Drug Classes
This stage of ADME is most important in determining how effective a drug will be.
What is metabolism?
Drugs that are used for rare diseases are deemed blank.
What are orphan drugs?
Involuntary increased tension in skeletal muscle is said to a be blank?
What is a muscle spasm?
This type of drug has less of an anti-inflammatory effect compared to aspirin.
What is acetaminophen?
This type of drug entrance is said to be the safest and most convenient?
What is oral medication?
A patient comes into your clinic and tells you they have been experiencing constipation for the past 5 days. This type of medication could help move their bowels.
What is cholinergics?
This schedule drug class is considered to have no therapeutic effect and a high risk of abuse and addiction.
What is Schedule 1?
This class of narcotic is said to be natural rather than synthetic.
What is an opiate?
This type of narcotic is 1/6 as potent as morphine.
What is codeine?
The amount of drug that reaches the target is said to be the blank of the drug.
What is the bioavailability?
Atropine is a part of this drug class.
What is schedule 4?
This class of drug decreases pain without loss of consciousness.
What is analgesics?
Codalan is a mixture of these three substances.
What are caffeine, tylenol and codeine?
This type of soluble drug travels across the blood brain barrier easier than others.
What are lipid-soluble drugs?
Reducing bradycardia, blocking diarrhea, and blocking a severe asthma attack are therapeutic effects of this medication.
What is Atropine?
In order to have any therapeutic effect at all, a drug must pass this.
What is the threshold dose?
This type of protein often causes fever and pain.
What are prostaglandins?
This type of narcotic is 100x more potent than morphine?
What is Fentanyl?
This type of tissue is one of the most common areas that our bodies store drugs.
What is adipose tissue?
Dry mouth is a side effect of this drug class?
What is an anti-cholingeric?
In order for a drug to go to the market, it must obtain this.
What is FDA approval?
This type of analgesic is known to block the actions of prostaglandins (fever)
What is aspirin?
Acidemia is an adverse effect of this drug.
What is aspirin?
An individual with kidney issues will have trouble with this stage of ADME.
What is elimination?