Parts of Pharmacology

Question 1

What is a drug?

Answer 1

Any substance that interacts with a living organism and brings functional changes as a consequence of its interactions at the molecular level

Question 2

Generic Name

Answer 2

Derived from chemical name and provides indication of the class to which a particular drug belongs

Question 3

Chemical Name

Answer 3

Specifies chemical structure of a drug using standard chemical nomenclature

Question 4

Trend (Brand) Name

Answer 4

Registered brand name or trademark belonging to a particular drug manufacturer

Question 5

Drug class

Answer 5

Describes medications that are grouped together because of similarities in the chemical structure, mechanism of action and/or specific way in which the body responds to a drug

Question 6

What are the three types of names a drug can have?

Answer 6

Chemical name
Generic name
Trend (Brand) name

Question 7

Pharmacology

Answer 7

Science of the interaction of chemical substances (drugs) with human beings

Question 8

Toxicology

Answer 8

Focuses on the harmful effects of chemicals and on the mechanisms by which toxic agents produce pathologic changes, disease and death.

Question 9

What is the part of pharmacology dealing with the study of adverse effects of drugs?

Answer 9

Toxicology

Question 10

Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics

Answer 10

Deals with clinical use of drugs for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases

Question 11

Pharmacokinetics (PK)

Answer 11

Describes the effects of the body on the drug

Question 12

Pharmacodynamics (PD)

Answer 12

Describes the actions of the drug on the body

Question 13

Pharmacokinetics is the study of what?

Answer 13

Time course of the drug during ADME processes

Question 14

Pharmacokinetics (PK)
- Absorption

Answer 14

Process which a drug moves from the site of administration into the circulation

Question 15

Pharmacokinetics (PK)
A…
D…
M…
E…

Answer 15

Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion

Question 16

Pharmacokinetics (PK)
- Distribution

Answer 16

Process by which a drug leaves the circulation and enters the tissues perfused by the blood

Question 17

Pharmacokinetics (PK)
- Metabolism

Answer 17

Process by which enzymes convert drugs to more polar (water-soluble) forms that are usually more easily excreted from the body

Question 18

Pharmacokinetics (PK)
- Excretion

Answer 18

Process that results in the removal of a drug from the body