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| Any chemical that can affect living processes. |
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| A drug can give cells new functions? T/F |
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| False A drug can enhance, mimic, or block action of body molecules, but not give cells new functions. |
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| Are herbal supplements considered drugs? |
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| study of drugs and their interactions with living systems |
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| What is clinical Pharmacology? |
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| The study of drugs in humans |
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| What is Pharmacotherapeutics? |
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| Use of drugs to diagnose, prevent or treat disease |
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| What are the 3 properties of an ideal drug? |
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| Effectiveness, Safety and selectivity |
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| What is the most important property of an ideal drug? |
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| Is there such thing as a safe drug? |
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| What is the theraputic objective of drug therapy? |
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| To provide maximum benefit with minimum harm |
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| What are the 4 factors that determine the intensity of drug receptors? |
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Administration
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Individual Variation |
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| What is Pharmacokinetics? |
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| How the drug moves through the body |
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| What are the 4 sources of individual variation? |
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Physiological variables
Pathological Variables
Genetic variables
Drug interactions |
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| What is Pharmacodynamics? |
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| how a drug works in the body |
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| What is important about the preadministration assessment? |
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| collecting baseline data to help assess future adverse reactions, to identify high-risk patients, and to understand how the patient can handle self-care. |
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| What are the 6 steps when administering doses? |
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- Read medication order carefully
- verify the identity of the patient
- read medication label carefully
- verify dosage calculations
- implement special handling of the drug
- Dont administer a drug if you dont know why you are giving it |
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| What should you always know about minimizing adverse effects? |
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- major adverse effects of the drug
- time when reactions would occur
- early signs of adverse reactions
- Interventions that can minimize discomfort and harm |
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| How can you minimize adverse interactions? (4) |
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- Take a thorough drug history
- Advise the patient to avoid OTC drugs
- monitor for adverse interactions KNOWN to occur
- Be alert |
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| What should you know about making PRN decisions? |
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| know the reason for the drug and be able to assess the patients medication needs |
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| what 2 things should you know about managing toxicity? |
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| know the early signs of toxicity and the procedure for toxicity management |
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| What 5 things should you teach to the patient about dosage and administration? |
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- Name of the drug
- Dosage and schedule of administration
- technique of administration
- Duration of drug use
- storage of drug |
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| Where should you NOT store medication? |
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| The bathroom and anywhere accessible to other people, especially small children |
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| How can you promote therapeutic effects? |
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| Inform the patiend of the nature and time course of expected beneficial effects |
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| Waht are the 2 biggest issues with Trade Name drugs? |
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| the same drug can have multiple trade names and the same trade name can be used for different products |
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| Are generic products and brand names therapeutically equivalent? |
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| 99% of the time, they are exactly the same except for the binder and it could effect the absorption |
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| What is one of the only differences between generic and trade named drugs? |
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| What are 5 things that can effect absorption? |
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- Rate of dissolution (faster dissolving will absorb faster)
- Surface area (greater = faster absorption)
- Blood flow (Greater = faster absorption)
- Lipid solubility (greater solubility = faster absorption)
-pH |
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| What are the three ways to cross the cell membrane? |
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- Channels and pores
- Transprot system
- Direct penetration |
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| something that HAS a charge |
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| Non-ionized means what and how does it effect absorption? |
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| What does ionized mean and how does it effect absorption? |
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| With a charge; LESS absorption |
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| How the drug is administered. IV is the quickest absorption. |
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| What patient factors influence absorption? |
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| Food in stomach, blood flow to GI tract, Levels of intestinal flora, body surface area, presence of other drugs, and smoking. |
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