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Medication 35 Flashcards

1
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Trade name/ brand name

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Given by drug manufacturer. Property of that manufacturer

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Pharmacology

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Study of the effect of drugs on living organisms

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Pharmacy

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Art of preparing compounding and dispensing drugs

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Pharmacopoeia

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Book containing a list of products used in medicine, formulas and tests

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Therapeutic effect

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Desired effect

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Side effect

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Secondary effect, unintended

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Adverse effects

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Severe side effects

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Palliative

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Relieves symptoms only

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Curative

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Cures disease or condition

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Supportive

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Supports body function until other treatments or body can take over.

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Substitutive

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Replaces body fluids or substances

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12
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Chemotherapeutic

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Destroys malignant cells

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Restorative

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Returns body to health

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14
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Drug tolerance

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Person who has very low physiological response

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Cumulative effect

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Increasing response to repeated doses of a drug that occurs when the rate of administration exceeds rate of metabolism or excertion

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16
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Idiosyncratic effect

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Unexpected and may be individual to a client. Under or over response

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17
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Drug interaction

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Administration of one drug before, at the same time as, or after alters one or both.

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18
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Potentiating effect

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Increased effect

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19
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Additive

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Two of the same types of drug increase the action of each other

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20
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Synergistic effect

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When two different drugs increase the action of one or another drug

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21
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Iatrogenic disease

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Caused unintentionally by medical therapy

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22
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Generic name

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Assigned by the United States adopted names and is used throughout drugs lifetime

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23
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Physiological dependence

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Biochemical changes in body tissues, especially the nervous system

Alcohol

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Psychological dependence

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Emotional reliance on a drug to maintain a sense of well being, cravings

Cocaine

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Drug habituation

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Mild form of psychological dependence

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26
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Illicit drugs

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Street drugs. Sold illegally

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27
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Half life

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Time interval required for the body’s elimination processes to reduce the concentration of the drug by one half

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Pharmacodynamics

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Mechanism of drug action and the relationships between drug concentration and responses in the body

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29
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Receptor

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Drugs specific target

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30
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Agonist

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Produces response *** same as physiological or endogenous substance

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31
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Antagonist

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Blocks or inhibits cell function by occupying receptor sites

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Pharmacokinetics

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Study of the absorption, distribution, bio transformation and excretion of drugs

33
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Absorption

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Process by which a drug passes into the blood stream

34
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Distribution

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Depends on circulation

35
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Bio transformation

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Detoxification or metabolism

Liver

36
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Metabolites

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Products of detoxified drugs

37
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Active metabolite

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Pharmacologic action

38
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Inactive metabolite

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No pharmacologic action

39
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Excretion

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Process by which metabolites and drugs are eliminated from the body
*urine and feces

40
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Pharmacogenetics

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Variation in drug response due to genetics

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Ethnopharmacogy

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Study of the effect of racial and ethnic responses to prescribed medication

42
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Iron

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Cause GI irritation

Can stain teeth

43
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Parenternal

44
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Food drug cosmetic act 1938

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FDA requires labels be accurate and all drugs be tested for harmful effects

45
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Durkham-Humphrey amendment 1952

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Drugs must be sold with a prescription and not refilled without one

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Kefauver-Harris amendment 1962

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Requires proof of safety and effect for drug approval

47
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Comprehensive drug abuse prevention and control act 1970

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Categorizes controlled substances and limits how often a prescription can be filled

48
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Standing order

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Carried out indefinitely or may have termination date (BID for 7 days)

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Medication reconciliation

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The process of creating the most accurate list possible of all medications a patient is taking

50
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Hypodermic syringe

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Comes in 3 and 5 mL sizes

51
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Tuberculin syringe

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Calibrated in tenths and hundredths of a millimeter

52
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Gauge of a needle

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Larger the gauge, smaller the diameter of the needle

53
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Tandem setup

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Second container is attached to the line of the first container at the lower, secondary port

54
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Percutaneous

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Route of absorption through the skin

55
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Ophthalmic medications

56
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Metered-dose inhaler

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Handheld nebulizer

57
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Lavage

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Irrigation

58
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Onset of action

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Body initially responds to drug

59
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Peak plasma level

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Highest plasma level. Elimination equals absorption

60
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Half life

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Elimination process reduces concentration by one half

61
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Plateau

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Maintained drug concentration in plasma

62
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Pharmacodynamics

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Mechanism of drug action and relationships between drug concentration and responses in body

63
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Agonist

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Drug produces same type of response as the physiological or endogenous substance

64
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Antagonist

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Drug that inhibits cell function by occupying receptor sites

65
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Pharmacokinetics

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The study of absorption, distribution, bio transformation and excretion of drugs

66
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Absorption

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The process by which a drug passes into the bloodstream

67
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Distribution

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Depends on circulation

68
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Bio transformation

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Detoxification, metabolism

69
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Metabolites

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Products of bio transformation. Usually in liver

70
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Intradermal

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Tb syringe
#25-#27
1/4-5/8 inch
0.1 mL

71
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Subcutaneous

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1-2mL syringe or insulin 
#25
#30 for insulin
5/8 at 45 degrees
3/8 at 90 degrees
0.5-1mL
72
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IM

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Deltoid 1 mL syringe 
Ventrogluetal 3-5 mL syringe 
Deltoid #23-#25 gauge 
Ventrogluteal #21 or #22 gauge 
Deltoid: less than 1mL
Ventrogluteal: 3 mL well developed
73
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Tandem

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Medicine administer intermittently or simultaneously with primary solution
Secondary port

74
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Piggyback

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Solely for intermittent drug administration

Primary port

75
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Ophthalmic

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Otic

77
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Metered dose inhaler

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Handheld nebulizer

78
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Lavage

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Irrigation

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