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NU 607 Week 1 lecture Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Pharmacology is the - Answer-study of drugs how drugs are administered where drugs travel in the body responses drugs produce What is a drug? - Answer-its a chemical agent capable of producing a biological response in the body. ...

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NU 607 Week 1 lecture Exam Study
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Pharmacology is the - Answer✔✔-study of drugs




how drugs are administered




where drugs travel in the body




responses drugs produce


What is a drug? - Answer✔✔-its a chemical agent capable of producing a biological response in

the body.




That response can be therapeutic (desirable)




or adverse (undesirable)


A medication is a drug that is then used in - Answer✔✔-prevention

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cure




or


treatment of a disease


Study drug classifications and then learn about ---- drug in that classification - Answer✔✔-

prototype


Prototype drugs - Answer✔✔-* serves as model for a drug class




*is well understood




*has known action and adverse effects




*is used to compare other drugs in same pharmacologic class


Prototype example


Diuretics


ABX - Answer✔✔-Diuretics- Lasix is prototype



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ABX- Penicillin is prototype


Pharmacologic classification of drugs : - Answer✔✔-* based on how the drug produces its effect


-at molecular , tissue, or body system level




*More specific than therapeutic classification




*requires understanding of biochemistry and physiology




Ex.


CCC


ACE inhibitors


PPI


Pharmacologic classification-> - Answer✔✔-based on how the drug produces its effects or its

mechanism of action.


Most drugs have 3 names- what are they - Answer✔✔-* Chemical name


-describes the drugs chemical composition and molecular structure



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