Pharmacology

Question 0

What is pharmacotherapeutics?

Answer 0

Area of pharmacology that refers to the use of specific drugs to prevent, treat, or diagnose disease

Question 1

What is pharmacology?

Answer 1

How chemicals affect living tissue

Question 2

What is toxicology?

Answer 2

Area of pharmacology that studies the harmful effect of chemicals on living things

Question 3

What is pharmacodynamics?

Answer 3

Analysis of what the drug does in the body, including the mechanism by which the drug exerts its effects and its beneficial or adverse effects at the cellular or organ level

Question 4

What is pharmacokinetics?

Answer 4

How the body deals with the drug; how it is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted

Question 5

What is pharmacogenetics?

Answer 5

Directs therapeutics according to a person’s genotype and examine unexpected reactions to drugs

Question 6

What is pharmacoepidemiology?

Answer 6

Effects of drugs by large populations and examines all factors

Question 7

What is pharmacoeconomics?

Answer 7

Area of pharmacology looking at cost:benefit

Question 8

What are drug classes?

Answer 8

Group names for drugs that have similar activities or are used for the same type of disease or disorder

Question 9

What three things does the drug name include?

Answer 9

Chemical name, generic name, and trade or brand name

Question 10

What are controlled prescriptions?

Answer 10

Prescriptions in which patient has to see the doctor once every 3 months

Question 11

What are the five types of controlled medication classes?

Answer 11

1. Schedule I - highest potential for abuse
2. Schedule II - high potential for abuse and addicition (ex: Percocet)
3. Schedule III - less potential for abuse
4. Schedule IV - low possibility of abuse
5. Schedule V - lowest abuse potential

Question 12

What are the nine elements of a prescription?

Answer 12

1. Physician’s name, address, and telephone number
2. Date and patient’s name and address
3. Rx - tells how the drug is to be administered
4. Inscription - drug name, dose, and quantity to dispense
5. Subscription
6. Sig - directions to patient on how often to take the drug
7. Refill information
8. Prescriber’s signature
9. DEA number

Question 13

What is the mechanism of action?

Answer 13

How the drug works

Question 14

What is the physical nature?

Answer 14

Determines if the drug is water or fat soluble and where to store it

Question 15

What are the two types of drug receptor interactions?

Answer 15

1. Agonist - compliments something

2. Antagonist - blocks an effect

Question 16

What is bioavailability?

Answer 16

Percentage of drug that reaches the bloodstream

Question 17

What is first pass effect?

Answer 17

After absorption from the alimentary canal, the drug is transported to the liver where it is metabolized and destroyed prior to reach the site of action

Question 18

What is parenteral?

Answer 18

Defines methods of drug absorption that do not use the GI tract

Question 19

What is half-life?

Answer 19

Concentrations after a dose given when half of the drug is removed from the system

Question 20

When do patients lose compliance with medication?

Answer 20

When they have to take the drug more than two times a day

Question 21

What is a black box warning?

Answer 21

Warning on bottles that explain possible abuse, addictions, etc