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| -science of drugs and drugs actions/interactions |
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-legally, drugs ar articles intended to be used in the diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of diseases in humans and animals
-chemical substances, other than foodstuffs, which modify the functions of living things including physiological, biochemical or pathological processes |
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| -the preparation of drugs and hteir formulation into remedies |
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| Definition: Pharmacodynamics |
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-this refers to the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action
-"What the drug does to the body" |
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| Definition: Pharmacokinetics |
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-the mathematical description of temporal changes in concentration of drugs within the body
-"What the body does to the drug" |
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| Definition: Pharmacotherapeutics/Clinical pharmacology |
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| -the use of drugs in the prevention and treatment of disease |
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| -the art and science of the clinical use of drugs |
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| -secondary pharmacoligical effects observed when a drug is given at the recommended dose (it is predictable) |
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| Definition: Adverse reactions |
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| -unpredictable reactions produced in an animal by a drug given at the recommended dose |
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| -response of a drug diminishes when given repeatedly in the same amount |
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| -response of a drug diminishes when given repeatedly in the same amount |
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| Definition: Chemical name |
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-a precise description of the chemical constitution of a drug
-ex: N-acetyl-4-aminophenol |
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-the approved name under which drugs are listed in national pharmacopeias
-ex: paracetamol (INN) and acetaminophen (USAN) |
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-the trade name used to market a particular drug
-ex: Tylenol |
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Define the following medical abbreviations:
a) SID
b) BID
c) TID
d) QID |
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a) once a day
b) twice a day
c) three times a day
d) four times a day |
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| Definition: Weight/Volume Percent (% w/v) |
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| -the weight of solute in grams per 100ml of solution |
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| Definition: Volume/ Volume Percent (%v/v) |
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| -the volume of solute in ml per 100 ml of solution |
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| -the number of parts of a substance to the total number of parts in a solution |
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| Definition: Dilution Factor (DF) |
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-the ratio of the total volume to the original sample volume
DF= total volume/ sample volume |
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