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| Therapeutic Classification of Drugs |
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| Method for organizing drugs on the basis of their clinical usefulness |
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| Therapeutic Drug Examples |
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| Anticoagulants, Antidepressants, Antihypertensives, Antibiotics |
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| Pharmacologic Classification of Drugs |
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| Method for organizing drugs on the basis of their mechanism of action |
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| Pharmacologic Drug Examples |
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| Diuretics, Calcium channel blocker, Vasodilator, Adrenergic antagonist |
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| Well-understood model drug with which other drugs in a pharmacologic class may be compared |
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| Strict chemical nomenclature used for naming drugs established by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; describes physical and chemical properties; drug has only one chemical name |
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| Drugs are sometimes classified by a portion of their chemical structure (i.e. cephalosporins, phenothiazines, benzodiazepines) |
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| Assigned by the US Adopted Name Council; less complicated and easier to remember; drug has only one generic name which is written in lower case |
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| Assigned by the company marketing the drug; drug developer has exlusive rights to name and market a new drug for 17 years in US; drug has several trade names which are capitalized |
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| Drug product with more than one active generic ingredient |
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| The physiologic ability of the drug to reach its target cells and produce its effect; key to comparing generic vs. trade-name drugs |
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| List of trade-name drugs that pharmacists may not dispense as generic drugs |
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| The overwhelming feeling that drives a person to use a drug repeatedly |
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| A physiologic or psychological need for a substance |
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| An altered physical condition caused by the adaptation of the nervous system to repeated drug use |
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| The individual expresses physical signs of discomfort when the drug is no longer available |
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| Psychologically Dependent |
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| Little physical discomfort when drug is withdrawn, but intense compelling desire to continued use |
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| In the US, describes a drug based on its potential for misuse or abuse and is placed into one of five categories (Schedule 1 drugs have the highest potential for abuse and have limited or no therapeutic use) |
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| Drug whose use is restricted by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 and later revisions; have high potential for addiction or dependence; placed into one of five schedules |
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| Canadian Schedule of Drugs |
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| Only use three levels of classification; all prescription drugs are in level 1 |
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| The way in which a drug exerts its effects. |
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