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Portage NUR 251 - Pharmacology - Test 1 Latest 2024 Update WITH ALL Questions and Answers Pharmacology - ANS Study of chemicals that alter the function of living organisms. Drugs can be used to: - ANS 1. Prevent disease 2. Diagnose Disease 3. Cure disease 4. Treat symptoms of disease ...

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Portage NUR 251 - Pharmacology - Test 1
Latest 2024 Update
Pharmacology - ANS Study of chemicals that alter the function of living organisms.

Drugs can be used to: - ANS 1. Prevent disease
2. Diagnose Disease
3. Cure disease




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4. Treat symptoms of disease




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Drugs have many different effects on the body including - ANS (1) Therapeutic effects
(2) Side effects
(3) Adverse effects




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(4) Toxic effects

Therapeutic effect - ANS desired drug effect to alleviate some condition of symptom
IS
Side effects - ANS any effect other than the therapeutic effect that are usually
undesirable but not harmful
OM

Adverse effect - ANS general term for undesirable and potentially harmful drug effect

Toxic effects - ANS undesirable drug effect that implies drug poisoning; can be very
harmful or life-threatening
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Mechanism of action - ANS How a drug produces its effects

targeted sit of action - ANS the location within the body where a drug exerts its
therapeutic effect, often a specific drug receptor
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Receptors - ANS specific cellular structures that a drug binds to in order to produce a
physiologic effect

Agonist receptor - ANS works to activate a physiologic response or drug effect

Antagonist receptor - ANS works to interfere with other drugs or substances from
producing a drug-effect

,Dose-dependent relationship - ANS basic principle of pharmacology which states that
the response to any drug depends on the amount of drug given

Onset of action - ANS the time from the drug administration to the first observable
effect

Duration of action - ANS the length of time that the drug continues to produce its
effect

Drug Names include - ANS 1. Chemical Name




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2. Describe the chemical composition and molecular structure
3. Generic name - nonproprietary name




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4. Trade name - Owned by the producing company.

Classification of drugs based on similarities of properties - ANS 1. Structure - e.g. beta




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blockers
2. Use - e.g. antibiotics

Aqueous Preparations - ANS syrups - a solution of water and sugar to which a drug is
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added

Tablets - ANS drug powders that have been compressed into convenient form for
OM

swallowing. disintegrates in stomach more rapidly than most other solid preparations

Troches and lozenges - ANS flattened tablets that are allowed to dissolve in the
mouth
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Capsules - ANS Gelatin shells filled with powdered or liquid medication

Delayed-release Products - ANS Tablets or capsules that are treated with a special
coating designed so that the drug produces its effect over an extended time
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Enteric Coated Products - ANS Tablets that are coated with an acid-resistant
substance to prevent dissolution in the stomach

Suppositories - ANS Drugs mixed with a substance that will melt at body temperature
when inserted into the rectum, urethra, or vag

Ointments - ANS soft oily substances containing a drug that is applied to the skin

,Transdermal patch - ANS the drug is released from a bandage or patch and then is
absorbed through the skin into the blood stream providing continuous source of drug
over 24 hours

Routes of Administration - ANS The ways used to get a drug into the tissues of the
body, where they can produce their effects. The two main routes are oral and
parenteral.

Oral administration - ANS route of drug administration by way of the mouth through
swallowing




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Parenteral administration - ANS route of drug administration that does not involve the




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gastrointestinal (GI) tract

Routes of Drug Administration - ANS




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Phases of drug activity - ANS (1) Pharmaceutical Phase - administration of dosage
form, dissolution of drug into body
(2) Pharmacokinetic Phase - absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
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(3) Pharmacodynamic Phase - drug receptor interaction

Pharmaceutics - ANS Study of how various dosage forms influence how the drug
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effects the body.

Dissolution - ANS When taken, how does it appear in the digestive tract.

Pharmakinetics - ANS Study of what the body does to the drug.
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1. What happens to the drug when it is taken.
2. Depends on how long drug is in the system.

(absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion)
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Absorption - ANS the movement of a drug from its site of administration into the blood

Bioavailability - ANS A measure of the extent of drug absorption for a given drug and
route (from 0% to 100%).

Distribution - ANS transport of a drug by the bloodstream to its site of action

, Metabolism - ANS the biochemical alteration of a drug into an inactive metabolite, a
more potent metabolite, or a less active metabolite

Substrates - ANS a site where the enzyme acts

Enzyme inducer - ANS stimulates more drug metabolism

Excretion - ANS the elmination of drugs from the body

Biliary excretion - ANS when some drugs are excreted through the intestines




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Half-life of a drug - ANS time it takes 50% of a given drug to be removed from the




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body

Steady state - ANS the physiologic state in which the amount of drug removed via




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elimination is equal to the amount absorbed with each dose

Pharmadynamics - ANS Study of what the drug does to the body.
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(drug receptor interaction - (1) receptiors, (2) enzymes, (3) nonselective)

A receptor is - ANS a reactive site on the surface or inside a cell
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Drug Receptor Interactions - ANS (1) Agonist - Drug binds to the receptor and there is
a response

(2) Partial agonist - Drug binds to the receptor but the response is diminished
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(3) Antagonist - Drug binds to receptor and there is no response; prevent the binding of
other agonists

(4) Competitive anatagonist - Drug competes with the agonist, if it binds there is no
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response

(5) Noncompetitive antagonist - Drug combines with different parts of the receptor and
inactivates it; Agonist then has no effect.

Enzymes are - ANS substances that catalyze or start biochemical reactions within
cells

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