Definitions
The study of the effects of drugs on living organisms.
what is pharmacology?
Name a common blood pressure medication.
Lisinopril, Amlodipine, Atenolol, Losartan, Hydrochlorothiazide, Carvedilol, Metoprolol, Clonidine, Propranolol, Captopril
What is the most common route of medication administration?
Oral
Most widely used form of drug delivery
What pharmacokinetic property is affected with a drug affects the another by altering stomach pH, GI motility or binding with the drug in the GI tract.
Absorption
What the body does to a drug.
What the drug does to the body.
what are Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic ?
What drug uses Bulk Flow Transport to enter the body?
Insulin
Particularly useful in neonates for administering fluids when peripheral and central venous lines have failed
A sweetened, flavored liquid formulation, often used for pediatric patients
A drug that affects renal blood flow affects what pharmacokinetic property?
Excretion
is the time required for the body to eliminate 50% of the drug.
what is Half-life ?
What is an example of a drug whose mechanism of action involves modulating a hormone?
Insulin
This route of administration achieves systemic effects by application of drugs to the skin
what is the transdermal route?
Transparent or translucent semi-solid preparations, often water-based
Gel
When two drugs with similar actions are taken together, their combined effect equals the sum of their individual effects
Additive Effect
What does the term Efficacy mean?
This is the maximum effect of which the drug is capable of producing a given response from a target.
Name an excitatory neurotransmitter
Epinephrine, Norepinephrine, Dopamine, Acetylcholine
Medications designed to be absorbed outside of the digestive system
Parenteral
Long-acting injections where the drug is released slowly over time e.g. contraceptive injection
Depot Injection
What drug interaction type is exemplified by the following:
St. John’s Worth induces CYP450 enzymes, reducing the efficacy of drugs like oral contraceptive or antidepressants
Drug-Herb interaction
Drugs that block a response
what is an antagonist?
What is an example of an antiarrhythmic drug?
Amiodarone
Drugs that are introduced into the respiratory system and absorbed through the lungs
Inhalation
Dry aggregates of powder particles, used similarly to powders but with better stability
Granules
What drug interaction is considered in the following:
Some drugs can exacerbate pre-existing medical conditions
Drug-Disease interaction