Overview of Pharm

Question 1

What are the desired therapeutic effects?

Answer 1

prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or cure

Question 1

Drugs are administered to obtain either _____ OR _____.

Answer 1

systemic effects; topical effects

Question 1

Reactions not at the drug target are _______.

Answer 1

idiosyncratic reactions

Question 2

Route of Administration refers to the ______ of the drug into or on the patient.

Answer 2

site of application

Question 3

What is Cp?

Answer 3

plasma concentration

Question 3

______, whether therapeutic or toxic, are directly correlated to the plasma concentration.

Answer 3

Drug effects

Question 3

What is the volume of distribution?

Answer 3

the drug dose for the desired Cp

Question 4

How much drug reaches the target is called?

Answer 4

bioavailability

Question 5

Drugs do NOT have unique actions in the body; they simply _________.

Answer 5

enhance or block the normal physiology of organ systems

Question 7

the study of the interactions of drugs with biological systems

Answer 7

pharmacology

Question 7

What is the half life?

Answer 7

how long the drug remains at the target

Question 8

Pharmacology

Answer 8

the study of the interactions of drugs with biological systems

Question 9

What is the major organ of metabolism of drugs?

Answer 9

the liver

Question 10

Graphs of ____ determine drug pharmacokinetics.

Answer 10

Cp vs time

Question 12

selection of the right drug in the right dose to interact with the right drug target

Answer 12

Pharmacotherapy

Question 12

What is the MEC?

Answer 12

Minimum Effective Concentration

Question 13

Drug target at a non-target system is a ______.

Answer 13

side effect

Question 14

Pharmacotherapy

Answer 14

selection of the right drug in the right dose to interact with the right drug target

Question 15

How fast the drug reaches the target is called the _____.

Answer 15

time to peak

Question 16

Drug effects, whether therapeutic or toxic, are directly correlated to the _____.

Answer 16

plasma concentration

Question 18

drug target

Answer 18

a membrane or intracellular receptor, an enzyme in a critical biosynthetic pathway, or a membrane transport protein

Question 19

How much of the dose of the drug reaches its target is called __________.

Answer 19

bioavailability - F

Question 21

Distribution is defined as the ______ from the _____ to the _____.

Answer 21

movement of the drug; bloodstream; tissues

Question 23

Graphs of ____ determine drug pharmacokinetics.

Answer 23

Cp vs time

Question 23

______ refers to the elimination of drug activity by the combined processes of metabolism and excretion.

Answer 23

Elimination

Question 24

What is the bioavailability?

Answer 24

how much drug reaches the target

Question 25

What is the drug dose for the desired Cp called?

Answer 25

volume of distribution

Question 26

What is the time to peak?

Answer 26

how fast the drug reaches the target

Question 28

How much of the dose of the drug reaches its target is called __________.

Answer 28

bioavailability - F

Question 29

2 idiosyncratic reactions are _____ or _____.

Answer 29

immunologic; metabolic

Question 30

Drugs are administered to obtain either _____ OR _____.

Answer 30

systemic effects; topical effects

Question 31

Absorption is defined as _____ from the site of drug administration into the _____.

Answer 31

passage of drug; blood

Question 33

Elimination refers to the elimination of drug activity by the combined processes of _____ and _______.

Answer 33

metabolism; excretion

Question 34

What is the major organ of drug excretion?

Answer 34

the kidneys

Question 35

How long the drug remains at the target is called?

Answer 35

half life

Question 36

Absorption is defined as _____ from the site of drug administration into the _____.

Answer 36

passage of drug; blood