Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
Pharmacologically active substance, it is a compound that is metabolized.
Prodrug
An Act to Promote, Require and Ensure the Production of an Adequate Supply, Distribution, Use and Acceptance of Drugs and Medicines Identified by their Generic Names.
Republic act no. 6675
Gradually decreasing the dosage of the medicine until the medication will remove all together.
Tapering
What is Pharmacology?
is the study of how drugs and chemicals influence living beings. A drug is any natural or manmade chemical that affects a biological system.
10 RIGHTS TO MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
- Right Patient
- Right Route
- Right Time
- Right Drug
- Right Dose
- Right Documentation
- Right Education
- Right to Refuse
- Right Assessment
- Right Evaluation
official, nonproprietary name, not owned by any company and universally accepted
Generic Name
It is a doctor’s order “1 Bioflu 500 mg every 6 hours prn”
pro re nata (prn) “as needed”
What are the 4 process include in Pharmacokinetics
Absorption – How will it get in
Distribution – Where will it go
Metabolism – How is it broken down
Excretion – How does it leave
study of drugs in human for patients and healthy volunteers.
Clinical Pharmacology
Factors that affect metabolism
- Age
- First pass effect
- Metabolic pathway
- Nutritional status
Bioavailability
The percentage of administered drug available for activity
It is a transportation of medications to sites of action by bodily fluids.
Distribution
injection is a method of administering medication under the skin
Subcutaneous
A medicine capable of inhibiting the normal receptor activity that is controlled by endogenous substances.
Antagonist
Read back the order details to the prescriber before administration.
Telephone order
