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PHARMACOLOGY
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10/22/2012

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Term
Study of the interaction of drugs & subcellular entities such as enzymes andDNA is called
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MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY
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Finding proper antidotes to the harmful effects of drugs is part of the speciality of
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TOXICOLOGY
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Which of the following is a drug generic name?
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AMPICLIN
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Whch agency holds the legal responsiblility for deciding whether a drug may be distributed & sold?
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FDA
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The combination of two drugs can cause an effect that is greater than the sum of the individual of each...
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SYNERGISM
Term
Suppositories are inserted?
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RECTAL ADMIN.
Term
Drugs are swallowed & absorbed through the intestinal tract:
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ORAL
Term
Drugs are injected througha syringe into a muscle, vein, or body cavity:
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PARTENETAL ADMIN.
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Drugs are applied on the skin:
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TOPICAL
Term
What is anaphylaxis?
Definition
A type of hypersensitivity reaction
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Aerosols are administered in thus way:
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INHALATION
Term
Drugs that block release of a substance that causes allergic reactions are called?
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ANTIHISTAMINES
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This is known as a an Analgesic drug
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MORPHINE
Term
This acts as a Cardiovascular drug
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BETA-BLOCKER
Term
This is a Anticoagulant drug
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HEPARIN
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This is a Endocrine drug
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ESTORGEN
Term
What two act as a Stimulant drug
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AMPHETAMINE & CAFFEINE
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What is the effect of a diuretic?
Definition
Lowers blood pressure by promioting fluid excretion from the kidney
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Penicillin is an example of which type of drug?
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ANTIBIOTIC
Term
A drug that works against fever is known as?
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ANTIPYRETIC
Term
Drugs that control anxiety & severe disturbances of behaivor:
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TRANQUILIZERS
Term
Drugs that relax without necessaryily producing sleep?
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SEDATIVES
Term
Drugs used to relieve pain, induce sleep, & suppres cough?
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ANALGESICS
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Drugs that produce loss of sensation throughtout the entire body
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ANESTHETICS
Term
Drugs used to treat epilepsy?
Definition
ANTICONVLSANTS
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Commerical name for a drug,trademark or trade name?
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BRAND NAME
Term
Exaggreated hypersensitivity reaction to a previously encounterd drug of foreign protein?
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ANAPHYLAXIS
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Physical & psycohological dependence on & craving for a drug?
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ADDICTION
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Paarticles of a drug suspened in air
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AEROSOL
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Chemical formula for a drug
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CHEMICAL NAME
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Factor in the patient's condition that prevents the use of a particlular drug or treatment.
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CONTRAINDICATION
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Legal, noncommerical name for a drug?
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GENERIC NAME
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Combination of two drugs gives less than an additive effect
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ANTAGONISTIC ACTION
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Agent given to counteract an unwanted effect of a drug
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ANTIDOTE
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Drug action in which the combination of two similar drugs is equal to the sum of the effect of each.
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ADDITIVE ACTION
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Location for preparing & dispensing drugs
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PHARMACY
Term
Specialist in preparing & dispensing drugs
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PHARMACIST
Term
Unexpected effect produced in a particularyly sensitive individual but not seen in most patients
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IDIOSYNCRASY
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Study of the effects & strenght of a drug within the body.
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PHARMACODYNAMICS
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Drugs are inserted throug the anus into the rectum?
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RECTAL
Term
Study of the preparation, properties, uses, & actions of drugs
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PHARMACOLOGY
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Target substance with which a drug interacts in the body
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RECEPTOR
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Instrument for introducing or withdrawing fluids from the body
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SYRINGE
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Combination of two drugs casues an effect that is greater than the sum of the individual effect of each drug alone
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SYNERGISM
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Drug products are listed & described in this book
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P. D. R.
Physicians' Desk Reference
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Caculation of drug concentration in itissues & body fluids over a period of time.
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PHARMACOKINETICS
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Governmental agency having the legal responsibility for enforcing proper drug manufacture & clinical use
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F. D. A.
Food & Drug Administration
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Drugs are given by placement under the tongue
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SUABLINGUAL ADMIN.
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Adverse reaction that routinely results from use of a drug
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SIDE EFFECTS
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Drugs that relieves pain
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ANALGESIC
Term
Substance found in foods & essential in small quantities for growth & good health
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VITAMIN
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Harmful effects of a drug
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TOXICITY
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Larger & larger drug doses must be given to achieve the desired effect
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TOLERANCE
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Drug that promotes vomiting
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EMETIC
Term
Derug that produces sleep or a trance -like state
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HYPNOTIC
Term
Drug that relieves constipation
Definition
CATHARTIC
Term
Drug that is antiarrhythmic, antihypertensive, & antianginal; blocks receptors in blood vessels
Definition
BETA-BLOCKER
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Hormone from the adrenal cortex that raises blood sugar & reduces inflammation
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GLUCOCORTICOID
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Drug that increase production of urine & reduces the volume of blood in the body; lowers blood pressure
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DIURETIC
Term
Centeral nervous system stimulant
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CAFFINE
Term
Drug that produced by a plant or microorganism, which has the ability to inhibit or destroy foreign organisms
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ANTIBIOTIC
Term
Drug that blocks the entrance of calcium into heart muscle & lining of blood vessels; antihypertensive, antiarrhythmic, & antianginal drug
Definition
CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER
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Reduces estrogen in the blood by blocking an enzyme
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AROMATASE INHIBITOR
Term
Reduces the ability of thrombocytes to stick together & form a clot
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ANTIPLATELET
Term
Drug that excites & prometes activity; caffeine & amphetamines are examples
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STIMULANT
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Drug that controls anxiety & servere disturbances of behavior
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TRANQUILIZER
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Drug that relieves constipation; strong cathartic & laxative
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PURGATIVE
Term
Habit-forming drug that relieves pain by producing stupor or insensibility; morphine and opium are examples
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NARCOTIC
Term
Secretion from an endocrine gland in the neck; stimulates cellular metabolism
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THYROID HORMONE
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Female hormone that stimulates the uterine lining during pregnancy
Definition
progestin
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A midly hypnotic drug that relaxes without necessarily producing sleep
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SEDATIVE
Term
Drug that is effective in preventing symptoms of allergy
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ANTIHISTAMINE
Term
Condition of lack of feeling or sensation;
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Anesthesia
Term
Treatment using drugs
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pharmacology
Term
pertaining to under the skin
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SUBCUTANEOUS
Term
a drug that widens bronchial tubes
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bronchodilator
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Effect of combination of two drugs is geater than each drug alone
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SYNERGISM
Term
Pertaining to sleep
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HYPNOTIC
Term
Unexpected effect of a drug (peculiar to an individual):
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IDIOSYNCRATIC REACTION
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Particles of drug suspended in air:
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AEROSOL
Term
Blocks the action of a substance produced in tissues (activated in allergic responses)
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ANTIHISTMINE
Term
Adverse effect related to being produced by a treatment
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IATROGENIC
Term
Pertaining to under the tongue
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Sublingual
Term
Pertaining to under the skin
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HYPODERIMIC
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Pertaining to stupor
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NARCOTIC
Term
Study of drugs
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pharmacology
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Antibiotic drug produced from a red mold
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ERYTHROMYCINE
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Pertaining to the mouth
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Oral
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Pertaining to against fever
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ANTIPRYRETIC
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Pertaining to within the sheath ( of the brain & spineal cord)
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intrathecal
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Pertaining to against itching
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ANTIPRURITIC
Term
Pertaing to a posion
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TOXIC
Term
Pertainng to drug that is against life
(bacterial life)
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ANTIBIOTIC
Term
Pertaining to other than through the insteine
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Parenteral
Term
Exaggerated hypersnsitivity reaction
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ANAPHYLAXIS
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Pertaining to when the effect of two drugs is greater than either alone
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SYNERGISTIC
Term
Pertaining to within a vein
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INTRAVENOUS
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A factor that prevent the use of a drug or treatment
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CONTRAINDICATION
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A drug that widens a blood vessel
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VASODILATOR
Term
Agent given to counteract an unwanted effect of a drug
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ANTIODOTE
Term
Study of poison
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TOXICOLOGY
Term
Substance found in foods that is necessary for good health & life
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VITAMINS
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Study of how drugs interact with subcellular parts
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MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY
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Use of drugs in the treatment of disease
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CHEMOTHERAPY
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Study of the harmful effects of drugs
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TOXICOLOGY
Term
Study of
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