Week 6 - Pharmacotherapeutics Flashcards
What is Pharmacotherapeutics?
The therapeutic uses and
effects of drugs
What are the types of therapeutic actions?
- Restorative
- Chemotherapeutic
- Substitutive
- Supportive
- Curative
- Palliative
What is Pharmacodynamics?
- The study of the biochemical and physiological effects of
drugs and the mechanisms of their action in the body - Changes cells physiology by interacting with specific
molecules and chemicals that are normally found within the body - Receptor – usually proteins that drugs bind to achieve a
pharmacological effect
What is the pharmacological effects?
- Agonist
- Antagonist
What is Agonist?
A drug that produces the
same response as the body
What is Antagonist?
A drug that prevents the body’s natural response
What is Absorption?
Process of drug entering
bloodstream
What is Distribution?
Transportation of drug
from site of absorption
to site of action
What is Metabolism?
Process of drug being
converted to less active
form
What is Excretion?
Process of drug and
metabolites leaving the
body
What are the action of drugs on the body?
- Onset of action
- Peak plasma level
- Drug half life
- Plateau
What factors affects medication action?
- Gender
- Developmental factors
- Diet
- Cultural, ethic and genetic factors
- Environment
- Phycological factors
- Illness and disease
- Time of administration
What is therapeutic classes?
Medications are classified according to the pathology they are intended to treat
What are the levels of therapeutic classes?
1st level - Main anatomical group
2nd level - Therapeutic sub group
3rd level - Pharmacological sub group
4th level - Chemical sub group
5th level - Chemical substance
What is A in therapeutic classes?
- Alimentary tract and metabolism
- 1st level, anatomical main group
