Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology

Question 1

What is Pharmacology?

Answer 1

It is the study of drugs and how they interact with living things, and it involves the physical and chemical features of the drugs, as well as their biochemical and biological effects.

Question 2

What is Clinical Pharmacology?

Answer 2

Clinical Pharmacology is the study of human responses to medications. This field examines all aspects of the interaction between drug and people.

Question 3

What is Pharmacotherapeutic?

Answer 3

Pharmacotherapy is the use of pharmacological knowledge and knowledge of the disease to prevent, treat, or stop the disease. Part of it is choosing the best drug, dose, and length of treatment for a patient by taking into account their unique needs.

Question 4

It is part of ethical considerations which include this point:
demand that the subjects of research be chosen in a manner that is not biased. What exactly is it?

Answer 4

JUSTICE

Question 5

This is a property of an ideal drug that makes it work the way it is supposed to. What exactly is it?

Answer 5

EFFECTIVENESS

Question 6

The _________ of a drug is an official, nonproprietary name that is broadly acknowledge and not held by any company.

Answer 6

Generic Name

Question 7

The _______ of a drug is a scientific name derived from the chemical structure of the compound and is practically never used to identify a medicine in a clinical or commercial setting.

Answer 7

Chemical Name

Question 8

The _________ of a drug is the name given by the company that manufactures the drug. It is typically simple to use for marketing and sales purposes.

Answer 8

Trend/Brand Name

Question 9

What does “PRN” mean?

Answer 9

PRN is a medical abbreviation that originates from the Latin phrase pro re nata, which means,“as needed.”

Question 10

Its is also known as compliance, and a degree to which a patient follows medical advice. What is it?

Answer 10

Patient Adherence

Question 11

What is Pharmacokinetics?

Answer 11

Drug activity in the body over a period of time, including the processes through which medicines are absorbed, transported, localized in tissues, and excreted.

Question 12

Identify the four (4) processes of Pharmacokinetics:

Answer 12

-Absorption
-Distribution
-Metabolism
-Excretion

Question 13

It refers to the percentage of administered drug available for activity.

Answer 13

Bioavailability

Question 14

What is Pharmacodynamics?

Answer 14

Pharmacodynamics is the study of the biochemical, physiologic, and molecular effects of drugs on the body.

Question 15

This describes the relationship between the therapeutic dose of the drug and the toxic dose of the drug.

Answer 15

Therapeutic Index

Question 16

What do you call a drugs that affects multiple receptor rites?

Answer 16

Nonspecific Drugs

Question 17

What do you call a drugs that affect various receptors?

Answer 17

Nonselective Drugs

Question 18

What is Potency?

Answer 18

Potency refers to the amount of drug needed to produce an effect, for example, relief of pain or reduction of blood pressure.

Question 19

Indicate factors that affect Metabolism

Answer 19

• Age
• First Pass Effect
• Metabolic Pathway
• Nutritional Status

Question 20

Define high Therapeutic Index (TI) and low TI

Answer 20

• High TI has a wide safety margin so no need for routine serum drug level monitoring, while Low TI has a narrow safety margin hence, serum drug levels should be monitored.