Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
What is the study of drugs and their interaction with living things which encompasses the physical and chemical properties, and biochemical and physiologic effects?
Pharmacology
What is the study of drugs in humans for patients and healthy volunteers?
Clinical Pharmacology
A term used for drugs that diagnose, prevent, or treat disease.
Pharmacotherapeutics
It is any chemical that can affect living processes
Drug
List all properties of an ideal drug
Effectiveness
Safety
Selectivity
Reversible Action
Predictability
Ease of Administration
The five rights to drug administration
Right patient
Right route
Right time
Right drug
Right dose
The other five rights to medication
Right documentation
Right education
Right to refuse
Right assessment
Right evaluation
An ethical consideration treating an independent person as someone capable of making decisions in their own best interests, right to self-determination
Respect for persons/autonomy
An ethical consideration in which its duty is to protect research subjects from harm (includes Informed Consent & Risk-Benefit Ration)
Beneficence
An ethical consideration in which it requires the selection of research be fair
Justice (fairness)
Who are the two test subjects in the Drug Development
Animals
Humans
These are drugs that are found to be safe and appropriate for use without direct supervision of the Health Care Professional
Over-the-counter (OTC)
It is the study of the movement of the drug throughout the body
Pharmacokinetics
It is the study of the effects of the drugs on the body
Pharmacodynamics
The four processes of Pharmacokinetics (ADME)
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
