Pharmacology Worksheet

the study of drugs that alter functions of living organisms
use of drugs to prevent, diagnose, or treat signs, symptoms, and disease processes
Drugs given for therapeutic purposes
act mainly at the site of application
taken into the body, circulated via the bloodstream to sites of action, and eventually eliminated from the body
Often the firist drug of a particular drug class to be developed; usually the standard against which newer, similar drugs are compared
Groups . of medications that are classified according to their effects on particular body systems, their therapeutic uses, and their chemical characteristics
reflect on conditions medications are used for
systems attempt to classify elements or compounds according to certain chemical functional or structural properties.
The name of a chemical compound that shows the names of each of its elements or subcompounds
lower case; aceteminophen, hydrocortisone
Capitalized; Tylenol, Cortef
the property wherein two drugs with identical active ingredients or two different dosage forms of the same drug possess similar bioavailability and produce the same effect at the site of physiological activity.
Medications that are ordered in writing by a licensed health care provider
don't require prescription; regulated by various laws
Drugs that are categorized by federal law according to therapeutic usefulness and potential for abuse; also known as scheduled drugs
the study of the therapeutic uses and effects of drugs
drug movement through the body to reach sites of action, metabolism, and excretion
process that occurs from the time a drug enters the body to the time it enters the bloodstream to be circulated
transport of drug molecules within the body; after a drug is injected or absorbed into the bloodstream, it is carried by the blood and tissue fluids to its sites of action, metabolism, and excretion
elimination of a medication from the body
time required for . the serum concentration of a drug to decrease by 50%; also called elimination half-life
reactions between living systems and drugs; drug actions on target cells and the resulting alterations in cellular biochemical reactions and functions
Frequency, size, number of doses
Influences absorption and distribution
Interactions that can increase therapeutic or adverse effects