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| Drugs sold by their chemical name; not brand (or trade) name products |
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| Clinical Pharmacology - the branch of pharmacolgy that deals with drugs; chemicals that are used in medicine for the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of disease in humans. |
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| the study of the biological effects of chemicals. |
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| Causing adverse effects to the fetus |
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| Name given to a drug by the pharmaceutical company that developed it, also called the trade name. |
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| the sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place within an organism. |
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| Involves the movement of a drug to/through the body's tissues to the affected organ / tissues |
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| How the drug affects the body |
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| the extent, quality or degree of being poisonous |
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| Bone marrow suppression cause by drug effects |
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Drugs that are taken orally are usually absorbed from the small intestine directly to the portal venous system that flows through the liver. A large percentage of the drug is destroyed and excreted before reaching the tissues.
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| Chemicals that are introduced into the body to bring about some sort of change. |
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| Drug effects that are not the desired therapeutic effects; maybe unpleasant or even dangerous |
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| name that reflects the chemcial structure of a drug. |
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| drugs that are available without a prescription for self-treatment of a variety of complaints; deemed to be safe when used as directed |
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| excessiveness to either the primary or the secondary effects of a drug, may be caused by a pathological condition or in the absence of one by a particular patient's individual response |
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occurs when the body forms antibodies to a particular drug, causing an immune response when the person is re-exposed to the drug
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| unusual or exaggerated reaction to medications |
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| the way the body deals with a drug, including absorption, distribution, biotransformation (metabolism), and excretion |
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| the time it takes for the amount of drug in the body to decrease one half of the peak level it previously achieved. |
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| refers to what happens to a drug from the time it is introduced to the body until it reach the circulating fluid and tissues |
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the removal of a drug from the body.
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| Alternate and Conventional Therapies |
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| a group of diverse medical and health alternatives, practices and products that are not generally considered to be part of conventional medicine |
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