Key Term
Therapeutic agents
What is a drug that prevents, cures, diagnoses, or relieves symptoms of a disease?
A cancer-fighting drug
What are antineoplastic drugs?
Synthesized drug
What is a drug that has been created from a series of chemical reactions to produce a specific pharmacological effect?
An unexpected negative consequence from taking a particular drug
What is ADR (Adverse drug reaction)?
ad lib.
What is as much as desired/at one's pleasure?
Aseptic technique
The time it takes for a generic drug to reach the bloodstream after administration
What is bioavailability?
Prohylactic agent
What is a drug used to prevent disease, such as aspirin to prevent heart attacks?
used to treat mental health diseases, such as depression
What are PyschoPharmaceutical drugs?
APAP
What is acetaminophen?
Drug
What is a medicinal substances or remedy used to change the way a living organism functions; also called a medication?
Bodily processes to provide protection against disease
What is immunity?
Vaccine
What is a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity?
A document that states, in easily understandable terms, the purpose and risks of the drug research that someone volunteers to take part in
What is an informed consent form?
IU
NDC (National Drug Code Number)
What is a unique number assigned to any brand name or generic drug products to identify the manufacturer, drug, and packaging size?
A field of study that examines the relationship between an individual’s genes and her or his body’s response to drugs
What is phamacogenomics?
Therapuetic agents
What are drugs that prevents, cures, diagnoses, or relieve symptoms of a disease?
An inactive chemical–such as a filler, preservative, coloring, or flavoring–that is added to one or more active ingredients to improve drug formulations while causing little or no physiological effect; also called an inactive ingredient.
MDP
Antigen
What is the part of the immune system that neutralizes antigens or foreign substances in the body?
A drug substance that alters body functions in a desired way.
What is a pharmacodynamics agent?
What is the biochemically active component of the drug that exerts a desired therapeutic effect?
A drug that contains both natural and synthetic components
What is a semisynthetic drug?
What is QT interval?