introduction to drugs
which stage of the drug abuse potential involves no medical use
schedule 1
study of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
pharmacokinetics
destruction of the bodys normal flora
superinfection
fraction of drug lost during the process of absorption
first pass effect
nausea, malaise, headache are examples of which adverse reaction
secondary actions
what is defined as undesired and unpleasant effects that are not therapeutic
adverse reaction
the time it takes for the amount of drug in the body to decrease to one-half
half life
used to treat severe allergic reactions like anaphylactix
epinephrine
how many half lives is required for a client to excrete a medication
4-5 half lives
the slowest route for drug administration/ absorption
oral
study of biological effects of chemicals
pharmacology
what are specific areas on cell membrane react with certain chemicals to cause effect within cell.
receptor site
severe potentially life threatening allergic reaction
anaphylactic reaction
the body creating antibodies to a drug causing immune response when exposed is
drug allergy
study of genetically determining the response to drug
pharmacogenetics
what established categories for ranking the abuse potential of various drugs
controlled substance act
which drug administration is the fastest with the most toxic effect
intravenous
hearing/ringing sound or balance due to a medicine effect
ototoxicity
adverse effects are extensions of
primary actions
what happens in the phase 3
clinical market
what drugs are available without prescription
OTC
A process where drugs that are water soluble in the liver are excreted from the kidney
glomerular filtration
used to relieve symptoms of allergies such as hay fever, hives
antihistamines
which drug classification is used to treat superinfections
antifungal
what plays the most important role in excretion of medication
kidney