Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
It is the branch of medicine concerned with the uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs?
Pharmacology
It is the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs?
Pharmacokinetics
It refers to the molecular, biochemical, and physiological effects of drugs, including drug mechanism of action?
Pharmacodynamics
Who is the father of pharmacology?
Jonathan Pereira
It is the treatment of a disorder or disease with medication?
Pharmcotherapy
It directly affects the drug bioavailability, which determines both the onset and the duration of the pharmacological effect?
Routes of Administration of a medication
What is the simplest mode of administration of a drug at the site where the desired action is required?
Local Route
It involves absorption of the drug via the gastrointestinal tract and includes oral, sublingual, and rectal administration?
Enteral Route
What is the most frequently used route for drug administration?
Oral Route
What drug is placed under the tongue or between gums?
Sublingual Route
What route is used in medication may be in suppository form or liquid form to be administered as a retention enema?
Rectal Route
It is a common route both for local and systemic actions, particularly useful for direct treatment of asthmatic problems, using both powder and aerosols?
Inhalation Route
A second common route for drug administration, is the drug in form of solution or suspension into the body at various sites and to varying depths using a syringe and needle.
Injection Routes
What are the three commonly used injection routes?
Subcutaneous (SC), Intramuscular (IM) and Intravenous (IV)
It is a hypodermic or subdermal.
Subcutaneous (SC)
