Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
The study of drugs and their interaction with living things encompasses the physical and chemical properties and biochemical and physiologic effects.
Pharmacology
It is the study of drugs in humans for patients and healthy volunteers.
Clinical Pharmacology
It is the use of drugs to diagnose, prevent or treat disease.
Pharmacotherapeutics
It is any chemical that can affect living processes.
Drug
Give the 6 Priorities of an Ideal Drug.
Effectiveness, safety, selectivity, reversible action, predictability, and ease of administration.
What are 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, and Right evaluation.
What ethical consideration is treating them as independent persons capable of making decisions in their best interests and having the right to self-determination?
Autonomy
What ethical consideration is that it is a duty to protect research subjects from harm, such as informed consent and risk-benefit ratio?
Beneficence
What ethical consideration requires that the selection of research subjects is fair?
Justice
It describes the drug’s chemical structure.
Chemical Name
It is an official, nonproprietary name, not owned by any company, and universally accepted.
Generic Name
It is a proprietary name chosen by the drug company and registered as a trademark.
Trade or Brand Name
It is the study of the movement of the drug
throughout the body.
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmakon means _____ and kinesis means ______.
drug or poison and motion
What are the 4 processes in pharmacokinetics?
Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion
