Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
What do you called to the duty to protect research
subjects from harm?
Beneficence
It is the study of drugs and their interaction with living things which encompasses the physical, and chemical properties , biochemical and physiologic effects. What do you called this study?
Pharmacology
These are undesired, inadvertent, and unexpected dangerous effect of the medication.
Adverse effects
What do you called to the compound that is metabolized into an active pharmacologic substance?
Prodrug
These are drugs found to be safe and appropriate for use without direct supervision of the HCP.
Over the counter drugs (OTC)
It is the use of drugs to diagnose, prevent or treat disease.
Pharmacotherapeutics
What do you called to any chemical that can affect living processes?
Drug
PRN medication order in which the nurse has discretion regarding when to give the drug and in some case, how much to give. What does PRN stands for in Latin which means as needed?
Pro re nata
What medication prescription is written for specific circumstance?
Standing Prescription
It refers to the percentage of administered drug available for activity.
Bioavailability
What do you called to the drug reaction that results to organ toxicities?
Hepatotoxic/Ototoxicity/Nephrotoxicity
What property of an ideal drug actions that subside
within an appropriate time?
Reversible action
It describes the relationship between the therapeutic dose of the drug and the toxic dose of a drug.
Therapeutic index
Patience adherence is defined as the extent to which a patient’s behavior coincides with medical advice. What is the other term in which patience adherence is also known for?
Compliance
What do you called to the amount of drug required for drug effect?
Minimum Effective Concentration (MEC)
What is the word that refers to the amount of drug to elicit a specific response to a drug?
Potency
What are the two Greek words in which Pharmacokinetics derived from?
Pharmakon (drug or poison) and kinesis (motion)
A cancer-causing drug reaction.
Carcinogenic
What is the process that changes medications into less active/ inactive form by the action of enzymes?
Metabolism / Biotransformation
What do you called to the reaction where disease caused by drugs?
Iatrogenic disease
