name drugs, yet cheaper.

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Generic

Question 36

Registered trademark of drug.

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Brand or trade name

Question 37

Use of the name restricted by the drug’s patent owner (usually the manufacturer).

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Trade / brand name

Question 38

Patent protection in ___ years in Canada.

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20

Question 39

Any agent that contributes to the prevention of disease and infection.

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Prophylactics (pro-fa-lack-ticks)

Question 40

Generally considered to be severe, negative responses to medications.

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Adverse effect

Question 41

The unintended, secondary effects that a medication PREDICTABLY will cause (may be harmless or injurious and usually resolves when medication is stopped).

Answer 41

Side effect(s)