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Pharm Ch 1 Flashcards

1
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What are Aerosolized agents?

A

Group of aerosolized drugs that are instilled directly intro the trachea.

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What are the categories of aerosolized drugs?

7 types

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  • adrenergic
  • anti-cholenergic
  • anti-asthmatic
  • mucoactive
  • corticosteroid
  • anti-infective
  • surfactant
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3
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What is airway resistance?

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Measure of airway impedance

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4
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What is a brand name or trade name of a drug?

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It’s a proprietary name given by the manufacturer.

Brand name and trade name are the same.

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5
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Chemical name?

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Name derived form chemical structure.

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6
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COPD?

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.

  • airflow limitation that is not fully reversible and progressive.
  • associated with abnormal inflammatory response of the lung.
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7
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Code name of a drug?

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Name assigned by A manufacture to an experimental chemical that could be a new drug.

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Drug administration?

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Method by which a drug is made available to the body.

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9
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Generic name of a drug?

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Name assigned to a chemical by U.S. Adopted name council when it shows to have therapeutic use and the drug company want to sell it.

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Non-proprietary name of a drug?

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Name of the drug other than it’s tradename.

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Official name of the drug?

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  • after the drug is fully approved for use and entered into the national formulary.
  • the drug’s generic name becomes official name.
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12
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Orphan drugs?

2 reasons of importance

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Drug or biological products for the diagnosis or treatment of a rare disease

  • affecting fewer than 200,000 people
  • with no reasonable expectation of recovering cost of drug development but treats specific disease
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13
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Pharmacodynamics?

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Dynamic is the drug on the body

dynamic DOB

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14
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Pharmacogenetics?

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Study of the interrelationships between drugs and genetic differences

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Pharmacokinetics?

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Kinetic BOD

The effect of the body on the drugs

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16
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Pharmacology?

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Study of drugs

17
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Therapeutics?

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Art of treating disease with drugs

18
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What is phase 1 new drug approval?

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Drug is administered and researched on a small group of a healthy volunteers

19
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What is phase 2 new drug approval

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Drug is investigated and administered to a small number of individuals with the disease

20
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What is phase 3 new drug approval

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Drug is administered to a large number of individuals with the disease. Multi center studies

21
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What are over-the-counter drugs?

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  • drugs that have strength less than prescription formulation.
  • yet still can have a hazardous affects if taken haphazardly
22
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Why would you choose genetic over brand-name prescriptions?

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  • Cost associated with brand-name drug marketing.

- brand-name invested more money then generic brand name company

23
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What are anti-infective agents

A

Antibiotics or antituberculosis drugs

24
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What is an example of neuromuscular blocking agent?

A

Chariform agents

25
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What is an example of CNS agents?

A

Analgesics and sedatives

26
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What is an example of antiarrhythmic agents?

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Cardiac glycosides and lidocaine

27
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What are antihypertensive and Anti-anginal agents.

A

Beta blocking or nitroglycerin

28
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What are examples of anticoagulant or Thrombolytic agents

A

Heparin or streptokinase

29
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What are example of diuretics

A

Thiazides or furosemide

30
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What are the purpose of beta adrenergic agents?

A

Relaxation the bronchial smooth muscle and bronchodilation.

  • COPD
  • asthma
  • CF
  • acute bronchitis
31
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What are alpha-adrenergic agents used for?

-what do they treat?

A

Topical vasoconstriction and de-congestion

- treats upper airway swelling

32
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What do anticholenergic agents do?

What do they treat?

A

Relaxation of cholinergic induced bronchoconstriction

-improve ventilation flow for COPD and asthma

33
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What do mucoactive agents do?

2 points

A
  • Changes properties of mucus in the airway.

- Reduces viscocity and promotion of clearance

34
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What do corticosteroids treat?

A

Reduction in control of airway inflammation response associated with asthma or seasonal chronic rhinitis.

35
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What are antiasthmatic agents used for?

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Prevention of onset and development of asthmatic response through inhibition of airway inflammation

36
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What are exogenous surfactants used for?

A

Normalizing lung compliance for newborns in distress.

Surface tension

37
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What are prostacyclin analogues used for?

A

Treats pulmonary hypertension

-decreases shortness of breath and increasing walking distance

38
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What is ARDS?

A

Respiratory insufficiency as a result of:

  • trauma
  • pneumonia
  • O2 toxicity
  • gram neg sepsis
  • systemic inflammatory response

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