Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology

Question 1

The study of drugs and their effects on the body

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Pharmacology

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The process of delivering a drug into the bloodstream.

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Absorption

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This contains an active ingredient, which produces the therapeutic effect, and other materials that alter the structure or function of a living organism

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Drug

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The study of the drug concentration during absorption, distribution, and elimination of a drug in the patient.

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Pharmacokinetics

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The process of removing a drug from the body

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Elimination

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Any substance that irritates, damages, or harms tissues

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Poison

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The process of getting a drug from the bloodstream to the tissue where its actions are needed

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Distribution

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The study of rates of chemical reactions; it is concerned with the detailed description of the various steps in reactions and the sequence in which they occur.

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Kinetics

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A drug that causes a physiological response

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Agonist

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A drug that has affinity but not efficacy

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Antagonist

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A term for comparing efficacies of two or more drugs that work via the same receptor or through the same
mechanism of action

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Potency

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This is also called a medical prescription, is an instruction from a provideto give a patient medication. Providers such as a physician, dentist, podiatrist, advanced practice nurse (in most states), and other authorized licensed health care providers can write this

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Drug Order

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The study of drugs used to prevent, treat or diagnose disease

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Pharmacotherapeutics

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The study of drug reactions in the body that are unanticipated or unusual, and may have a hereditary basis for the response

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Pharmacogenetics

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This receives a signal from the body’s chemicals: neurotransmitters,
hormones, enzymes

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Receptors

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A term used to indicate the fractional extent to which a dose of drug reaches its site
of action or a biological fluid from which the drug has access to its site of action.

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Bioavailability

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The most common method of drug administration. It also is the safest, most convenient, and most economical.

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Oral ingestion

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This has certain distinct advantages over oral administration and in some instances, this is essential for the drug to be delivered in its active form,

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Parenteral injection

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The type of route that may be used for either local or systemic drug administration. It is a safe and effective means of delivering drugs to patients who are comatose or who are experiencing nausea and vomiting. This is normally in suppository form, although a few laxatives and diagnostic agents are given via enema. Although absorption is slower than by other routes, it is steady and reliable provided the medication can be retained by the patient.

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Rectal Administration

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The most common, most convenient, and usually the least costly of all routes. It is also considered the safest route because the skin barrier is not
compromised. In cases of overdose, medications remaining in the stomach can be retrieved by inducing vomiting.

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Enteral Route