Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology

Question 1

It is the study of drugs and their interaction with living things which
encompasses the physical, and chemical properties , biochemical and physiologic effects

Answer 1

Pharmacology

Question 2

It is the study of drugs in human for patients and healthy
volunteers

Answer 2

Clinical Pharmacology

Question 3

It is the use of drugs to diagnose, prevent or treat disease.

Answer 3

Pharmacotherapeutics

Question 4

It is any chemical that can affect living processes

Answer 4

Drug

Question 5

It is the duty to protect research
subjects from harm

Answer 5

Beneficence

Question 6

treated as independent persons capable of making decisions in their own best interests, right to self-determination

Answer 6

Autonomy

Question 7

It requires that the selection of
research subjects be fair

Answer 7

Justice

Question 8

True or False: Chemical name describes the drug’s chemical structure

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True or False: Generic name is the official, nonproprietary name, not owned by any company and
universally accepted

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or False: Trade/ Brand name is the proprietary name, chosen by the drug company and registered
as trademark

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Also known as compliance is
defined as the extent to which
a patient’s behavior coincides
with medical advice

Answer 11

Patient Adherence

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Pharmacokinetics

Question 13

It is Transmission of medications from the location of administration to the bloodstream

Answer 13

Absorption

Question 14

It refers to the percentage of
administered drug available
for activity

Answer 14

Bioavailability

Question 15

It is the transportation of medications to sites of action by bodily
fluids.

Answer 15

Distribution

Question 16

It is the Elimination of drugs from the body

Answer 16

Excretion

Question 17

It is the study of the effects of the
drugs on the body

Answer 17

Pharmacodynamics

Question 18

A prescription that is given only once and given immediately

Answer 18

Stat prescription

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Standard prescription

Question 20

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

Answer 20

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