Module 3 Video

Question 1

Pharmacology (definition)

Answer 1

how drugs interact with the body- side effects, contraindications, effectiveness

Question 2

Pharmacokinetics (definition)

Answer 2

how drugs move through the body- ADME

Question 3

Pharmaceutics (definition)

Answer 3

how drugs are created- tablet, capsule, suppository

Question 4

What does ADME stand for?

Answer 4

Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion

Question 5

What does Absorption refer to? (ADME)

Answer 5

The process by which drugs are absorbed into the bloodstream in order for them to produce an effect, especially in the GI tract

Question 6

What does Distribution refer to? (ADME)

Answer 6

the process by which drugs are taken to their site of action

Question 7

Distribution primarily takes place in the ____

Answer 7

bloodstream

Question 8

3 factors that may affect distribution:

Answer 8

Drug’s solubility, size and protein binding

Question 9

What does the M in ADME stand for?

Answer 9

Metabolism

Question 10

What does Metabolism refer to? (ADME)

Answer 10

the process by which drugs are changed by enzymes in order to become active, inactive, or for elimination

Question 11

What are enzymes?

Answer 11

Complex proteins that speed up or slow down chemical reactions

Question 12

Metabolism is primarily done by the ____

Answer 12

liver

Question 13

What is a Metabolite?

Answer 13

the substance resulting from the body’s transformation of an administered drug

Question 14

What does Excretion refer to? (ADME)

Answer 14

The process by which drugs are removed from the body

Question 15

How can drugs be removed from the body? (naturally)

Answer 15

Renally in urine, or in stool

Question 16

What does equivalence mean? (what is an equivalent medication)

Answer 16

a situation where a medication may not be available so an alternative must be chosen/ used

Question 17

What are the three common types of equivalents?

Answer 17

Therapeutic equivalent, Pharmaceutical equivalent, Pharmaceutical alternative

Question 18

What is a therapeutic equivalent?

Answer 18

when two medications contain the same active ingredient as well as the same pharmacokinetic principles as the reference drug

Question 19

What is a pharmaceutical equivalent?

Answer 19

medications that contain the same active ingredient, however may differ in inactive ingredients or their release properties

Question 20

Are pharmaceutical equivalents freely interchangeable?

Answer 20

NO!- it will change how the medication affects the patient

Question 21

What is a Pharmaceutical alternative?