Lecture 1 Flashcards
What does medication do for treating diseases?
Modulate… Balances
Chemical name is
The chemical name meaningful for the chemist
Generic name (nonproprietary name)
Name given from US (not capitalized)
**Always written with lowercase
Trade name (proprietary name)
Registered trademark (capitalized)
***always written with uppercase
When mentioning to patient…
mention both generic and trade name of drug
C-V drugs
Antibiotics
Pain Drugs
Gastric Acid
Antihistaminic Interaction
Antineoplastic Interactions
Antidiabetic Drugs
What is the most common presentation?
tablets
Pharmacokinetics
How the body effects the drug
4 Stages of Pharmacokinetics
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
Pharmadinamics
Side effects (how the drug effects the body)
Absorption
Movement of the drug from the site of administration into the bloodstream. Depends on route.
From intestine to bloodstream.
Distribution
Drug transport by the bloodstream to its site of action. Depending on the circulations.
Metabolism
Drug biotransformation inactive/active/soluble/potency. depends on enzymes
Excretion
Elimination of metabolites and some of the active drug. Depends on GI tract and kidneys.
Excretions happen with
bile, feces, breath, sweating
ADME
A- Absorption (Intestines)
D- Distribution (Liver)
M- Metabolism (Bile Transformation)
E- Elimination (Kidney)
First pass effect (pre-systemic)
p-450
Group of enzymes that
