Medication Characteristics
The degree to which a drug can produce a desired outcome
What is efficacy?
This is the term when patient takes pills, capsules, liquids or chewable substances
What is an oral route?
This technique helps to make sure patient understood the instructions
What is a teach-back?
The degree to which a drug can produce harm
What is toxicity?
This is the term when patient sprays medication into his/her nose
What is an intranasal route?
This is the most common side effect from medications
What is a rash?
The range of doses within which a drug produces the desired outcome without being harmful
What is a therapeutic window?
This is the term when medication is injected under the skin
What is subcutaneous route?
When more than 15 medications are given to the patient, the chance of an adverse reaction increases by ___ percent.
What is 40?
The removal of a substance from the blood (through urine, liver, saliva, sweat, stool, etc.)
What is clearance?
This is the term when a flu shot is administered into your upper arm
What is intramuscular route?
This is the term when drug side effects include nausea, diarrhea, constipation
What is gastrointestinal side effects?
The time it takes for a drug to lose half of its pharmacological activity
What is half-life?
This is the term when you put a pill under your tongue
What is sublingual route?
This is the term when drug side-effects are dizziness and headache
What is neurological side effects?