Pharmacology vocab
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Medications that treat or reduce a fever

antipyretics

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Enters the body through the digestive system.

Enteral medications  

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Conditions that make a particular medication or treatment inappropriate because it would not help, or may actually harm, a patient. 

Contraindications. 

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The ---- is the amount of the of the medication that is given.

dose

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Is the process by which a medication works on the body.

Pharmacodynamics

200

A medication that impairs the ability of blood to clot

Anticoagulant

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In the intranasal route of medication administration, a liquid medication is pushed through a specialized device called a 

mucosal atomizer device (MAD)

200

Low blood sugar

Hypoglycemia

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Time from medication administration until clinical effects occur. 

Onset of action

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The ----- is the intended ------ ----- that a medication is expected to have on the body. 

action, therapeutic effect

300

Actions that can be harmful to the patient

untoward effects

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Is the process by which medications travel through body tissues until they reach the bloodstream. 

Absorption

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Is the main hormone that controls the body's fight-or-flight response and is the primary medication that you will be administering intramuscularly. 

Epinephrine

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are the reasons or conditions for which a particular medication is given.

Indications

300

When administering a medication or treating an overdose, you should also consider how the body absorbs, distributes, changes, or eliminates a particular substance. These actions refer to the...

Pharmacokinetics 

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Many substances do not dissolve well in liquid. Some of these can be ground into fine particles and evenly distributed throughout a liquid by shaking or stirring. This type of mixture is called?

Suspension

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Medications that are given by this route reach the bloodstream through the bone marrow. 

Intraosseous Injection IO

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Typically the only medication you would assist in administering sublingualy

Nitroglycerin

400

The point or period when the maximum clinical effects is achieved.

Peak

400

A medication that causes stimulation of receptors is called an?

Agonist

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Is a liquid mixture of one or more substances that cannot be separated by filtering or allowing the mixture to stand.

Solution 

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are often in a liquid form and are generally administered using syringes and needles

Parental medications 

500

Name the "Rights" of medications

Patient, medication and indication, dose, route, time, education, to refuse, response and evaluation, documentation

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How medications or chemicals are removed from the body

Elimination 

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Are any actions of a medication other than the desired ones.

Adverse Affects