Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
Definition of pharmacology.
Study of drugs and their interaction with living things which
encompasses the physical, and chemical properties , biochemical and physiologic effects
Definition of clinical pharmacology.
Study of drugs in human for patients and healthy volunteers
Definition of pharmacotherapeutics.
The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent or treat disease
Definition of drug.
Any chemical that can affect living processes
What are the 6 types of properties of an ideal drug?
- Effectiveness
- Safety
- Selectivity
- Reversible Action
- Predictability
- Ease of Administration
Give the 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
What is patient teaching chart?
Typically, patient teaching charts include name of drug, reason for taking the drug, dosage, time to take drug, possible side effects, warnings.
What is chemical name?
Describes the drug’s chemical structure
What is generic name?
Official, nonproprietary name, not owned by any company and
universally accepted
What is trade/brand name?
Proprietary name, chosen by the drug company and registered
as trademark
PRN stands for?
Pro re nata meaning as needed
What are the 4 process of pharmacokinetics?
- Absorption
- Distribution
- Metabolism
- Excretion
Absorption means?
Transmission of medications from
the location of administration to
the bloodstream
What is onset?
Time it takes for a drug to
reach MEC
What is MEC?
Minimum effective
concentration, amount of drug
required for drug effect
What is peak?
Drug reaches its highest
concentration in the blood
What is duration?
Length of time the drug
exerts a therapeutic effect
MOA means?
Mechanism of Action
What are the components of a prescription order?
Client’s name, date and time of prescription, name of medication, dosage of medication, route of administration, time and frequency of medication, signature of prescriber
What is partial agonist?
Limited affinity to receptor sites
What is chemical name?
D`escribes the drug’s chemical structure
