History and Drugs
Clinical Trials
ADME
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this organization was established in 1852 to counter the encroachment of other medical areas into pharmacy
What is American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA)
100
type of clinical trial in which neither the participant nor the investigator knows whether the patient is receiving the active ingredient or placebo
What is double-blind
100
the abbreviation ADME stands for...
What is absorbtion, distrobution, metabolism, elimination
100
the study of the effect of drugs on living systems
What is pharmacology
100
the fraction of an administered drug that is available to the target tissue
What is bioavailability
200
number of schedules controlled substances are categorized into in the United States
What is 5
200
durring this phase of clinical testing, the drug is studied in patients who have the condition that the drug is intended to treat
What is phase II
200
the 2 organs that most drugs are eliminated from
What is kidney and liver
200
a drug produced by recombinant DNA technology
What is biopharmaceutical
200
all-inclusive effect on the whole body
What is systemic effect
300
this person believed disease was caused by an imbalance of blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile
What is Galen
300
drugs from this FDA pregnancy category can be fafely used in pregnant patients
What is A
300
this pharmacokinetic process involves bringing a drug to its site of action
What is distrobution
300
the strength by which a particular messenger binds to its receptor site
What is affinity
300
severe response to a chemical that is characterized by life-threatening respiratory distress and shock
What is anaphylactic reaction
400
these people are responsible for developing the first effective treatment for diabetes
What is Frederick Banting and Charles Best
400
durring clinical trials, new drugs are first tested on this type of people
What is healthy patients
400
the first main phase of the pharmacokinetic process
What is absorbtion of drug into bloodstream
400
study of the activity of drugs within the body
What is pharmacokinetics
400
a drug's ability to disolve in body fluids
What is solubility
500
a drug prescribed to prevent occurrence of an infection or disease
What is prophylactic drug
500
professionals and consumers can report serious adverse drug reactions to...
What is MedWatch
500
the rate at which a drug is eliminated from a specific volume of blood per unit of time
What is clearance
500
when elevating a dose of a drug no longer improves the clinical effect of the drug
What is ceiling effect
500
secondary response to a drug
What is side effects
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