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Fund - Test 2
Therapeutic Actions & Allergies
Question | Answer |
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Drug type: Pallative | relieves symptoms of disease but does NOT affect the disease itself(Ex: Morphine sulfate, Aspirin for pain) |
Drug type: Curative | Cures a disease or condition(Ex: Penicillin for infection) |
Drug type: Supportive | Supports body function until other treatments or body's response can take over(Ex: Norepinephrine bitatrate for low blood press; aspirin for high body tem) |
Drug Type: Substitutive | Replaces body fluids or substances(Ex: Thyroxine for hypothyroidism, insulin for diabetes mellitus) |
Drug Type: Chemotherapeutic | Destroys malignant cells(Ex: Busulfan for leukemia) |
Drug Type: Restorative | Returns the body to health(Ex: Vitamin, mineral supplements) |
Symptom: skin rash | either an intraepidermal vesicle rash or a rash typified by an urticarial wheal or macular eruption; rash is usually gernalized over the body |
Symptom: pruritus | itching of the skin with/without rash |
Symptom: angioedema | edema due to increased permeability of the blood capillaries |
Symptom: rhinitis | excessive watery discharge from the nose |
Symptom: lacrimal tearing | excessive tearing |
Symptom: nausea, vomiting | stimulation of these centers in the brain |
Symptom: wheezing & dyspnea | shortness of breath & wheezing on inhalation/exhalation due to accumulated fluids & swelling of the respiratory tissues |
Symptom: diarrhea | irriation of the mucosa of the large intestine |