Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology

Question 1

Important Five rights

Answer 1

• Right Patient
• Right Route
• Right Time
• Right Drug
• Right Dose

Question 2

Chemical that can affect living processes.

Answer 2

Drug

Question 3

The study of drugs and their interaction with living things.

Answer 3

Pharmacology

Question 4

Properties of an ideal drugs

Answer 4

• Effectiveness
• Safety
• Selectivity
• Reversible Action
• Predictability
• Ease of administration

Question 5

What is the meaning of STAT?

Answer 5

Immediately

Question 6

Different routes of administration of medication.

Answer 6

• Subcutaneous
• Intramuscular
• Intravenous
• Oral
• Sublingual
• Rectal

Question 7

The study of the movement of drug throughout the body

Answer 7

Pharmacokinetics

Question 8

What is the meaning of OTC?

Answer 8

Over The Counter Drug

Question 9

Describes drug’s chemical structure.

Answer 9

Chemical Name

Question 10

Nonproprietary name and universally accepted.

Answer 10

Generic Name

Question 11

Proprietary name and registered as trademark.

Answer 11

Trade/Brand Name

Question 12

Four processes in Pharmacokinetics

Answer 12

• Absorption
• Distribution
• Metabolism
• Excretion

Question 13

Parenteral Administration is superior when there’s an __________.

Answer 13

Emergency

Question 14

What is the fastest route of administration?

Answer 14

Intravenous

Question 15

Plasma protein will attract _________

Answer 15

Drug molecules

Question 16

Refers to the percentage of administered drug available for activity.

Answer 16

Bioavailability

Question 17

Give the four factors that affect metabolism.

Answer 17

• Age
• First pass effect
• Metabolic pathway
• Nutritional status

Question 18

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring measures the amount of certain medicine in ________.

Answer 18

Blood

Question 19

Length of the time the drug exerts a therapeutic effect

Answer 19

Duration

Question 20

Limited affinity to receptor sites

Answer 20

Partial agonist