NUR 234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Enzyme Inducer, Bioavailability, Drug Enforcement Agency
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A science that draws on information from multiple disciplines, including: anatomy, physiology, psychology, chemistry, microbiology (cid:1) Drug: any chemical that can effect a process. We are the last line of defense / advocate for pt. (cid:1) 3 most important properties of an ideal dru. Effectiveness: most important property a drug can have. Ease of admin freedom from drug interactions low cost chemical stability simple generic name. However, no drug is ideal therapeutic objective of drug therapy to provide maximum benefit w/ minimum harm factors that determine the intensity of drug responses. Pharmacokinetics (cid:1) (cid:1: absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, physiologic variables, pathologic variables, genetic variables, drug interactions. 2 major areas in which pharmacologic knowledge can be applied: pt. care, pt. education application of pharmacology in pt. care. Managing toxicity (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) evaluating and promoting therapeutic effects. Promoting patient adherence: also known as compliance or concordance, extent to which a patient"s behavior coincides with medical advice.
