test7 Flashcards
what is the study of medications
pharmacology
what are subsets of pharmacology
pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics
what is when a medication stimulates or increases the effects of a process
agonist
what is when a medication inhibits or decreases the effect of a process
antagonist
what concept is the idea of an optimal range in which drugs work
therapeutic window
what concept is a measure of how safe medications are ,and is determined by taking the toxic dose of a drug and dividing by the effective dose
therapeutic index
what is the study of what the body does to medication and consists of what
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
Pharmacokinetics
what is the method the body takes medication in to the bloodstream
absorption
What is how the body moves the medication through out the body
distribution
What is the body’s attempt to make medication more polar so it can be easily excreted
metabolism
What is the measure of how much medication is actually getting to the bloodstream
bioavailability
what interaction is two drugs working together to produce a stronger effect
synergistic
what interaction is two drugs working against each other
antagonistic
what interaction is when two drugs are mixed together and make another effect
drug to drug
what interaction is a drug being affected by food or drink
Drug to food
What interaction is a drug being affected by a medical condicion
drug to diesese
what are medications that are inactive when bound ,but are active when displaced
protein displacement
what interaction is giving two drugs that are in the same class or similar medications
duplication
what is the antidote for APAP
Acetylcysteine
What is the antidote for beta blockers
Glucagon
what is the antidote for painkillers
Naloxone
what is how to body eliminates medication from the body in the liver and kidneys
Excretion
what results in excitement, stimulation or constriction of organs or tissues
Stimulation of alpha receptors
What results in relaxation, inhibition, or dilatation of the organ or tissue
stimulation of beta receptors
What results in mussel constriction
Stimulation of muscarinic receptors
What results in mussel relaxation
inhibition of muscarinic receptors
What are found in the arteries
Alpha receptors
What are found mainly in the heart and lungs
Beta receptors
What is found in the digestive tract , eyes, lungs, heart ,and bladder
muscarinic receptors
What are found in the SNS and PSNS pathways
Nicotinic receptors
What is a condition in which too much water around the retina and optic nerve increases the IOP
Glaucoma
what is the leading cause of death in the US and Europe
heart disease
what is subjective evidence like a headache
Symptom
What is objective evidence like a rash
Sign
What is the cause of a disease
Etiology
What is a disease without a cause
Idiopathic
What are factors that have been identified as increasing the chance of developing a specific disease
Risk factors
A term used to classify a patient’s condition, including the state of the disease and how it is affecting the patient
stage
undesirable effect of a disease
complication
therapies like lifestyle changes
nonpharmacological
Therapy that can be classified like drug name suffix
pharmacological
Risk factors of HTN
Smoking
Obesity
lack of exercise
Symptoms of HTN
Fatigue
Complications (MI,CVA)
MI
Myocardial infarction
CVA
Cerebrovascular attack
Having 2 consecutive BPs >130/>80 is a what of HTN
A sign of HTN
CVA would describe what of hypertension
Complication of the brain
What type of therapy is change of diet
Nonpharmacological
Beta blockers are a form of
pharmacological theropy
Two what of what would be smoking and HTN
Risk factors of hyperlipidemia
A what for a patient having high cholesterol would be MI
Complication
Pain nonpharmacological anogram
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Mild pain agent that can be a antipyretic and analgesic agent
Acetaminophen APAP
A severe headache after taking a oral contractive is what
Side effect
