The alternative term for a generic name.
What is nonproprietary name?
The belief held by early humans in regards to disease.
What is punishment from the Gods?
The main organization in the US responsible for safety and efficacy of drugs, medical devices and biological products.
What is the FDA?
What is agonist?
A preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm.
What is medication error?
The binding site on the surface of or within cells.
What is receptor?
The first example of a drug found in Greek records.
What is Pharmakon?
The measure of a drugs ability to dissolve in a fluid.
What is solubility?
Points of administration that bypass the digestive (alimentary) system.
What is Parenteral Routes?
The practice of threating ailments with "like treats like" theory.
What is homeopathy?
The first official listing of drugs in the United States.
What is US Pharmacopeia?
The agency responsible for regulating the sale and use of all narcotic medications in the US.
What is the DEA?
What is ADME? (absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination)
When a patient is concurrently using multiple medications.
What is polypharmacy?
The ideal window of serum concentration for a particular drug that provides the optimum probability of desired response.
The first sulfa drug founded in 1935.
What is Prontosil?
The phase of clinical trail that are double-blind tested and doses are increased to determine drug efficiency.
What is Phase III?
The limitation of a drug dosed that define when a substance goes from effective to toxic.
What is ceiling effect?
The chemical released in the body that produces symptoms associated with allergic reations.
What is histamine?
An inhibitor to distribution that prevents many substances from entering the cerebrospinal fluid from the blood.
What is the blood-brain barrier?
The bacteriologist that discovered and synthesized penicillin.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
Boxed warning/Black box warning
The elimination time range for a medication who's half-life is measured at 3 hours.
What is 15-21 hours?
What is Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS)?