Key Terms (Abrams Clinical Drug Therapy) Exam with Accurate Solutions | Rated A+
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Key Terms (Abrams Clinical Drug
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Generic name - chemical or official name of the drug that is
independent of the manufacturer (eg. amoxicillin)
Brand (trade) name - manufacturers chosen name for a drug
Controlled Substance - drugs that are categ...
Generic name - ✔✔chemical or official name of the drug that is
independent of the manufacturer (eg. amoxicillin)
Brand (trade) name - ✔✔manufacturers chosen name for a drug
Controlled Substance - ✔✔drugs that are categorized by federal law
according to therapeutic usefulness and potential for abuse
Drug classifications - ✔✔groups of medications that are categorized based
according to their effects on a particular body system, their therapeutic
uses and their chemical characteristics
Over the counter (OTC) drugs - ✔✔medications that are legally availabe
without a prescription
Pharmacogenomics - ✔✔study of how a persons genetic heritage can
influence variable responses to drugs; generally referring to polymorphisms
that occur in a patient population such as an ethnic group
, Pharmacotherapy - ✔✔use of drugs to prevent, diagnose or treat signs,
symptoms and disease processes
Prescription drugs - ✔✔medications that are ordered in writing by a
licensed health care provider
Prototype - ✔✔an individual drug that represent a group of drugs; often the
first drug of a particular drug class that similar drugs are compared to
Pharmacokinetics - ✔✔drug movement throughout the body (what the body
does to the drug) to rech sites of action, metabolism and excretion
Pharmacokinetics processes - ✔✔Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
Absorption - ✔✔time the drug enters the body to the time it enters the
blood stream to be circulated
Distribution - ✔✔transport of drug molecules within the body to tissue sites
after it is injected and absorbed in the blood stream
Metabolism (biotransformation) - ✔✔method by which drugs are inactivated
or biotransformed by the body; takes place mostly in the liver
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