Pharmacology

Terms

100

A medication that causes stimulation of receptors?

Agonist 

200

A medication that binds to receptor and blocks other medications or chemicals from attaching is called?

Antagonist 

300

Time from medication administration until clinical effects occur.

Onset Of Action

400

The point of period when the maximum clinical effect is achieved.

Peak

500

Length of time that clinical effects persist

Duration

Delivery Methods

100

Entering the blood stream through the digestion system

Enteral 

200

Entering the blood stream through a vein.

Intravenous 

300

Medication delivered under the tongue then absorbed into the blood stream. 

Sublingual 

400

Medications enter through other than the digestion system 

Parenteral 

500

Absorbed through the skin

Transcutaneous 

Medication Forms

100

Liquid mixture of or more substances that cannot be separated 

Solution 

200

Mixture of substances that do not dissolve well in liquids.

Suspension 

300

Lotions, creams, and ointments 

Topical 

400

Semiliquid substance that is administered orally in capsules or through plastic tubes

Gel

500

Miniature spray cannister used to direct such substances through through the mouth

Metered Dose Inhaler 

Medication Doses

100

160 to 325 mg (chewable tablets )

Aspirin 

200

.3 mg 

Adult Epinephrine 

300

.15 mg

Children Epinephrine 

400

2 MG Intranasal or Intramuscular 

Naloxone (Narcan)

500

1 to 2 inhalations then wait 5 minutes 

Albuterol 

Common Medication usage

100

Inhibits platelet aggregation

Aspirin

200

Relaxes the muscular walls of coronary arteries and veins

Nitroglycerin 

300

Controls the body's flight or fight response

Epinephrine 

400

Stimulates the nervous system causing brochodilation

Albuterol 

500

Reverses effect of opioid overdose  

Naloxone