Pharmacology Crossword

Defining drugs, studying the aspects of drugs
These drugs are often taken by "partiers" and can become addictive, when thought of can be seen as "druggies" using them
Pick up at pharmacies
When you have a headache or a slight cold, you may often take ____ medications
Who makes your prescriptions and who you pick them up from (person)
Can be over-the-counter medications, but are well known and are sold under a patent. _____ ____ medicaiton
Not protected by a patent, less costly. ____ medication
Where you can find information about medicaitons & the descriptions of them
Following the orders the doctor tells on how to take your medication
When the reaction of the medication is not as sustainable as it should be after taking it for a long period of time, you have built a ____
Using medications for a different use than you are supposed to, using the medication out of proportion
After taking a medication, something else happens on top of the desired effect that is not desired by the patient
Taking a medication and the opposite reaction occurs instead of the desired one. _____ reaction
When taking a medication, the desired effect does not accompany the patient, but an undesired effect does. ____ reaction
When somebody takes two medications, and both increase the reaction of eachother. ____ reaction
A person takes two medications, and taking them together harms the patient or it is bad for them. The medications are:
Random, unharmful substance. Usually a sugar pill
This allows researchers to fully examine medications, including their side effects
Medications that are known to reduce the pain for a person
Taken to reduce extreme pain
Taken to minimize swelling, and to help the pain (the acronym)
Medications that get rid of all sensation
What happens when you are in surgery. Lack of conciousness & sensation
Loss of sensation in a specific area, only for a period of time
When you put the medication under the tongue and it dissolves, this is using ____ administration
Insertion through the rectum to administer medication. ____ administration
When the substance is rubbed on the skin where the area is infected. ____ application
Substance rubbed into the (unbroken) skin and it is transported to the bloodstream. _____ medications
When the lungs administer the substance to the bloodstream. _____ administration
When the digestive tract administers the substance to the bloodstream. ____ administration
A word that depicts medication given in any other way other than orally
What medications are injected into tissues by
A medication that is injected all at once
Medications that are injected right into the dermis. ____ injections
Medications injected directly into the hypodermis. ____ injections