MA Book Chapters 50 and 51 Key Terms Flashcards
Absorption
The process by which one substance is absorbed, or taken in and incorporated, into another, as when the body converts food or drugs into a form it can use.
Adminsister
The process by which one substance is absorbed, or taken in and incorporated, into another, as when the body converts food or drugs into a form it can use.
Controlled Substance
A drug or drug product that is categorized as potentially dangerous and addictive and is strictly regulated by federal laws.
Dispense
To distribute a drug, in a properly labeled container, to a patient who is to use it.
Distribution
The biochemical process of transporting a drug from its administration site in the body to its site of action.
Dosage
The size, frequency, and number of doses.
Dose
The therapeutic value of a procedure or therapy, such as a drug.
Efficacy
The therapeutic value of a procedure or therapy, such as a drug.
Excretion
The elimination of waste by a discharge; in drug metabolism, the manner in which a drug is eliminated from the body.
Generic Name
A drug’s official name.
Indication
The purpose or reason for using a drug, as approved by the FDA.
Labeling
nformation provided with a drug, including FDA-approved indications and the form of the drug.
Narcotic
A popular term for an opioid and term of choice in government agencies; see opioid.
Opioid
A natural or synthetic drug that produces opium-like effects.
Pharmaceutical
Pertaining to medicinal drugs.
Pharmacodynamics
The study of what drugs do to the body: the mechanism of action, or how they work to produce a therapeutic effect.
Pharmacognosy
The study of characteristics of natural drugs and their sources.
Pharmacokinetic
The study of what the body does to drugs: how the body absorbs, metabolizes, distributes, and excretes the drugs.
Pharmacology
The study of drugs.
Pharmacotherapeutics
The study of how drugs are used to treat disease; also called clinical pharmacology.
Prescribe
To give a patient a prescription to be filled by a pharmacy.
Prescription
A physician’s written order for medication.
Prescription Drugs
A drug that can be legally used only by order of a physician and must be administered or dispensed by a licensed healthcare professional.
Toxiology
he study of poisons or poisonous effects of drugs.
Trade Name
A drug’s brand or proprietary name.
Buccal
A drug’s brand or proprietary name.
Diluent
A liquid used to dissolve and dilute another substance, such as a drug.
Douche
Vaginal irrigation, which can be used to administer vaginal medication in liquid form.
Infusion
A slow drip, as of an intravenous solution into a vein.
Intrademal ( ID)
Within the upper layers of the skin.
Intramuscular (IM)
Within muscle; an IM injection allows administration of a larger amount of a drug than a subcutaneous injection allows.
Intravenous (IV)
Injected directly into a vein.
Ointment
A form of topical drug; also known as a salve.
Route
The way a drug is introduced into the body.
Solution
A homogeneous mixture of a solid, liquid, or gaseous substance in a liquid, such as a dissolved drug in liquid form.
Sublingual
Under the tongue.
Volume
The amount of space an object, such as a drug, occupies.
Transdermal
A type of topical drug administration that slowly and evenly releases a systemic drug through the skin directly into the bloodstream; a transdermal unit is also called a patch.
Z-track Method
A technique used when injecting an intramuscular (IM) drug that can irritate subcutaneous tissue; involves pulling the skin and subcutaneous tissue to the side before inserting the needle at the site, creating a zigzag path in the tissue layers that prevents the drug from leaking into the subcutaneous tissue and causing irritation.
