Medication 35 Flashcards
Trade name/ brand name
Given by drug manufacturer. Property of that manufacturer
Pharmacology
Study of the effect of drugs on living organisms
Pharmacy
Art of preparing compounding and dispensing drugs
Pharmacopoeia
Book containing a list of products used in medicine, formulas and tests
Therapeutic effect
Desired effect
Side effect
Secondary effect, unintended
Adverse effects
Severe side effects
Palliative
Relieves symptoms only
Curative
Cures disease or condition
Supportive
Supports body function until other treatments or body can take over.
Substitutive
Replaces body fluids or substances
Chemotherapeutic
Destroys malignant cells
Restorative
Returns body to health
Drug tolerance
Person who has very low physiological response
Cumulative effect
Increasing response to repeated doses of a drug that occurs when the rate of administration exceeds rate of metabolism or excertion
Idiosyncratic effect
Unexpected and may be individual to a client. Under or over response
Drug interaction
Administration of one drug before, at the same time as, or after alters one or both.
Potentiating effect
Increased effect
Additive
Two of the same types of drug increase the action of each other
Synergistic effect
When two different drugs increase the action of one or another drug
Iatrogenic disease
Caused unintentionally by medical therapy
Generic name
Assigned by the United States adopted names and is used throughout drugs lifetime
Physiological dependence
Biochemical changes in body tissues, especially the nervous system
Alcohol
Psychological dependence
Emotional reliance on a drug to maintain a sense of well being, cravings
Cocaine
Drug habituation
Mild form of psychological dependence
Illicit drugs
Street drugs. Sold illegally
Half life
Time interval required for the body’s elimination processes to reduce the concentration of the drug by one half
Pharmacodynamics
Mechanism of drug action and the relationships between drug concentration and responses in the body
Receptor
Drugs specific target
Agonist
Produces response *** same as physiological or endogenous substance
Antagonist
Blocks or inhibits cell function by occupying receptor sites