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What is the study of how various drug forms influence the way in which the drug affects the body?

Pharmacotherapeutics

Pharmaceutics (correct)

Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacodynamics

What is the primary organ responsible for the metabolism of drugs?

Heart

Liver (correct)

Brain

Kidneys

What is the transport of a drug by the bloodstream to its site of action called?

Distribution (correct)

Excretion

Absorption

Dissolution

Which area has slow distribution of drugs in the body?

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What is the movement of a drug from its site of administration into the bloodstream for distribution to the tissues called?

Absorption Signup and view all the answers

Which drug is an example of therapeutic use classification?

Penicillin Signup and view all the answers

What is the elimination of drugs from the body called?

Excretion Signup and view all the answers

What does pharmacokinetics study?

What happens to a drug from the time of administration to when it is all gone from the body. Signup and view all the answers

Which organ is most responsible for the metabolism of drugs?

Liver Signup and view all the answers

What is pharmacodynamics the study of?

What the drug does to the body. Signup and view all the answers

Which area has rapid distribution of drugs in the body?

Heart Signup and view all the answers

What is the science of the adverse effects of drugs and other chemicals on living organisms?

Toxicology Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the large proportion of a drug which is chemically changed into inactive metabolites by the liver?

First pass effect Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the time required for half of a given drug to be removed from the body?

Half-Life Signup and view all the answers

Which therapy is used for the treatment of chronic illness?

Maintenance therapy Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for drug therapy provided to prevent illness and other undesirable outcomes during planned events?

Prophylactic therapy Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the highest blood level of a drug?

Peak level Signup and view all the answers

Which type of reaction occurs in only a small percentage of patients receiving the drug and is unpredictable?

Idiosyncratic reactions Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of supplemental therapy?

Administration of insulin Signup and view all the answers

What is the range between when a drug is toxic or not called?

Therapeutic index Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the lowest blood level of a drug?

Trough level Signup and view all the answers

What is used to make the patient feel comfortable and relieve their pain and symptoms, with a goal of treating the patient and their family during the end stages of an illness when attempts at curative therapy have failed?

Palliative therapy Signup and view all the answers

What type of reaction does Steven Johnson Syndrome represent?

Adverse drug reaction Signup and view all the answers

You need to know the ________ name of medications.

Generic Signup and view all the answers

First drug in a class of drugs.

Prototypical drugs Signup and view all the answers

Drugs are grouped together based on similar properties into two classifications. What are they?

Structure and Therapeutic Signup and view all the answers

Beta Blockers are an example of what drug classification?

Structure Signup and view all the answers

Dissolving of solid dosage forms and their absorption is:

Dissolution Signup and view all the answers

Drugs are distributed first to those areas with extensive blood supply.

True Signup and view all the answers

The primary organ responsible for elimination is the

kidneys Signup and view all the answers

The study of plants and animals

Pharmacognosy Signup and view all the answers

What you have left over of the medication after metabolism is

Bioavailability Signup and view all the answers

The clinical use of drugs to prevent and treat diseases.

Pharmacotherapeutics Signup and view all the answers

_________ occurs if the peak blood level of the drug is too high.

Toxicity Signup and view all the answers

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Acute therapy = used to treat the critically ill often to sustain life or treat disease Maintenance therapy = An example of this would be the treatment of HTN Supplemental therapy = Supplies the body with a substance to maintain normal function Supportive therapy = Used to maintain the integrity of body functions while the patient is recovering from illness or trauma. Signup and view all the answers

An example of ____________ therapy is administering fluids when a patient is dehydrated or blood to a patient who lost blood during surgery.

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Medication errors = These can occur during prescribing, dispensing, administering, and monitoring Prophylactic therapy = An example of this is the use of preoperative antibiotics for surgical procedures Acute therapy = Examples of this include vasopressors, volume expanders, and intensive chemo Antidotes = These have antagonistic effects Signup and view all the answers

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What is the study of how various drug forms influence the way in which the drug affects the body?

What is the primary organ responsible for the metabolism of drugs?

What is the transport of a drug by the bloodstream to its site of action called?

Which area has slow distribution of drugs in the body?

What is the movement of a drug from its site of administration into the bloodstream for distribution to the tissues called?

Which drug is an example of therapeutic use classification?

What is the elimination of drugs from the body called?

What does pharmacokinetics study?

Which organ is most responsible for the metabolism of drugs?

What is pharmacodynamics the study of?

Which area has rapid distribution of drugs in the body?

What is the science of the adverse effects of drugs and other chemicals on living organisms?

What is the term for the large proportion of a drug which is chemically changed into inactive metabolites by the liver?

What is the term for the time required for half of a given drug to be removed from the body?

Which therapy is used for the treatment of chronic illness?

What is the term for drug therapy provided to prevent illness and other undesirable outcomes during planned events?

Which term refers to the highest blood level of a drug?

Which type of reaction occurs in only a small percentage of patients receiving the drug and is unpredictable?

What is an example of supplemental therapy?

What is the range between when a drug is toxic or not called?

Which term refers to the lowest blood level of a drug?

What is used to make the patient feel comfortable and relieve their pain and symptoms, with a goal of treating the patient and their family during the end stages of an illness when attempts at curative therapy have failed?

What type of reaction does Steven Johnson Syndrome represent?

You need to know the ________ name of medications.

First drug in a class of drugs.

Drugs are grouped together based on similar properties into two classifications. What are they?

Beta Blockers are an example of what drug classification?

Dissolving of solid dosage forms and their absorption is:

Drugs are distributed first to those areas with extensive blood supply.

The primary organ responsible for elimination is the

The study of plants and animals

What you have left over of the medication after metabolism is

The clinical use of drugs to prevent and treat diseases.

_________ occurs if the peak blood level of the drug is too high.

Match

An example of ____________ therapy is administering fluids when a patient is dehydrated or blood to a patient who lost blood during surgery.

Match

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