Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
The study of drugs and their interaction with living things which encompasses the physical, and chemical properties , biochemical and physiologic effects.
Pharmacology
Study of drugs in human for patients and healthy volunteers.
Clinical Pharmacology
The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent or treat disease
Pharmacotherapeutics
Any chemical that can affect living processes.
Drug
10 Rights to Medication Administration
- RIGHT PATIENT
- RIGHT ROUTE
- RIGHT TIME
- RIGHT DRUG
- RIGHT DOSE
- RIGHT DOCUMENTATION
- RIGHT EDUCATION
- RIGHT TO REFUSE
- RIGHT ASSESSMENT
- RIGHT EVALUATION
Drugs found to be safe and appropriate for use without direct supervision of the HCP.
Over the Counter Drugs
Describes the drug’s chemical structure
Chemical name
The proprietary name, chosen by the drug company and registered as trademark
Trade/Brand name
Official, non proprietary name, not owned by any company and universally accepted
Generic name
Derived from two Greek words, Pharmakon (drug or poison) and kinesis (motion) and the study of the movement of the drug throughout the body.
PHARMACOKINETICS
Transmission of medications from the location of administration to the bloodstream.
ABSORPTION
This route is prone to first-pass effect or first-pass metabolism which means that the drug concentration is reduced as it travels, before arriving at the systemic circulation.
ORAL ROUTE
Useful for patients who have difficulty swallowing or vomiting.
RECTAL
Usually placed under the tongue and does not travel or enter inside the G.I. tract
SUBLINGUAL/BUCCAL
A drug or substance is injected into the dermis.
Intradermal (ID)
