Pharmacology Foundations Quiz Module 0-1
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What is pharmacology?

Study of drugs and their interactions with living systems

An ideal drug exists.

False

What are the properties of an ideal drug? (Select all that apply)

  • Cheap
  • Selective (correct)
  • Effective (correct)
  • Safety (correct)
  • What is pathophysiology?

    <p>Study of what happens when normal anatomy goes wrong</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is health defined as?

    <p>Absence of disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does homeostasis refer to?

    <p>Equilibrium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which patient rights are vital for medication safety? (Select all that apply)

    <p>Right Time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is pharmacokinetics?

    <p>Process of drug movement to achieve drug action</p> Signup and view all the answers

    All drugs produce desirable effects.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are agonists?

    <p>Drugs that mimic the actions of the body</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the first-pass effect?

    <p>The process by which the drug passes to the liver first before systemic circulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'drug tolerance' refer to?

    <p>Decreased responsiveness over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is meant by therapeutic index?

    <p>A window that measures the margin of safety of a drug</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between peak and trough?

    <p>Peak is the highest plasma concentration while trough is the lowest plasma concentration of a drug</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which substances can impact drug metabolism and excretion?

    <p>Liver</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Adverse drug reactions cannot occur if everything is done correctly.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The perception of pain is known as ______.

    <p>nociception</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Pharmacology Foundations

    • Drug: Any chemical that affects biological processes.
    • Pharmacology: The study of drugs and their interactions with living organisms.
    • Clinical pharmacology: Focuses specifically on drug interactions in humans.
    • Therapeutics: Application of drugs for diagnosis, prevention, treatment of diseases, or pregnancy prevention.
    • Ideal drug properties: Effectiveness, selectivity, and safety; however, no drug can be completely ideal.
    • Therapeutic objective: To maximize benefits while minimizing harm.

    Pathophysiology Foundations

    • Pathophysiology: Examines the consequences of normal anatomy dysfunction.
    • Health: Defined as the absence of disease.
    • Disease: Characterized by improper bodily function.
    • Homeostasis: The body’s equilibrium state.
    • Negative feedback: Mechanism that counteracts changes to maintain stability.
    • Positive feedback: Drives processes away from homeostasis, often amplifying effects.

    Medication Safety

    • Patient rights include: Right Patient, Drug, Dose, Time, Route, Implication, and Documentation.
    • Types of errors: Adverse (harmful), Near-miss (potential harm), Sentinel (serious), Errors of commission (action taken incorrectly), omission (failure to act), and execution (incorrect performance).
    • Comorbidity and polypharmacy: Multiple simultaneous health conditions and the use of multiple medications respectively.

    Drug Classification

    • Drugs are categorized into pharmacologic classes for organization.
    • Examples include: NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), analgesics, and antibiotics.

    Drug Interactions

    • Importance of understanding how drugs affect one another; proactive research is essential.
    • Adverse drug reactions: Negative effects resulting from medications, even with correct use.
    • Medication errors: Preventable incidents leading to patient harm.

    Individual Variation in Drug Responses

    • Physiological factors: Include age, gender, and weight affecting drug metabolism and effect.
    • Pathological factors: Conditions like kidney or liver dysfunction influencing drug responses.
    • Genetic factors: Genetic variations alter individual drug metabolism.

    Pharmacokinetics

    • Involves the journey of drugs through the body to achieve their effects.
    • Key processes: Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion.

    Pharmacodynamics

    • Explores how drugs influence body functions.
    • Primary effects are typically desirable, while secondary effects may vary in desirability.

    Protein-binding

    • Drugs are carried in plasma; only free (unbound) drugs exert therapeutic actions.

    Agonists and Antagonists

    • Agonists: Mimic bodily actions at receptors.
    • Antagonists: Block receptor activation from other substances.

    First-pass effect

    • Drug concentration is significantly reduced as it passes through the liver before systemic circulation.

    Drug Tolerance

    • Develops as a reduced effectiveness of a drug occurs over prolonged therapy.

    Phases of Pharmacokinetics

    • Absorption: Drug moves from administration site to bloodstream.
    • Distribution: Drug disperses into body fluids and tissues.
    • Metabolism: Biotransformation of drugs occurs primarily in the liver.
    • Excretion: Elimination of drugs from the body.
    • Elimination: Combination of excretion and metabolism processes.

    Therapeutic Index

    • Represents the safety margin of a drug, indicating the difference between effective and toxic doses.

    Half-life

    • The time required for half of a drug's concentration to be eliminated from the body.

    Peak and Trough Levels

    • Peak: Highest concentration of a drug in plasma.
    • Trough: Lowest concentration of a drug in plasma.

    Kidney and Liver Impact

    • Hepatotoxic drugs can become toxic to the liver upon metabolism; monitor for liver injury signs and check creatinine labs for kidney function.

    Prevention and Management of Drug Interactions

    • Prevent interactions by thoroughly reviewing all medications a patient takes, including drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-herb interactions.

    Pain

    • Defined by the patient's subjective experience; it exists whenever the patient reports it.

    Pathophysiology of Pain

    • Involves sensory/discriminative pathways, motivational/affective responses, and cognitive/evaluative perceptions.
    • Nociception refers to the perception of pain through neural pathways.

    Pain Medications

    • Varieties include OTC (over-the-counter), NSAIDs, non-opioid analgesics, opioid analgesics, and combination drugs.

    Pain Management

    • Approaches include pharmacologic treatments and nonpharmacologic techniques, as well as alternative and complementary therapies.

    Headaches

    • Migraines: Characterized by vascular dilation and inflammation, leading to severe throbbing pain.
    • Cluster headaches: Occur in series, presenting as intense pain during attacks.

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