Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
It is the study of drugs and their interaction with living things which
encompasses the physical, and chemical properties , biochemical and physiologic effects
Pharmacology
It is the study of drugs in human 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
It is the duty to protect research
subjects from harm
Beneficence
treated as independent persons capable of making decisions in their own best interests, right to self-determination
Autonomy
It requires that the selection of
research subjects be fair
Justice
True or False: Chemical name describes the drug’s chemical structure
True
True or False: Generic name is the official, nonproprietary name, not owned by any company and
universally accepted
True
True or False: Trade/ Brand name is the proprietary name, chosen by the drug company and registered
as trademark
True
Also known as compliance is
defined as the extent to which
a patient’s behavior coincides
with medical advice
Patient Adherence
Derived from two Greek words,
Pharmakon (drug or poison) and kinesis (motion). It is the study of the movement of the drug
throughout the body
Pharmacokinetics
It is Transmission of medications from the location of administration to the bloodstream
Absorption
It refers to the percentage of
administered drug available
for activity
Bioavailability
It is the transportation of medications to sites of action by bodily
fluids.
Distribution
It is the Elimination of drugs from the body
Excretion
It is the study of the effects of the
drugs on the body
Pharmacodynamics
A prescription that is given only once and given immediately
Stat prescription
A prescription which the medications are given on a regular schedule with or without a termination date. Prescription will be in effect until the HCP discontinues the drug or the
patient is discharged
Standard prescription
True or False: Half life is a compound
that is metabolized into an
active pharmacologic
substance while Prodrug is the time it takes for
the amount of drug in the
body to be reduced by half
False: Prodrug is a compound
that is metabolized into an
active pharmacologic
substance while half life is the time it takes for
the amount of drug in the
body to be reduced by half
