pharmacology lecture 1

Question 1

drug

Answer 1

chemical that can affect living process

Question 2

phamacology

Answer 2

study of drugs and their interactions with living systems

Question 3

clinical pharmacology

Answer 3

study of drugs in humans

Question 4

therapeutics

Answer 4

use of drug to diagnose, prevent, or treat diseases, or avoid pregnancy

Question 5

provide ___ benefit, doing ___ harm

Answer 5

Max, min

Question 6

effectiveness

Answer 6

drug is effective in helping the patient

Question 7

selectivity

Answer 7

drug only effects the problem it is needed for

Question 8

safety

Answer 8

drug does not harm the patient

Question 9

reversible action

Answer 9

able to be metabolized by the body or chemically nullified

Question 10

Predictability

Answer 10

know how the patient will react to the drug

Question 11

ease of administration

Answer 11

Convenient route, low # of doeses

Question 12

freedom from drug interaction

Answer 12

drug does not intensify or reduce effects of other drugs

Question 13

low cost

Answer 13

drug is easily affordable

Question 14

simple generic name

Answer 14

easy to recall and pronounce

Question 15

pharmacokinetics

Answer 15

how the drug moves through the body

Question 16

Pharmacodynamics

Answer 16

how the drug affects the body

Question 17

what is baseline data?

Answer 17

pt history, physical exam, lab results, vital signs, blood sugar, height, weight

Question 18

why do you collect baseline data?

Answer 18

safety, response, identify high risk patients, assess self care ability

Question 19

What are high risk patients?

Answer 19

liver or kidney impairment, genetic factors, allergies, pregnancy, elderly, pediatric

Question 20

Judge

Answer 20

appropriateness of prescribed regimen

Question 21

identify

Answer 21

potential health problems that the drug might cause

Question 22

determine

Answer 22

patients capacity for self care

Question 23

what do you look at for your evaluation?

Answer 23

Therapeutic responses, adverse drug reactions, adherence to proscribed regimen, satisfaction with treatment

Question 24

RCTs

Answer 24

Randomized control trial

Question 25

What is the control?

Answer 25

The normal, what you don’t experiment on

Question 26

How should the people in the study be sorted?

Answer 26

Randomized

Question 27

Single blind study

Answer 27

Participants ents don’t know if they are receiving the new treatment or not

Question 28

double blind study

Answer 28

Participants and researchers don’t know who is receiving the new treatment or not

Question 29

what is the most effective study?

Answer 29

double blind study

Question 30

phase one of clinical testing

Answer 30

healthy volunteers or volunteer patients

Question 31

phase two and three

Answer 31

patients who the medication is intended for

Question 32

how long does phases two and three last?

Answer 32

three to six months

Question 33

when can a drug be approved from the FDA?

Answer 33

after phase three

Question 34

What is phase four?

Answer 34

after market surveillance of people taking the drug

Question 35

What is the label format for an OTC drug?

Answer 35

Active ingredients– uses– warnings– directions– inactive ingredients

Question 36

OTC labeling requirements

Answer 36

plain language, readable type, user friendly