Med Terms 1

Question 1

Chemical name

Answer 1

Name if medication that reflects its chemical composition and molecular structure

Question 2

Generic name

Answer 2

Official name the United States Adopted name council gives a medication. Only one generic name (ibuprofen)

Question 3

Trade name

Answer 3

The brand or property name that the company that manufactures the medication gives it. It can have several trade names (Advil, Motrin)

Question 4

Uncontrolled substances

Answer 4

Requires monitoring by a provider, generally does not pose risk of misuse or addiction (antibiotics)

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Controlled substances

Answer 5

Have a “schedule” classification, schedule 1 having the highest chance of being addictive

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Absorption

Answer 6

Movement of a medication from the site of administration to the blood stream

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Distribution

Answer 7

The transport of medications to sites of action by body fluid

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Metabolism

Answer 8

Changes medication into less active or inactive forms by the action of enzymes

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Excretion

Answer 9

The elimination of medications from the body primarily through the kidneys

Question 10

Minimum effective concentration

Answer 10

Minimum amount of medication to have in your system to see the effect

Question 11

Half-life

Answer 11

How long it takes for the medicine to reach 50%

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Loading dose

Answer 12

Larger initial dose given at the beginning of treatment before dropping down to a lower maintenance dose

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First pass effect

Answer 13

Drug gets metabolized at a specific location in the body that results in a reduced concentration of the active drug upon reaching its site of action of the systemic circulation

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Pharmacokinetics

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How medications travel through the body undergoing a variety of biochemical processe

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Therapeutic index

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High therapeutic index means the medication has a wide safety margin, low therapeutic index means the medication requires close monitoring of th ‘em education levels

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Pharmacodynamics

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Describes the interactions between medications and target sells, body systems, and organs to produce effects

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Agonists

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Medications that bind or mimic the receptor activity that endogenous compounds regulate

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Antagonist

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Medications that can block the usual receptor activity that endogenous compounds regulate or the receptor activity of another medication

Question 19

Sublingual

Answer 19

Under the tongue

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Buccal

Answer 20

Between the cheek and gum

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Topical

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Medications directly applies to the mucous membranes or skin (powers, sprays, creams)

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Transdermal

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Medication in a skin patch for absorption through the skin, producing systemic effects

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Inhalation

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Administered through metered dose inhalers (MDI)or dry-powder inhalers (DPI)

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Intradermal

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In the skin, Use for tuberculin testing

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Subcutaneous

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Under the skin

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Intramuscular

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In the muscle

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Intravenous

Answer 27

In the vein

Question 28

Epidural

Answer 28

Around the spinal cord