Drugs Effects
Mild and annoying but expected and fairly common undesirable effect on a medication
What is a SIDE EFFECT?
Under the Department of Justice responsible for dealing with the problems of the diversion of controlled pharmaceuticals and the diversion of controlled chemicals
What is the DEA?
Inactive, harmless substances used to satisfies a patients desire for medication
Also used in research
What is a PLACEBO?
Intended response to a medication
What is DESIRED EFFECT?
Specializes in understanding the biochemical mechanisms and actions of drugs, drug uses, therapeutic roles, side effects, potential drug interaction, and monitoring parameters
What is a PHARMACISTS?
An abnormal physical reaction by an individual to a food or drug
What is IDIOSYNCRASY?
Compulsive use of drugs or substances that results in physical, physiological or social harm
What is DRUG ADDICTION?
Any chemical that can affect living process
What are DRUGS?
Severe allergic reaction, possibly fatal, to a drug that occurs a short time after a drug has been administered
What is ANAPHYLAXIS?
The chemical name of a drug
What is the GENERIC NAME?
A subject’s reduced reaction to a drug following its repeated use
What is DRUG TOLERANCE?
Compulsion to take a drug, either continuously or periodically, to relieve real or imaginary physical or psychological need
What is DRUG DEPENDENCE?
Exact amount of a medication to be given or taken at one time
What is a DOSE?
Immediately!
At once!
A name given by the maker to a product or range of products
What is the BRAND NAME?
The diminishing of a physiological or emotional response to a frequently repeated stimulus
What is HABITUATION?
A drug or chemical whose manufacture, possession, or use is regulated by government, such as illicit drug use or recreational drugs
What is CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE?
Unintended, undesirable and often unexpected effect of a medication that causes pain, discomfort or other problems, more severe than a side effects
What is an ADVERSE REACTION?
Inactive, harmless substances used to satisfies a patients desire for medication. Also used in research
What is a PLACEBO?
Over the Counter
What is OTC?
Severe allergic reaction, possibly fatal, to a drug that occurs a short time after a drug has been administered
What is ANAPHYLAXIS?
Misuse or overuse of drug in a manner that deviates from the prescribed manner
What is DRUG ABUSE?
Condition in which a particular drug should not be used
What is a CONTRAINDICATION?
An abnormal physical reaction by an individual to a food or drug
What is IDIOSYNCRASY?
Compilation of manufacturers’ prescribing information on prescription drugs
What is the Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR)?