Pharma Terms

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Is a pharmacologically inactive substance that can have a therapeutic effect if administered to a patient who believes that he or she is receiving an effective treatment

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Magical/ placebo or nocebo effect

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Medical treatment based on experience
“Educational guess”

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Empirical treatment

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The “gold standard” in scientific research methods is the randomized controlled trial

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Rational or scientific

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1.getting the drug into the body

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Pharmaceuticals

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2. Getting the drug around, about and out of the body

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Pharmacokinetics

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3. Actions of the drug on the body

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Pharmacodynamics

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4. Effects of the drug on the person

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Therapeutics

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_is the process by which a drug is made available to the body fluids for distribution

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Absorption

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__ is the movement of the drug around the body

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Distribution

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__ is the term used to describe the biotransformation of pharmaceutical substances in the body so that they can be eliminated more easily

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Drug metabolism

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__is the removal of drugs from the body, either as metabolite or unchange drug

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Drug excretion

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Symbol for half-life

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t1/2

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__study of a drugs mollecular, biochemical, and physiologic actions. It comes from the greek words (__) meaning (__) and (__) meaning (__)

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Pharmacodynamics
“Pharmakon” drug
“Dynamikos” power

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__ will bind to a receptor and alter its functioning.

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Agonist

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An injection can be given directly into a vein or existing IV line

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Bolus Doses

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__inflamation of veins

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Phlebitis