Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology

Question 1

It involves the physical, and chemical properties, and biochemical and physiologic effects.

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PHARMACOLOGY

Question 2

The application of drugs to detect, prevent, or treat disease.

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PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS

Question 3

It is a property of an ideal drug wherein a drug exhibits the responses for which it is given.

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EFFECTIVENESS

Question 4

It is one of the ethical considerations wherein there is importance in protecting research subjects from harm.

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BENEFICENCE

Question 5

A drug name that is chosen by the drug company. Usually registered and has a proprietary name.

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TRADE/BRAND NAME

Question 6

These are drugs that can be purchased without a prescription and are considered safe without the supervision of the HCP.

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OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS

Question 7

It includes 4 processes namely, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. It studies how the drug moves throughout the body.

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PHARMACOKINETICS

Question 8

One of the processes wherein it explains how medication transmits from the location of administration to the bloodstream.

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ABSORPTION

Question 9

It refers to the amount of drug administered that is the same amount being eliminated. It is the plateau drug level.

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STEADY STATE

Question 10

The process wherein elimination of drugs mainly takes place through kidneys or can also through bile, lungs, saliva, sweat, and breastmilk.

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EXCRETION

Question 11

The term refers to the dosage or the amount of drug necessary to elicit reactions to a given medication.

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POTENCY

Question 12

It is a drug reaction wherein sensitization of the immune system takes place.

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ALLERGIC REACTION

Question 13

This is a term for a disease that is brought by drugs.

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LATROGENIC DISEASE

Question 14

This is a type of prescription wherein medications are scheduled regularly with or without a termination date.

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STANDARD PRESCRIPTION

Question 15

The time when the drug reaches its highest concentration in the blood.

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PEAK

Question 16

It is a study on the effects of drugs in the system of the body, where drugs act within the body to imitate the body’s chemical messengers’ actions.

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PHARMACODYNAMICS

Question 17

This is called a compound that is metabolized to an active pharmacologic substance.

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PRODRUG

Question 18

Drug name that shows and explains the drug’s chemical structure.

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CHEMICAL NAME

Question 19

Drug name that is universally accepted.

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GENERIC NAME

Question 20

A property of an ideal drug where we can know the certainties and how the patient would react or respond to the given drug.

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PREDICTABILITY