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The progress of a drug from the time it's administered, through the time it passes to the tissues, until it becomes available for use by the body.
What is absorption?
What is the name of a group of drugs that binds to a receptor site, but has no intrinsic activity. It just prevents a response from occurring.
What is an antagonist?
An unintended but predictable effect that occurs at normal doses.
What is a side effect?
This method of drug administration is injected into the skin.
What is intradermal?
The scientific name that describes the drug's atomic and molecular structure
What is the chemical name
Organ in which most drugs are metabolized.
What is the liver?
What is two medications together produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects?
An unexpected, harmful reaction that occurs at normal therapeutic doses.
What is an adverse drug reaction?
This method of drug administration is on the skin or mucous membranes.
What is topical?
An abbreviation of the chemical name
What is the generic (or nonproprietary) name?
This term refers to the body's ability to change a drug from its dosage form to a more water-soluble form that can be excreted.
What is metabolism?
Description of an agonist effect.
What is a drug that has an attraction, or affinity, for a receptor and stimulates it, then binds to produce its effect.
This occurs when a medication produces effects severe enough to harm the patient.
What is drug toxicity?
This method of drug administration is under the tongue
What is sublingual?
The drug name selected by the drug company to sell a product
What is the trade (or brand or proprietary) name?
This term refers to the elimination of drugs from the body.
What is excretion?
The relative amount of a drug required to produce a desired response.
What is drug potency?
Drug therapy used to replenish or substitute missing substances in the body.
What is supplemental or replacement therapy?
This method of drug administration infuses medications into the vascular network of a long bone
This can occur when an excessive dose it taken, either intentionally or accidentally.
What is toxic drug reaction or overdose?
This term refers to the time it takes for the plasma concentration of a drug to fall to half its original value.
What is half-life?
The range between a drug's effective dose and toxic dose.
What is the therapeutic index?
Therapies used to improve the patient’s and their family’s quality of life when the patient is faced with life-threatening conditions
What is palliative therapy?
This method of drug administration is given via the pocket between the cheek and teeth.
What is buccal?
A patient develops a rash shortly after taking a medication. The nurse should first suspect this.
What is an adverse drug reaction?