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Pharmacologyunit1
Question | Answer |
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What is pharmacology? | The study of drugs and their origin, nature, properties, and effects on living organisms |
Medical Names? | Generic and Brand Name |
What is a generic name? | Reflects the chemical name, but in shorter form |
What is a brand name? | The name the manufacturer uses to market the drug |
What is classification? | a broad subcatagory or catagories |
Indication? | The reasons for giving a medication or performing treatment |
Contra-indiction? | A factor that prevents the use of a medication or treatment |
Dose? | the amount of a drug given at one time |
Mechanism of actoin? | how the drug works |
Effects? | desired results of a given medication |
Side effects? | effects we do not want to happen |
What are the qualities for a drug to be a medicine? | Effectiveness, Safety, and Side-effects |
what does an analgesic do? | relieves pain |
what does an antihistamine do? | helps allergies |
what does an atibiotic do? | kills bacteria |
what does an antacid do? | releives heartburn |
What is a sublingual route of administratoin? | under the tongue |
INJ=What? | Injection |
INH=What? | Inhalation |
What is a G-tube hooked up to? | stomach |
What is a suspension drug? | mixed particles |
How is a spray given? | sublingual |
What are the 6 drug forms? | Capsule, Elixer, Drop, Suppository, Suspension, and Tablet |
What are the 5 routes you can give someone medicine? | IV, IM, Oral, Rectal, and Subcutaneous |
What are the 6 rights? | right medication, right dose, right time, right route, right patient, and right document |
gr= | grain |
gtt= | drop |
dr= | dram |
oz= | ounce |
pt= | pint |
qt= | quart |
How do you classify a drug? | by their chemical composition, by how they work, by the disease they treat |
What are the 2 main stepts to administering a medication? | Obtain an order and confirm an order |