Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
It is the study of drugs and its interaction with living things physiologically affecting its physical, chemical, and biochemical properties.
Pharmacology
The study drugs in human for patients and healthy volunteers
Clinical Pharmacology
It is the use of drug to diagnose, prevent, and/or treat disease.
Pharmacotherapeutics
any chemical that affects living processes
Drug
It is a property of an ideal drug that elicits the responses for which it is given
Effectiveness
It is a property of an ideal drug that cannot produce harmful effects despite of very high administration of doses for a very long time
Safety
It is a property of an ideal drug that elicits “only” the response for which it is given
Selectivity
“No Drug is ________”
Ideal
What are the five most important rights to medication administration?
- Right Patient
- Right Route
- Right Time
- Right Drug
- Right Dose
What are the other five rights to medication administration?
- Right Documentation
- Right Education
- Right to Refuse
- Right Assessment
- Right Evaluation
It is an ethical consideration that requires the selection of research subjects to be fair
Justice
It is an ethical consideration that duty to protect research subjects from harm
Beneficence
Includes mutual sharing of information, shows respect to persons, gains active care involvement and respects right to self-determination
Informed Consent
Proprietary name, chosen by the drug company and registered as a trademark
Trade/Brand Name
The official, universally accepted, nonproprietary name, and is not owned by any company
Generic Name
