Midterm Flashcards
Define Psychopharmacology
The study of how drugs affect mood, perception, thinking, or behavior
Define Psychoactive Drugs
Drugs that affect mood, perception, thinking, or behavior
Define Behavioural Pharmacology
The study of how drugs affect behaviour (emphasis on principles used in behaviour analysis)
Define Neuropsychopharmacology
The study of how drugs affect the nervous system (changes alter behaviour)
Traditional Definition of a Drug?
Any substance that alters the physiology of the body
Contemporary Definition of a Drug?
Any substance that alters the physiology of the body but is NOT a food
Define Generic Name
Non-proprietary name, indicates the drugs class, & distinguishes a drug from others in the same class (Codeine)
Define Trade Name
Trademarked name that a company provides for a drug (Tylenol 3)
Define Chemical Name
Details a drugs chemical structure (3-Methoxymorphine)
Define Street Name
Given by those who use, sell, or illegally make recreational drugs (Sizzurp)
How are dosages reported?
Metric system, tend to be reported in mg
Define Dose Response Curve (DRC)
Curve that establishes a true picture of physiological & behavioural effects of a drug
Define ED50
Median effective dose
Define LD50
Median lethal dose
Define Potency
The amount of a drug used to produce a certain magnitude of effect
Potency is the difference between the ______ of different drugs
ED50
The lower the ED50, the higher the _________
potency
Define Effectiveness
The ability of a drug to elicit a response, regardless of dose
Define Objective Effects
The pharmacological effects that can be directly observed by others
Define Subjective Effects
The pharmacological effects that cannot be directly observed by others
Define Therapeutic Index
Conveys the distance between toxic and therapeutic doses
Define Pharmacodynamics
The physiological actions of drugs
Define Pharmacokinetics
How drugs move and pass through the body
Define Pharmacogenetics
How genetic differences influence a drugs pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties
In what order do the Pharmacokinetic steps happen?
Absorption, Distribution, Biotransformation, Elimination
Define Absorption
Drug administration/absorbed into blood stream
Define Distribution
Passage of drug from blood stream into organs
Define Biotransformation
Drug broken down into metabolites by enzymes
Define Elimination
Drugs or metabolites or both are eliminated from the body
