Vocab: Medications

Question 1

parenteral

Answer 1

medications by any route other than gastrointestinal

Question 2

reconstitution

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the process of adding a solvent/diluent to a medication in powdered form to dissolve it and form a solution

Question 3

solute

Answer 3

a powdered medication or liquid concentrate to be dissolved or diluted

Question 4

solvent (diluent)

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a liquid that is added to the powder or liquid concentrate

Question 5

Analgesic

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to relieve pain

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Antipyretic

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to reduce fever

Question 7

Antidotes

Answer 7

substances used to counteract the effects of poison

Question 8

Anti-inflammatory

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to reduce inflammation

Question 9

Anti-coagulant

Answer 9

substances wheich inhibit or decrease the blood clotting process

Question 10

Anti-histamine

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to prevent or relieve allergies

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Anti-convulsants

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to prevent or treat convulsions

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Antibiotics

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to destroy or inhibit the growth of micro organisms

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Anit-emetics

Answer 13

drugs preventing or relieving nausea & vomiting

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Bronchodilator

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medicines which relax muscles of the bronchioles by reducing the smooth muscle spasm or mucosal edema

Question 15

Diuretics

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to increase the flow of urine

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Ionotropes

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drugs that strengthen cardiac contractions

Question 17

Thrombolytic agent

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acts by breaking down the fibrin frame work of a fresh blood clot

Question 18

ID & injection sites

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Intradermal; injection under the top layer of skin; forearm, skin chest, back, thigh, scapular of back

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SC & injections sites

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Subcutaneous; drug is deposited in the fatty tissue layer between skin and muscle; fat tissue of abdomin, posterior arm/thigh, scapulae of back, upper ventrodorsal gluteal areas

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IM & injections sites

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Intramuscular; deltoid, vastus lateralis, ventro-gluteal muscles

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IV

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Intravenous; into the veins

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IA

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Intra-arterial; into arteries

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IT

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Intrathecal; cerebrospinal fluids

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IP

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Intraperitoneal; peritoneal cavity

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Intra-articular

Answer 25

into synovial fluids

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Transdermal

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achieves systemic effects by application of drugs to the skin; patches

Question 27

percutaneous

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effected through the skin