Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
It is any chemical that affects living process.
Drug
What is a part of traditional rights where in medications may only be prescribed by a licensed physician, dentist, podiatrist, or a licensed health care provider with authority from the state to order medications.
Right Drug
A duty to protect research subjects from harm.
Beneficence
A drug name that describes the drug’s chemical structure.
Chemical Name
A Latin phrase meaning “as needed”
pro re nata
It is a study of the movement of the drug throughout the body and is derived from two Greek words, Pharmakon and Kinesis.
Pharmacokinetics
Medication that blocks normal receptor activity regulated by endogenous compounds.
Antagonist
What do you call those drugs that affects multiple receptor sites?
Non-Specific
What do you call those drugs that affects multiple receptor?
Non-Selective
These are undesired, inadvertent, and unexpected dangerous affects of the medication.
Adverse Effects
These are usually expected and inevitable when a medication is given at a therapeutic dose.
Side effects
This refers to the percentage of administered drug available for activity.
Bioavailability
It is also known as compliance and is defined as the extent to which a patient’s behavior coincides with medical advice.
Patient Adherence
This requires that the selection of research subjects be fair.
Justice
A drug that we can know with certainty how a given patient will respond.
Predictability
It is a study of drugs in human for patients and healthy volunteers.
Clinical Pharmacology
The transmission of medication from location of administration to the bloodstream.
Absorption
The elimination of drugs from the body.
Excretion
A body’s physiologic response changes in drug concentration at the site of action.
Dose-Response Relationship
It describes the relationship between the therapeutic dose of the drug and toxic dose of a drug.
Therapeutic Index
