Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
What is Pharmacology?
It is the study of drug action. It involves looking at the interaction of chemical substances with the systems in our bodies, as well as identifying ways in which our biological systems affect drugs.
What is clinical Pharmacology?
It is the study of drugs in human for patients and healthy volunteers
What is Pharmacotherapeutics?
It is the study of the therapeutic uses and effects of drugs. This is a study of beneficial and adverse effects of drugs.
The substance that binds to a receptor and produces chemical changes is?
Drug
It is the disease causing microorganisms
Pathogen
What are the Parenteral - injected into blood or body tissues. Directly to the system involved.
A. Intradermal (ID) (ampule and vial-powdered medicine)
B. Intravenous (IV)
C. Intramuscular (IM)
D. Subcutaneous (SC)
What are the 10 Rights of medication?
- Right Client
- Right Drug
- Right Dose
- Right Time
- Right Route
- Right Assessment
- Right Documentation
- Right to Client Education
- Right Evaluation
- Right to Client Refusal
It is treated as independent persons who are capable of making their own decisions in their own best interests, right to self-determination
Respect for Persons/ AUTONOMY
It is also known as compliance is defined as the extent which a patient’s behavior coincides with medical advice
Patient adherence
What are the 4 processes of Pharmacokinetics?
- Absorption
- Distribution
- Metabolism
- Excretion
It is the study of effects of the drugs on the body
Pharmacodynamics
It describes the relationship between the therapeutic dose of the drug and the toxic dose of drug
Therapeutic Index
What is Agonist?
It is the medication that can mimic the receptor activity regulated by endogenous compounds
What is Antagonist?
It is the medication that can block normal receptor activity regulated by endogenous compounds
What is Partial Antagonist?
Limited affinity to receptor sites
