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Liquid dose form in an alcohol solution administered orally. |
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Drug suspended within an oil or liquid fat. |
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Topically applied dose form; drug is dissolved in alcohol. |
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Drug made from processed animal organs or plants. |
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Solid (powedered) dose form covered in gelatin. |
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Semisolid dose form that liquefies at body temperature. |
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Sucrose or other sugar-based liquid dose form administered orally. |
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Semisolid dose form that does not melt at body temperature. |
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Sustained-release formulations |
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Oral dosage form formulated to dissolve slowly as it moves through the GI tract. |
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Drug form formulated to be protected against stomach acid. |
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Drug produced by companies other than the original developer. |
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Small, airtight glass containers containing drug; meant to be broken open to extract the drug; used only one time. |
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Type of drug meant to be absorbed over a prolonged period of time after being injected. |
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The ingredient of the drug formulation that includes preservatives, stabilizers, and liquid media into which the drug is dissolved or suspended. |
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The reason or the condition for which the drug is to be used. |
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Any use of a drug in a manner other than that approved by the FDA. |
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Any effect of the drug other than the intended effect. |
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The chemical composition of a drug. |
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Generic name; a name given to the specific chemical compound. Usually listed as the active ingredient. |
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Trade name; the unique name a manufacturer gives its particular brand of drug. |
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The amount of drug administered at one time. |
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The general amount that any animal or patient should be given over time. |
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Circumstances in which the drug should not be used. |
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A drug that is considered toxic, potentially toxic if misused, or too readily misused. |
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Drugs considered safe for the animal, the person administering the medication, people coming into contact with the animal, the human food chain, and the environment. |
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A substance that has the potential for physical addiction, psychological addiction, and/or abuse. |
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Extreme potential for abuse and no approved medicinal purpose in the United States. |
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High potential for abuse and may lead to severe physical or psychological dependence. |
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Some potential for abuse; may lead to low to moderate physical dependence or high psychological dependence. |
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Low potential for abuse; limited physical or psychological dependence. |
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Subject to state and local regulations; low potential for abuse. |
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration. |
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Drugs used to treat cancer. |
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Induce cancer or preneoplastic changes. |
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Ideal range of drug concentrations within the body. |
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Larger than the drug's maintenance dose and is designed to raise the drug concentration to the theraputic range in a short time. |
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Smaller doses of drug administered to maintain the theraputic concentrations established by the loading dose. |
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The degree to which an administered drug is absorbed. |
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The liver removes so much of the drug that little reaches the systemic circulation. |
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The movement of drug from the blood, to the tissue, back to the blood, and to a second tissue. |
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Volume of Distribution (Vd) |
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A pharmacokinetic value that provides an approximation of the extent to which a drug is distributed throughout the body. |
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Types of compounds used as drugs that physically combine with ions or other specific compounds in the environment to produce their effects. |
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Drug metabolism; Drugs altered by the enzymes and chemical reactions in the body before they are eliminated. |
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Drugs that require biotransformation to become active. |
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The active form of the drug is more rapidly converted to a less-active form shortening the time in the body that the drug can be effective. |
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Elimination of drugs by the liver. |
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Enterohepatic circulation |
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Movement of drug from liver to intestinal tract and back to the liver. |
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The measure of how fast a volume of blood is cleared of the drug and is expressed as a volume of blood cleared over time. |
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A time value that describes how long the drug concentration, usually measured in the blood, takes to decrease by 50%. |
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