Pharm Basics
This term refers to a chemical agent capable of producing a biological response in the body.
a Drug
This drug name is assigned by the U.S. Adopted Name Council and is used universally.
Generic name
This term describes the blood concentration of a drug required to produce a therapeutic effect.
minimum effective concentration
This term means what the body does to a drug.
Pharmacokinetics
This term describes the blood concentration between effective and toxic levels.
Therapeutic range
This term is used once a drug is administered to a patient.
Medication
This drug name is capitalized and assigned by the company that markets the drug.
Trade or brand name
This phase of drug approval occurs after the drug is on the market.
postmarketing surveillance
These four processes describe how drugs move through the body.
absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion
This dosing strategy uses a higher initial dose to reach therapeutic levels faster.
Loading dose
These are large, complex agents produced in living systems, such as vaccines or monoclonal antibodies.
Biologics
This type of drug classification describes what the drug is used for.
Therapeutic classification
This term describes the time it takes for a medication to begin producing a therapeutic effect.
Onset
This is the greatest barrier to drug action at the cellular level.
Crossing membranes
A patient with liver impairment will require these possible changes to drug therapy
Dose adjustments
This type of therapy includes herbs, supplements, acupuncture, and massage.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies
This classification describes how a drug works at the molecular or system level.
Pharmacologic classification
This interaction occurs when one drug reduces or blocks the effect of another drug.
Antagonism
This pharmacokinetic process is most affected by blood flow rather than drug chemistry.
Distribution
When a drug is completely metabolized prior to reaching general circulation
First pass effect
This term describes undesirable responses produced by a drug.
Adverse effect
This type of drug serves as the “model” for an entire drug class.
Prototype
Explain why a weakly acidic drug is excreted faster in alkaline urine.
It remains ionized - cannot cross membranes for reabsorption
This occurs when one drug removes another from protein-binding sites, increasing toxicity risk.
Displacement
Why are drug levels are measured in plasma rather than directly at target tissues.
Tissue drug concentrations are difficult or impossible to measure directly