Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
It is the science that studies how drugs affect the body.
Pharmacology
It is a medication used to treat, diagnose, or prevent disease.
Pharmacotherapeutics
A properties of an ideal drug that elicit the responses into the specific problem.
Effectiveness
A medication that only causes the desired reaction when given.
Selectivity
A kind of drug that will not have a bad impact even when given a higher dose.
Safety
One of the rights that ensure of giving the right medication to the right person.
Right Client
An act to check the drugs and the prescription label when administering.
Right Drug
It is one of the most important rights that check the doctors order dosage and the supply on hand.
Right Dose
A rights that a nurse is responsible to have a copy of the patient’s medical history.
Right Assessment
It is a rights of a patient to refuse to take a medication.
Right to Client refusal.
its tells of the chemical structure of a drug.
Chemical Name
A drug name that is not owned or held by any particular manufacturer.
Generic Name
A medicine that is marketed by a pharmaceutical company under a particular name or trademark and is patent-protected.
Trade/Brand Name
Drugs that can be bought without a prescription
Over the Counter Drug
A medical abbreviation that means to give a medicine only when needed.
Pro re Nata
