Pharmacology

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The physiologic ability of the drug to reach its target cells and produce its effect

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Bioavailability

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Agents naturally produced in animal cells by microorganisms or by the body itself (hormones)

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Biologics

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Chemically synthesized drugs that are closely related to biologic medications having already received US FDA approval

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Biosimilar drugs

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Nomenclature established by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), a drug only has one chemical

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Chemical name

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Contains more than one active ingredient

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Combination drug

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Natural plant extracts, herbs, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements, and additional techniques outside of the realm of conventional therapeutics - everything from massage therapy to vitamins, herbs, physical therapy, acupuncture…

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CAM (complementary alternative medications)

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A chemical agent capable of producing a biologic response within the body

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Drug

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Assigned by the US adopted name council - usually generic names are less complicated and easier to remember than chemical names - usually lower case

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Generic name

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How a drug produces its physiologic effect in the body

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Mechanism of action

Question 10

After a drug is administered it is called a…?

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Medication

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A subdiscipline of health economics that has helped in situations involving a broader application of a particular type of drug therapy

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Pharmaeconomics

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The way a drug works on the molecular tissue or body system and addresses a drug’s mechanism of action or how a drug produces its physiologic effect in the body

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Pharmacologic classification

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Derived from ‘medicine’ and ‘study’ thus … is the study of medicine
Study of how medications are administered to where they travel in the body to the actual responses produced
Draws on concepts from multiple science disciplines are integrated

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Pharmacology

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Is the well-understood drug model with which other drugs in its representative class are compared

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Prototype drugs

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Method of organizing drugs based on their therapeutic usefulness in treating particular diseases or disorders

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Therapeutic classification

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Prevention of disease and treatment of suffering

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Therapeutics

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Usually short and easy to remember and assigned by the company marketing the name - usually capitalized

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Trade name