Introduction to Pharmacology
The word derived from two Greek words meaning "medicine" and "study"
What is pharmacology?
A medical reference summarizing standards of drug purity, strength, and directions for synthesis
What is a pharmacopoeia?
Right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, and right time of delivery form the operational basis for safe delivery of medication
What is the five rights of drug administration?
5 mL in teaspoons
What is 1 tsp?
An overwhelming compulsion that drives someone to take drugs repetitively, despite serious health and social consequences
What is addiction?
Organizing drugs based on usefulness in treating particular diseases or disorders
What is therapeutic classification?
Established as an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services
What is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
A severe type of allergic reaction that involves the massive, systemic release of histamine and other chemical mediators of inflammation
What is anaphylaxis?
2.2 lbs in kg
What is 1 kg?
Uncomfortable symptoms when a substance is abruptly discontinued
What is withdrawal?
Organizing drugs based the way it works at the molecular, tissue, or body system level
What is pharmacologic classification?
What is postmarketing surveillance?
Refers to any medication that is needed immediately and is to be given only once
What is a stat order?
1 kg in g
What is 1000 g?
A group of drugs that cause a patient to feel sedated or relaxed
What are CNS depressants?
The physiologic ability of a drug to reach its target cells and produce its effect
What is bioavailability?
Drugs that have a significant potential for abuse are placed into five categories called schedules
What are controlled substances?
The hard, waxy coating that enables tablets to resist the acidity of the stomach
What is enteric-coating?
1000 mcg in mg
What is 1 mg?
A diverse family of drugs known for their ability to increase the activity of the CNS, most often used to treat narcolepsy, obesity, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
What are CNS stimulants?
The discipline of health economics that helps provide a broader application of a particular drug therapy
What is pharmacoeconomics
A substance that has the potential to cause a defect in an unborn child during the mother's pregnancy
Injections given into the deeper tissue layers. Examples include insulin, heparin, vitamins, some vaccines, and other medications.
What are subcutaneous injections?
1 grain in mg
What is 60 mg?
Tremors, fatigue, anxiety, abdominal cramping, hallucinations, confusion, seizures, delirium are effects of withdrawal from this substance
What is alcohol?