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NURS319 Exam 1 Questions With 100% Verified Answers Pharmacology - answerthe study of medicine understanding how drugs are administered, to where they travel in the body, to the actual responses produced therapeutics - answerconcerned with the prevention of disease and treatment of suffering ...

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Pharmacology - answer✔the study of medicine


understanding how drugs are administered, to where they travel in the body, to the actual

responses produced


therapeutics - answer✔concerned with the prevention of disease and treatment of suffering


pharmacotherapy - answer✔aka pharmacotherapeutics


application of drugs for the purpose of treating diseases and alleviating human suffering


drug - answer✔chemical agent capable of producing biologic responses within the body.


may be desirable/therapeutic or undesirable/adverse


medication - answer✔a drug is call this after it is administered


biologics - answer✔agents naturally produced in animal cells, by microorganisms, or the body

itself




ex: hormones, monoclonal antibodies, natural blood products and components, interferons, and

vaccines

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complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies - answer✔these involves natural plant

extracts, herbs, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements, and additional techniques outside of the

realm of conventional therapeutics




ex: body based practices such as physical therapy, manipulations, massage, acupuncture,

hypnosis, and biofeedback


therapeutic classification - answer✔organizing drugs based on their therapeutic usefulness in

treating particular diseases or disorders




ex: influence blood clotting= anticoagulant

lower blood cholesterol= antihyperlipidemic


pharmacologic classification - answer✔refers to the way a drug works at the molecular, tissue, or

body system level and based on their mechanism of action




ex: lowers plasma volume= diuretic

blocks heart calcium channels= calcium channel blocker


mechanism of action - answer✔the pharmacologic classification addresses this:


how a drug produces its physiological effect in the body

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prototype drug - answer✔well-understood drug model with which other drugs in its

representative class are compared


chemical name - answer✔assigned using standard nomenclature established by the international

union of pure and applied chemistry (IUPAC); a drug has only 1 chemical name which is helping

in predicting its properties

ex: diazepam= 7-chloro-1, 3 dihydro-1-metyl....etc


generic name - answer✔assigned by the U.S. adopted name council


with a few exceptions, these are less complicated and easier to remember than chemical names


trade name - answer✔assigned by the company marketing the drug


can have multiple

ex: generic substance (ibuprofen) has multiple trade names: advil, midol 200


combination drug - answer✔contains more than one active generic ingredient which poses a

problem in trying to match one generic name


bioavailability - answer✔physiological ability of the drug to reach its target cells and produce its

effect (reach in the bloodstream and target tissue)


pharmacoeconomics - answer✔a sub-discipline of health economics has helped in situations

involving broader application of a particular type of drug therapy (issues dealing with cost of

medications)

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