Key terms
Atypical antipsychotics drugs
What is first-line therapy for schizophrenia and other psychoses that address specific neurotransmitters?
A class of cardiovascular drugs that fight high cholesterol and triglycerides
What are antihyperlipidemic drugs?
Toxicology
What are adverse effects of drugs, their dangerous side effects and interactions?
A class of drugs that works to stop stomach acid production by blocking gastric acid secretion by inhibiting the enzyme that pumps hydrogen ions into the stomach.
What is PPI?
Cortocosteroids
What is steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex often used to reduce inflammation and pain?
What are antibiotic drugs developed to act like penicillin against bacteria?
A class of drugs that act as a sedative, hypnotic, anti-anxiety medication, and anticonvulsant. Many of these drugs share the suffix - pam.
What is Benzodiazepines (BZDs)?
Anticonvulsants
What are drugs to control seizures?
Effects, such as agitation, muscle aches, nausea and vomiting, sweating, depression, insomnia, and others, as the body struggles to adjust to the lack of the substance to which it is accustomed.
What are withdrawal symptoms?
Steroids
What are complex synthetic drug substances that resemble human hormones?
What is a condition characterized by anxiety, hopelessness, irritability, intense sadness, loss of concentration, pessimism, and problems with eating and sleeping?
A generic drug that defines approximately the same amount of active ingredient into a healthy volunteer’s bloodstream in the same amount of time as the innovative or brand name drug.
What are bioequivalent drugs?
Calcium Channel Blockers (CCBs)
What is this class of drugs block calcium from entering the cells of the blood vessels to keep them from gaining rigidity?
Drugs that work to lift moods and/or change perceptions
What are antidepressants?
Triglycerides
What are the three lipids combined; a neutral fat stored in animal adipose tissue that release free fatty acids into the blood?
LDL (low density lipoprotein)
What is the "bad cholesterol" that floats around and attaches itself to the lining of the blood vessels, clogging them?
Individualized doses of drugs based on absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination of drugs from the body
What is pharmacokinetics?
Narcotic
What is the class of drugs that numb or blunt the senses, induces sleep, or has other psychoactive properties, including the opium-based and opium-like drugs?
A disorder that manifests itself in difficulty focusing or concentrating, over-activity, and difficulty with impulse control.
What is ADHD?
SSRIs
What is an antidepressant drug that blocks the reabsorption of serotonin, with little effect on norepinephrine and fewer side effects than other antidepressant drugs?
Pharmacodynamics
What are the actions of a drug and how it works to exert its therapeutic effect?
A neurotransmitter that affects mood, sexual desire, appetite, sleep, and memory, among other things
What is serotonin?
GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
What is the a GI disease characterized by radiating burning or pain in the chest and an acid taste; caused by backflow of acidic stomach contents across an incompetent lower esophageal sphincter, also referred to as heartburn?
Class of drugs that slow the fight or flight response to stress and make the heart beat slower with less force by blocking the hormone epinephrine, also known as adrenaline. Many of these drugs share the suffix -phrine, as in norepinephrine and epinephrine, and -olol as in atenolol and metoprolol.
What are beta-adrenergic Blockers (beta blockers)?
Indications
What are the common intended uses of the drug to treat specific diseases, symptoms, or conditions?