Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
Study of drugs in human for patients and healthy
volunteers
Clinical Pharmacology
The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent or treat disease
Pharmacotherapeutics
Study of drugs and their interaction with living things which
encompasses the physical, and chemical properties , biochemical and physiologic effects
Pharmacology
Any chemical that can affect living processes
Drug
A drug that cannot produce harmful effects even if
administered in very high
doses and for a very long
time
Safety
A drug that elicits the responses
for which it is given
Effectiveness
A drug that elicits only the
response for which it is
given
Selectivity
A drug actions that subside
within an appropriate
time
Reversible
A drug
that we can know with
certainty how a given
patient will respond
Predictability
A drug that is given
conveniently with low
needed doses
Ease of Administration
Treated as independent persons capable of making decisions in their own best interests, right to self-determination
Respect for persons/ Autonomy
Duty to protect research
subjects from harm
Beneficence
Physical, psychological and social risks must be identified and weighed against the benefits
Risk-benefit ratio
Requires that the selection of
research subjects be fair
Justice
Transmission of medications from
the location of administration to
the bloodstream
Absorption
