Unit I - Key Terms

Question 1

Loading Dose

Answer 1

Is the higher amount of drug, often given only once to “prime” the bloodstream with a sufficient level of the drug.

Question 2

Therapeutic Range

Answer 2

The plasma concentration of a drug between the minimum effect concentration and the toxic concentration.

Question 3

Potency

Answer 3

Maximum effect at a lower dose

Question 4

Toxic Concentration

Answer 4

The level of a drug that will result in serious adverse effects.

Question 5

Pharmacodynamics

Answer 5

Are the biochemical changes that occur in the body as a result of taking a drug

Question 6

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 6

Is the study of drug movement throughout the body.

Question 7

Onset of Action

Answer 7

Is the amount of time it takes for a drug to demonstrate a therapeutic response.

Question 8

Peak Effect

Answer 8

Is the time it takes a drug to demonstrate its full therapeutic effect.

Question 9

Cumulative Effects

Answer 9

Occur when the amount of a drug the patient receives is greater that the rate it is excreted

Question 10

Agonists

Answer 10

Are drugs that bind with receptors and precipitate greater than typical response.

Question 11

Antagonists

Answer 11

Are drugs that bind with a receptor and either block or precipitate a less than typical response.

Question 12

Efficacy

Answer 12

Magnitude of maximal effcts

Question 13

Idiosyncratic Response

Answer 13

Unpredictable and unexplained reactions.