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Internal Medicine

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Definition
show the study of drugs that interact with living systems through chemical processes, especially by binding to regulatory molecules and activating or inhibiting normal body processes  
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Drug   show
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Chemical Name   show
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Generic Name   show
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show trade name assigned by the pharmaceutical company  
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Pharmacotherapeutics   show
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show the study of how the body deals with the drug in terms of the way it is…  
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A   show
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show Distributed  
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M   show
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E   show
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show the analysis of what the drug does to the body, including the mechanism by which the drug exerts its effect  
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Toxicology   show
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show deals with the preparation and dispensing of medications  
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show common and expected, but usually undesirable action of a medication  
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show unexpected, severe, and dangerous reactions which may occasionally occur with a medication  
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Dose   show
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Dosage   show
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Absorption   show
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show directly applied to the skin, includes eye/ear drops  
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show oral (works in about 40 minutes), rectal, gastric feeding tube  
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Parenteral routes   show
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po   show
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IM   show
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SC or SQ   show
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SL   show
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show intravenous  
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show per rectum  
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hs   show
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show before meals  
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show after meals  
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q   show
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qd   show
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show twice/day  
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show three times/day  
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show four times/day  
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qod   show
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prn   show
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Bioavailability   show
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show the transport of a drug from the bloodstream to tissue sites where it will be effective, as well as to sites where the drug may be stored, metabolized, or eliminated from the body  
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show the rate at which the active drug is removed from the body  
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show drug enhances cell activity  
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show drug inhibits cell activity  
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show the excessive and unnecessary use of medications - more seen in elderly  
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show the time it takes for the amount or concentration of a drug to fall by 50% in the body (typically in the plasma)  
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show the dose of a drug that produces a given response in a specific amplitude  
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Ceiling Effect   show
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Threshold dosage   show
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Median Effective Dose (ED50)   show
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Median Toxic Dose (TD50)   show
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Therapeutic Index (TI=(TD50/ED50))   show
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