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Toxicology
Pharmacology
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Medical
Professional
03/01/2012

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Term
Category A FDA risk
Definition
Adequate well controlled human studies that fail to demonstrate risk in pregnancy
Term
Category B
Definition
animal repro studies may show adverse effect, but adequate and well controlled studies in pregnant women
Term
category C
Definition
adverse effects, but potential benefits may warrant use of the drug
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Category D
Definition
positive evidence of human fetal risk based adverse reaction data
Term
when should blackbox warnings be issued?
Definition
adverse rxn so in proportion to benefit
preventable serious adverse effects
Term
what makes drugs poisonous?
Definition
the dose
Term
what is the LD50?
Definition
dosage of a substance which kills 50% of the animals in a particular group
Term
how is the therapeutic index is calculated how?
Definition
dividing the LD50 or TD50 by ED50
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relationship b/t TI and safety margin
Definition
larger the TI, the greater the safety margin
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what is determined by the NOAEL?
Definition
ADI
Tolerable daily intake
Threshold limit value
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