Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
Deals with how the body acts on a drug
What are Pharmacokinetics?
Heroin and marijuana belong to this schedule of controlled substances
What is Schedule 1?
Three common adverse effects of chemotherapy that effect the bone marrow
What are leukopenia (decreased white blood cells), anemia (decreased red blood cells), thrombocytopenia (and decreased platelets)?
This medication may cause hypertension
What is ibuprofen?
This class has an increased risk of cancer due to the blocking of the immune system.
What are Immunosuppressants - T and B cell suppressors?
A drug that produces an action
What is an agonist?
These are not tested by the FDA
What are Herbal medications?
This medication in addition to being used for cancer treatment, is also used to treat autoimmune disorders
What is methotrexate?
This medication is rarely used in children
What is aspirin?
This class has proteins designed to attach to a specific target, a cell, virus, bacteria, or antibody to decrease the inflammatory reaction.
What are Monoclonal Antibodies?
This is when a drug is considered to be completely removed from the body.
What is after about 4-5 half-lives?
This type of reaction produces immediate swelling, and constriction of the bronchi that can lead to respiratory arrest
What is Anaphylactic reaction?
This chemotherapeutic agent is primarily excreted in the feces making it safe for use in clients with renal impairment
What is vincristine?
Adverse effects of this medication include hepatotoxicity?
What is acetaminophen?
These two classes are known to cause birth defects.
What are Interleukins and Interferons?
Deals with how a drug acts on the body
What is Pharmacodynamics?
Name a high alert medication
What are Insulin, Warfarin, Heparin, Epinephrine?
This chemotherapeutic agent turns body secretions orange
What is doxorubicin?
These two anti-inflammatory class of drugs act at the site of inflammation.
What are Salicylates (aspirin) and NSAIDS (ibuprofen)?
In addition to an increased potential for causing cancer and blocking the immune system, Immunosuppressant drugs are also known to have what other two major adverse effects?
What are Hepatotoxicity and Renal toxicity?
The therapeutic range/index for a drug is between?
What is the minimum safe concertation (toxic level) and the minimum effective concentration (therapeutic level)?
Name the 8 rights of medication administration
What are Right patient, Right medications, Right dose, Right route, Right time, Right indication, Right documentation, Right response?
This chemotherapeutic agent is used to treat breast cancer.
What is tamoxifen?
This medications absorbed by macrophages, which results in inhibition of phagocytosis and decreased tissue destruction.
What is auranofin?
This class will activate cellular immunity and inhibit tumor growth.
What are Interleukins?