Drug Names & Basics
This drug name is universal and written in lowercase
What is the generic name?
A drug that activates a receptor
What is an agonist?
Movement from high to low concentration
What is diffusion?
Primary organ for drug metabolism
What is the liver?
Mild, expected drug effect
What is a side effect?
This drug name is capitalized and owned by a company
What is the trade (brand) name?
A drug that blocks a receptor without activating it
What is an antagonist?
Fastest route of drug absorption
What is intravenous (IV)?
Liver disease causes this effect on drugs
What is impaired metabolism/increased drug levels?
Serious, harmful drug response
What is an adverse effect?
This term means two drugs are chemically the same
What is bioequivalent?
How drugs produce their effects at the cellular level
What is binding to receptor sites?
Process of fluid movement across a membrane
What is osmosis?
Main route of drug excretion
What is the kidneys (urine)?
Two drugs together create a GREATER effect than expected
What is a synergistic effect?
The expected or intended drug response
What is the desired action (therapeutic effect)?
A reaction that produces the OPPOSITE of what is expected
What is a paradoxical reaction?
Only this type of drug can enter tissues when protein-bound
What is free (unbound) drug?
Substance that interferes with drug metabolism (commonly tested!)
What is grapefruit juice?
Antibiotics reduce effectiveness of this medication
What is birth control?
Time required to eliminate 50% of a drug
What is half-life?
Severe, life-threatening allergic response with respiratory distress
What is anaphylaxis?
Injection site with the fastest absorption
What is the deltoid muscle?
Breakdown of drugs into active or inactive forms
What is biotransformation?
Daily alcohol use causes this effect on drug dosing
What is increased metabolism requiring higher doses?